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Backyard Envy
About the Show
Award-winning pool designer Lucas Congdon founded Lucas Lagoons with the mission to create outdoor living spaces that are timeless works of art. The members of Lucas' tightly knit crew -- one of whom is his mother -- are builders, artisans and all-together unique characters. Follow Lucas and his crew as they tackle unprecedented designs, challenging clients, impossible build sites, malfunctioning equipment, crises in weather, unforgiving materials and much more in their quest to build breathtaking natural wonders in everyday backyards.
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Episodes
See Episode GuideGreen With Envy
Lucas and the crew build a Caribbean destination in a landlocked backyard. It's a clash of wills, however, as the clients demand a reluctant Lucas use green rocks to create a tropical oasis with a sand-bottom, salt-water pool.
Fiesta de Laguna
A Venice, Florida, couple calls on Lucas Congdon and his crew to transform their existing pool into a resort-style pool with an old-world Mexico vibe. Lucas encounters several firsts while working to infuse Mexican flavors into his creation.
Welcome to the Jungle
Award-winning pool designer Lucas Congdon and the Lucas Lagoons crew are challenged with bringing the jungle to life in a suburban backyard.
Green With Envy
Lucas and the crew build a Caribbean destination in a landlocked backyard. It's a clash of wills, however, as the clients demand a reluctant Lucas use green rocks to create a tropical oasis with a sand-bottom, salt-water pool.
Living Under the Sea
Pool designer Lucas Congdon creates an outdoor water room that even a mermaid could love. Former clients who love the ocean ask Lucas to remodel their new home's tiny pool, which sits just yards away from the Gulf of Mexico.
Growing Pains
A couple with a baby wants Lucas to remodel their dangerously outdated pool and make it safe for their son. The goal is to preserve the pool's cage while swinging in massive rocks to transform a dull patio pool into a stunning natural atrium.
Green With Envy
Lucas and the crew build a Caribbean destination in a landlocked backyard. It's a clash of wills, however, as the clients demand a reluctant Lucas use green rocks to create a tropical oasis with a sand-bottom, salt-water pool.
Fiesta de Laguna
A Venice, Florida, couple calls on Lucas Congdon and his crew to transform their existing pool into a resort-style pool with an old-world Mexico vibe. Lucas encounters several firsts while working to infuse Mexican flavors into his creation.
From Mild to Wild
Pool designer Lucas Congdon and his crew travel to Tampa, Florida, to build the most epic, adrenaline-filled backyard pool to date! He's creating two pools in one backyard with a nearly nine-foot high spa, two in-pool pergolas, his first-ever fire feature inside a grotto and a treehouse with a theme-park-sized slide. The project comes with a few challenges, however, when the clients request a last-minute addition and the sheer size of the pool becomes problematic.
Paradise on the Bay
The Lucas Lagoons crew creates a bayside paradise for a couple with a home in Snead Island, FL. Lucas is stymied by the challenge of building an outdoor living space, pool, spa, fire features and kitchen without any of his signature rockwork.
From Mild to Wild
Pool designer Lucas Congdon and his crew travel to Tampa, Florida, to build the most epic, adrenaline-filled backyard pool to date! He's creating two pools in one backyard with a nearly nine-foot high spa, two in-pool pergolas, his first-ever fire feature inside a grotto and a treehouse with a theme-park-sized slide. The project comes with a few challenges, however, when the clients request a last-minute addition and the sheer size of the pool becomes problematic.
Paradise on the Bay
The Lucas Lagoons crew creates a bayside paradise for a couple with a home in Snead Island, FL. Lucas is stymied by the challenge of building an outdoor living space, pool, spa, fire features and kitchen without any of his signature rockwork.
Fiesta de Laguna
A Venice, Florida, couple calls on Lucas Congdon and his crew to transform their existing pool into a resort-style pool with an old-world Mexico vibe. Lucas encounters several firsts while working to infuse Mexican flavors into his creation.
From Mild to Wild
Pool designer Lucas Congdon and his crew travel to Tampa, Florida, to build the most epic, adrenaline-filled backyard pool to date! He's creating two pools in one backyard with a nearly nine-foot high spa, two in-pool pergolas, his first-ever fire feature inside a grotto and a treehouse with a theme-park-sized slide. The project comes with a few challenges, however, when the clients request a last-minute addition and the sheer size of the pool becomes problematic.
Welcome to the Jungle
Award-winning pool designer Lucas Congdon and the Lucas Lagoons crew are challenged with bringing the jungle to life in a suburban backyard.
Mountain Lodge Oasis
The Lucas Lagoons crew faces the unique challenge of building a Rocky Mountain-style lagoon for a family living in the Florida wetlands, and quickly learn the clients will be supervising them along the way.
Living Under the Sea
Pool designer Lucas Congdon creates an outdoor water room that even a mermaid could love. Former clients who love the ocean ask Lucas to remodel their new home's tiny pool, which sits just yards away from the Gulf of Mexico.
In Hot Water
After 10 years of saving and dreaming for a pool, a couple wants Lucas to build them a "wow" factor. The crew delivers by creating a giant double-pool feature with a connecting stream and several customized surprises.
Waterpark Wonderland
Pool designer Lucas Congdon transforms a neglected backyard into a waterpark wonderland. With his most extreme remodel yet, Lucas creates a family fun zone complete with a waterslide and a double-decker party space.
Growing Pains
A couple with a baby wants Lucas to remodel their dangerously outdated pool and make it safe for their son. The goal is to preserve the pool's cage while swinging in massive rocks to transform a dull patio pool into a stunning natural atrium.
Green With Envy
Lucas and the crew build a Caribbean destination in a landlocked backyard. It's a clash of wills, however, as the clients demand a reluctant Lucas use green rocks to create a tropical oasis with a sand-bottom, salt-water pool.
Living Under the Sea
Pool designer Lucas Congdon creates an outdoor water room that even a mermaid could love. Former clients who love the ocean ask Lucas to remodel their new home's tiny pool, which sits just yards away from the Gulf of Mexico.
Growing Pains
A couple with a baby wants Lucas to remodel their dangerously outdated pool and make it safe for their son. The goal is to preserve the pool's cage while swinging in massive rocks to transform a dull patio pool into a stunning natural atrium.
Waterpark Wonderland
Pool designer Lucas Congdon transforms a neglected backyard into a waterpark wonderland. With his most extreme remodel yet, Lucas creates a family fun zone complete with a waterslide and a double-decker party space.
Welcome to the Jungle
Award-winning pool designer Lucas Congdon and the Lucas Lagoons crew are challenged with bringing the jungle to life in a suburban backyard.
Fiesta de Laguna
A Venice, Florida, couple calls on Lucas Congdon and his crew to transform their existing pool into a resort-style pool with an old-world Mexico vibe. Lucas encounters several firsts while working to infuse Mexican flavors into his creation.
