Overwhelmed by water gardens

[Coach Rick]

I have been to 4 different places looking at water garden supplies, and I am soooo confused. I bought Water Garden magazine, and that was good. I was originally thinking a small 6' X 10' pond with a small stream, and waterfall, now I am up to 3 ponds, two waterfalls, and streams between all of them, with an island in the middle of the biggest pond. My problem now is if I should go with pre-formed, or a liner.

 

[Snowwark]

Is your house going to be on the island, Coach Rick?

I only have an over-flowing jug, water feature, but some of the Buds do have ponds, hopefully they will help you out with some info.

In the meantime, I'm posting a link to a thread that Amid Chaos started in January. It's about a pond, and we were fortunate to have the builder, getdavo, join us on her thread. I think you might find it very interesting!

A Beautiful Pond


Kim

 

[Tulirose]

DH was willing to buy me a pond "kit" at Sam's Club if I wanted it. It was 5 feet by something and had a water fallish-stream-rapid type of thing at one end. It was preformed and had different levels for different plants. It seemed perfect, all inclusive. I also had what I thought would be the perfect spot for it and started to get very excited on this thought.

Then I started doing some reading and found out the area should be away from overhanging trees and in a sunny location. No pond for me. ....

Good luck in this venture, Coach Rick. Definitely keep us posted.

 

[Coach Rick]

Originally posted by Snowwark
Is your house going to be on the island, Coach Rick?

I said a pond, and that would make it a moat, wouldn't it?

I only have an over-flowing jug, water feature, but some of the Buds do have ponds, hopefully they will help you out with some info.

In the meantime, I'm posting a link to a thread that Amid Chaos started in January. It's about a pond, and we were fortunate to have the builder, getdavo, join us on her thread. I think you might find it very interesting!

A Beautiful Pond

Kim

Pretty neat. Thanks for the link.

 

[gina2000]

Originally posted by Coach Rick
I said a pond, and that would make it a moat, wouldn't it?

Just think.....you're a COACH.....a moat would make you a KING!!!


LOL LOL LOL LOL



I have no water features in my garden except for a hose. I just had to get that in.....

 

[Mamu]

Sounds like your hooked on ponding now where to begin.

My feelings are to use a heavy gauge liner you can get the shape and design you want, pre-formed pools are great but you need to work around their form. Create your own design.

Here is a great web site:
Watergardening

Please don't become too hooked on this site and forget us here. The more you learn the better off you'll be in the long run.

 

[Coach Rick]

Thanks Mamu. That board is great. Oh boy this is going to be fun. As a school teacher I really need a project like this to keep me busy during the summer. I can't wait to get started, but like every other project, planning is essential, so restraint is important.