Meet our team

andrew jones
Designer & Construction Manager | 9 years
“I love getting to design and build amazing custom water features and try to recreate nature. I enjoy hiking and being outdoors, anything sports related, and am a huge fan of The Office and Harry Potter.”

SHANE SHULER
Project Coordinator | 1 year
“Working at Pond Country gives me the opportunity to help people experience peace through a newly conceived idea of backyard exploration. I enjoy sipping a cup of coffee in the wee hours of the morning, by my pond, and it always taste better with a water view.

tim phagan
Owner of Knoxville Division | 6 years
“One of the main things I enjoy about Pond Country is the creative process. It’s great to be able to take a blank slate & then see the enjoyment when a customer sees it for the first time! I enjoy time with family, watching sports, & relaxing outdoors. The sound of a waterfall while sitting beside a fire can’t be beat.”

ANDERSEN KILGORE
Construction | 4 years
“I like being outdoors and seeing our customers’ happiness once they see the finished pond.”

JUSTIN TINGLE
Construction | 3 years
“I get to create a natural setting among rural and suburban locations that generally would only have basic yard components like patios, pergulas and man-man structures. I love word-working, music, abstract art, and archery.”

Austin Crum
Construction | 1 year
“My favorite part about my job is transforming a regular yard into something that looks like it came straight out of the mountains.”

Troy nugent
Retail & Service Manager | 20 years
“I enjoy creating unique ecosystems that promote wildlife. My favorite part is meeting all of our great customers who chose us to build their water feature. I love to thrift – one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Turning our home garden into a wildlife sanctuary for a safe haven has been rewarding.”

kelly bone
Service Manager | 4 years
“I love seeing how much a pond or water feature introduces so much new life and wildlife to an environment. I enjoy thrifting, collecting dead things like framed bugs and taxidermy, making our house a fairyland, sitting by our pond & fish.”

LeE patrick
Service | 2 years
“I enjoy the reward of making an ecosystem come to life and keeping it sustainable. Working in nature hardly feels like work at all. I love hiking, making art, and thrifting!”

eden edwards
Service | 3 years
“My favorite part of working for Pond Country is working outdoors. I love animals and enjoy creating new habitats for all the wildlife that in live in our customers’ ponds.”

eric norman
Retail | Mooresville | 5 years
“I’ve always liked helping our customers at the Mooresville location learn about pond ownership, selling them new water pets, fish, and providing knowledge to them so that they may love their time by their pond.”

grayson shuler
Marketing | Office | 8 years
“Meow.”

jessica gross
Office | Bookkeeping | 1 year
“One of my favorite things about Pond Country is the fact that I get to sit in my office and overlook the gorgeous koi ponds. It’s so peaceful!”