Many landscapers and pond experts recommend that Autumn is a good time to build a pond so that it has time to settle before Spring – the perfect season for populating it. Materials used for lining a pond vary. These include prefabricated liners, concrete, PVC and rubber pond liners. Continue reading
Autumn gardening ideas for around your pond
Sitting at my desk looking out at an unusually hot day so late in the month of September, it is hard to believe that Autumn is slowing descending upon us in the UK. A season favoured by many for it’s dazzling colour. There are so many reasons to stay outdoors. Continue reading
Grass edging as an option to secure pond liner
A natural grass edging is one of a number of different types of edging materials you can use to finish-off your garden pond to create an attractive feature in your preferred style to blend with the surrounding landscape. The function of edging is to both secure and protect the pond liner as well as to add aesthetic appeal to a garden pond. Continue reading
Tips on garden pond lighting installation
Lighting can add stunning night-time splendor to any pond and the features it shines upon. Lighting can be added externally or to the inside of the pond attached to a pond pump or free-floating. If located appropriately, they will enhance the design and style of any pond. Placed strategically on the outside a pond, they will highlight plants and objects placed on the banks or surrounding landscape. Continue reading
Tips on adding aquatic plants to your garden pond
A well maintained pond is an amazing extension to any garden and planting aquatic plants can further add to their fascination. Plants, in addition to their beauty, will also function in controlling algae levels and help to oxygenate the water. Continue reading
How to Create a Wildlife Garden
There is the belief amongst some that a wildlife garden means one that is left to become tangled with undergrowth and weeds. Or, there is the myth that a garden needs to be wild to attract wildlife. While this is true to some extent as you will find some wildlife such as birds and rabbits, but the diversity is far less than you will find in a well managed garden with a range of plants and habitats such as log-piles and a garden pond.
By simple definition, a wildlife garden is one which is planned in favour of wildlife. Continue reading
Why Invest in a Butyl or Epalyn Pond Liner?
If you are in the pond planning process, you maybe wondering what type of liner to install in your pond with the aim of having a low maintenance pond for at least 25 years. Rubber pond liners are now considered the most popular choice versus other pond lining materials. Continue reading
Tips to Garden Pond Spring Care
Ponds are a wonderful addition to any garden, however if not maintained they can become an eyesore with overgrown plants, weeds and water that is unhealthy for fish and other wildlife. Routine seasonal cleaning and maintenance are required to keep a healthy ecosystem for all inhabitants. In this article we look at essential Spring pond maintenance tips. Continue reading
Pond Pumps – Tips to Healthy Ecobalance
A pond can only demonstrate it’s full beauty as a feature to your garden if the ecosystem is in balance. This needs to be created and maintained using a filtration and Continue reading
Pond Liners versus Puddled Clay
Before the invention of pond liner materials, ponds were built from puddled clay. It’s clay that has had all the air pockets squeezed out of it to make a solid, immovable, watertight layer. Continue reading
Tips to Calculating Pond Pump Size
Before buying a pond pump, there are a number of considerations that need to be made to ensure you choose the size most suited to your pond. Continue reading
How to fold corners of pond liner
The introduction of flexible pond liners Butyl and Epalyn (EDPM = Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer) has greatly improved pond building techniques. The great strength of these flexible rubber pond liners provides an extremely durable construction material while its elasticity allows stretch ability. Continue reading