My pond is still a work in progress after relocating it to a corner instead of the middle of my small garden. It is a quarter circle d shape, half above and half below ground level at a depth of 3 feet with planting shelves. It has koi and so is filtered but I still have plenty of wildlife. I've yet to disguise the filter and edge the back and side with broken paving flags. I do have overhanging trees which isn't ideal but am considering a skimmer and pond vac.
That looks lovely Karen Paul, it seems that there are no hard and fast rules for what to keep in a pond and if trees are close by it is extra work to remove leaves before they rot in the pond, but I love the stone work around the pond, it really blends in well, and nicely planted too.
Amazing ponds everyone! Altho' I think Nut's is more a lake or a river
Here's mine.
Made a few mistakes:
-Too big to defend from the heron, so the rope, poles, wire etc was never intended so I don't have the natural look I wanted! (Like Nut's). Seems to still lose me a few goldfish every few months, even now. If I removed it they'd all be gone. Wildlife eh. They don't share....
-Wish I'd gone for the inverted egg design. I can only plant on one long side and even there I made the shelf too deep so had to put in floating baskets for all the marginals. Those shelves need to be really shallow.
-When the plants die back all you can see is the black plastic all around the edge. Shallow shelves all the way round could also have resolved that. I was hoping for the natural look around the edges like Nut's but seems impossible with my (poor) design.
-I also went for the sloping beach at one end. Apart from giving the heron a path to eat my fish (doh! again), it slopes too much so the pebbles gradually end up in the deep bit in the middle.
I'd re-do it if I could, maybe one day I'll call the professionals in (when I win the lottery)!!
And I need to get in and sort that algae out, it's looking a bit like the dive pool in Rio.
Apart from the heron fence that looks pretty nice wildflowers. I don't think goldfish belong in a wildlife pond, I'd let the heron have those and take the fence down
The reason you don't see my liner is because there isn't one, when the water level goes down in summer you see the bare bits of bank instead.
It also has defects, the sides are much too steep for one. We'd do it differently if we were starting again.
Wildflowers, you can buy pond liner stuff which is a bit grippy - like really coarse, waterproof sandpaper. I made a pond for a customer which had a "beach" for the wildlife, and used a bit of this stuff on top of the normal liner; most of the "beach" was pebbles, but there was a line of larger, angular stones just under the water, stopping the rounded stones from ending up at the bottom of the pond. I guess you could "retro-fit" something like this, possibly...
I agree though, it's a good-looking pond.
My "dream garden" will include a pond, which will have a "beach" up one end, and a bog garden virtually surrounding the rest. Then you don't have to look at the liner anywhere. (This dream garden will have ideal soil and climate, wonderful views, a mature tree or two... and I'll be 30 years younger. )
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we think so Liri
In the sticks near Peterborough
Doesn't work for me either GD
That's sort of re-assuring to know Dfa, so it isn't just my computer at fault then. I have contacted Nora, but no luck with it as yet.
My pond is still a work in progress after relocating it to a corner instead of the middle of my small garden. It is a quarter circle d shape, half above and half below ground level at a depth of 3 feet with planting shelves. It has koi and so is filtered but I still have plenty of wildlife. I've yet to disguise the filter and edge the back and side with broken paving flags. I do have overhanging trees which isn't ideal but am considering a skimmer and pond vac.
That looks lovely Karen Paul, it seems that there are no hard and fast rules for what to keep in a pond and if trees are close by it is extra work to remove leaves before they rot in the pond, but I love the stone work around the pond, it really blends in well, and nicely planted too.
Amazing ponds everyone! Altho' I think Nut's is more a lake or a river
Here's mine.
Made a few mistakes:
-Too big to defend from the heron, so the rope, poles, wire etc was never intended so I don't have the natural look I wanted! (Like Nut's). Seems to still lose me a few goldfish every few months, even now. If I removed it they'd all be gone. Wildlife eh. They don't share....
-Wish I'd gone for the inverted egg design. I can only plant on one long side and even there I made the shelf too deep so had to put in floating baskets for all the marginals. Those shelves need to be really shallow.
-When the plants die back all you can see is the black plastic all around the edge. Shallow shelves all the way round could also have resolved that. I was hoping for the natural look around the edges like Nut's but seems impossible with my (poor) design.
-I also went for the sloping beach at one end. Apart from giving the heron a path to eat my fish (doh! again), it slopes too much so the pebbles gradually end up in the deep bit
in the middle.
I'd re-do it if I could, maybe one day I'll call the professionals in (when I win the lottery)!!
And I need to get in and sort that algae out, it's looking a bit like the dive pool in Rio.
Apart from the heron fence that looks pretty nice wildflowers. I don't think goldfish belong in a wildlife pond, I'd let the heron have those and take the fence down
The reason you don't see my liner is because there isn't one, when the water level goes down in summer you see the bare bits of bank instead.
It also has defects, the sides are much too steep for one. We'd do it differently if we were starting again.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thanks Nut, I guess we live and learn!
Wildflowers, you can buy pond liner stuff which is a bit grippy - like really coarse, waterproof sandpaper. I made a pond for a customer which had a "beach" for the wildlife, and used a bit of this stuff on top of the normal liner; most of the "beach" was pebbles, but there was a line of larger, angular stones just under the water, stopping the rounded stones from ending up at the bottom of the pond. I guess you could "retro-fit" something like this, possibly...
I agree though, it's a good-looking pond.
My "dream garden" will include a pond, which will have a "beach" up one end, and a bog garden virtually surrounding the rest. Then you don't have to look at the liner anywhere. (This dream garden will have ideal soil and climate, wonderful views, a mature tree or two... and I'll be 30 years younger.
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Thanks for the tips Liri