About Us
Meet The Staff
Mark "Dr. Pond" Sousa
Mark Sousa, aka Dr. Pond, has been installing water gardens and features for over ten years. He has extensive knowledge of water gardens and the products used in them while providing outstanding customer service.
Mark is a hands-on business owner and is involved in every aspect of this corporation. During the 20+ years he has been in water garden sales and installation, Mark has traveled throughout the United States for training classes, seminars, pond builds, and to visit product wholesalers. Through Aquascape, Inc.'s extensive training classes and seminars, Mark has established Action Water Gardens, Inc. as a Certified Aquascape Contractor.
He also participated in the World's Most Extreme Pond Build in July 2008. From April to October, Mark will be servicing and installing water features throughout the state of Connecticut and from November to March (as well as the rest of the year), he is always available to his customers by appointment for in-store or on-site consultations.
shannon, store manager / Crew Leader
Shannon enjoys the challenges of balancing the quality in the water, plants and fish of your backyard ecosystem. Shannon’s role at Action Water Gardens is to assist in the coordination of projects and to solve any variables that might arise in the field. Shannon has completed the Aquascapes Academy. When Shannon is not working at Action Water Gardens, he likes to spend time with his fiancé and play in his band.
Cindy Milewski, Office Manager
Cindy has been working with Mark Sousa since January, 1998 taking care of the accounts and employees associated first with landscaping or hardscaping and now with water gardens and features. She stays behind the scenes and balances the customers, vendors and employees needs while getting her tasks done. With her degree in Business Administration, the other days that she is not at Action Water Gardens, Cindy is usually managing other clients' businesses. When she is not working, Cindy likes to spend her time at the shore on the water in a boat or kayak.
IN MEMORANDUM Adam Riendeau (1992-2021)
It is with tremendous sadness that we must inform you that we lost Adam Riendeau, our store manager in January, 2021. Anyone that knew him will always remember how he recognized our customers by name and his wealth of knowledge of fish, plants and running the store.
We can never replace him and will all miss him.