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Introduction
Client List
Background of William Uber
"The Man With the Wet Thumb"

Introduction

William Uber has a particular interest in developing solutions and innovative techniques for unique waterscaping situations. His consultation practice has developed over the years to include providing his expertise for public water features such as golf courses, theme parks, wetland conservatories, shopping malls, hotels and public gardens and parks. He also provides consultations for private estates and property management firms. He has directed the construction, planting and maintenance of ponds, waterfalls and fountains for both private residences and public entities.

To schedule an appointment for a consultation, please contact Van Ness Water Gardens at (800) 205-2425 or email ponds@vnwg.com.

The following is a partial list of organizations and institutions that have received consultation services from William Uber.

California

Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles
Chevron Standard Oil Research Facility, La Habra
Chino Basin Water District, Montclair
City of Beverly Hills
City of Industry
City of Rancho Cucamonga
City of Santa Monica
Claremont College, Claremont
Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim
Disneyland, Anaheim
Douglas Park, Santa Monica
Dreamworks Studios, Glendale & Burbank
ESRI, Riverside
Fashion Island, Newport Beach
Fox Network, Los Angeles
Friendly Hills Golf Course, La Habra
Harvey Mudd College, Claremont
Huntington Beach Library, Huntington Beach
Japanese Retirement Center, Boyle Heights
Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park
Lake Helix, San Diego County
Lifescapes International, Newport Beach
Los Angeles Arboretum, Arcadia
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History

Los Angeles Zoo, Los Angeles
M. H. Golden Company, Pasadena
Marineland, Rancho Palos Verdes
Marmol & Radziner, Los Angeles
Metropolitan Water District, Los Angeles
Ontario Mills Outlet Mall, Ontario
Paramount Studios, Los Angeles
Pelican Hills Golf Course, Newport Beach
Presidio Wetlands Park, San Francisco
Prudential Insurance, Canoga Park
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Gardens, Claremont
Rios & Associations, Los Angeles
Rose Hills Mortuary and Cemetery, Whittier
San Diego Wild Animal Park, Escondido
San Lucia Reserve, Carmel Valley

Sea World, San Diego
Self-Realization Fellowship Center, Los Angeles
Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia
State of California Department of Agriculture
SWA Group, Laguna Beach
The Claremont Colleges, Claremont
Tillman Recycling Plant, Los Angeles
Universal Studios, Universal City
University of California, Long Beach
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Riverside
Valley Crest Landscape, San Diego
Western Landscape, San Diego

United States

Disney World, Orlando, FL
Golden Nugget Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
Indianapolis Zoo, Indianapolis, IN
MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Mirage Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Missouri Botanic Gardens, St. Louis, MO
Miyoshi Buddhist Temple, Etiwanda, CA
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
The Bronx Zoo, Bronx, NY
United States Veterans Association, Richmond, VA

Worldwide

Hebrew University of Jerusalem Botanic Gardens, Israel
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Guam
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Saipan
Korea Botanic Gardens, Seoul, Korea
Stadpark, Munich, Germany
Wilhelma Zoological Gardens, Mainheim, Germany

William C. Uber -- Background

With a lifetime of experience, William Uber is one of America's foremost authorities on all facets of water gardening. He is a third-generation owner of the Van Ness Water Gardens in Upland, California, a leading provider of fresh water aquatics with clients from around the world.

His company is a grower, wholesaler, retailer and mail-order operation. The firm also has an extensive e-commerce web site. Products, plants and fish are provided to do-it-yourself homeowners as well as landscapers and commercial projects.

Uber has considerable experience providing consultation services to landscape architects, estate managers, golf course and park superintendents as well as individual homeowners (see attached list of consultation clients). His expertise includes site selection, pollution control and abatement, ecological balance, water chemistry, water feature construction, pond repair or restoration, aquatic plants, pond fish and fish health, drought conditions, marsh and wetlands conditions, cleaning and maintenance techniques, soil conditions, algaecides and herbicides and more. He also holds a certificate in Fish Health Management from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine.

Van Ness Water Gardens has introduced many of today's best-selling water lilies to the horticulture trade, including Nymphaea 'Green Smoke", N. 'King of the Blues', N. 'Tina' and N. Makenna'.

Uber has been a guest lecturer for many college courses at such institutions as Cal Poly, Pomona, UCLA, UCR and local community colleges, as well as presenting programs and seminars for trade associations, garden and fish clubs, and civic organizations. He has been a guest on numerous radio and television programs. Van Ness Water Gardens has hosted field trips and tours for horticulture classes, nursery association groups and community organizations. Uber is a past president of the California Association of Nurserymen, Inland Chapter.



Read the Feature Article on William Uber

"The Man with the Wet Thumb"
California Association of Nurserymen
Feature Article on William C. Uber

William Uber is the third-generation owner of the Van Ness Water Gardens in Upland, California. He has a lifetime of experience with all facets of water gardening, ponds and commercial water features. Uber provides consultation services to landscape architects, estate managers, golf course and park superintendents as well as individual homeowners His expertise includes site selection, pollution control and abatement, ecological balance, water chemistry, water feature construction, pond repair or restoration, aquatic plants, pond fish and fish health, drought conditions, marsh and wetlands conditions, cleaning and maintenance techniques, soil conditions, algaecides and herbicides and more. He also holds a certificate in Fish Health Management from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. He is the author of The Basics of Water Gardening (Dragonflyer Press).

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