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Garden Ponds
Garden Ponds come in all shapes and sizes.
Considering a garden pond is not so complicated as you might first believe.
There are two main considerations to ponder which will help bring your initial thoughts of a pond into a clearer focus and idea of what you actually want.
First of all there is the question of choosing a Formal or Informal Pond?
Formal might be – an Italian style – or a symmetrical style
Informal might be – random shaped, unequal or odd.
Next there is a question of deciding on of Fish or Wildlife Pond?
A Fish Pond will need filtration and less planting
A Wildlife pond can contain any number of plants and support untold wildlife.
What are Water Gardens?
Water Gardens can be a walk through a Water Landscape.
The Garden may not just have one pool. A Water Garden may have several pools and a stream, and possibly some bog garden areas. There is no limit and no minimum.
What denotes a Water Feature?
Water Features come in many forms.
You may like the thought of a large Fountain with visible water jets, or perhaps, you have a small calming sensory trickle in mind.
Water Features lend themselves to producing gentle relaxing water sounds. Water Features can be large or small – from a giant waterfall to a bowl with a small trickling or bubbling powered by a solar pump.
F.A.Q.
Common Questions We Get Asked by Clients Prior to Design
Ultimately the Garden Pond or Water Feature has got to be In keeping with the size of your garden. Any size is possible.
If you have a large Garden then we’d suggest to have as large a pond as is possible, as the management and care of a pond or water feature is the same really whatever the size.
If you only have a very small garden, a Water Feature may be more suitable.
When choosing plants for a pond – Suitability of plants will depend on whether you have a wildlife pond or a Fish Pond
In a Wildlife Pond – most importantly you have got to include oxygenators.
After the oxygenators, it is purely down to personal choice. There are so many plants to choose from for Garden Ponds. It makes sense to have a selection of plants – some Marginals – shelf or shallow water plants like – my favourite – Water Forget Me Nots – and some Deep Water plants like Lilies. You can also have Bog Plants around the outside of the Garden Pond.
In a Fish Pond you will probably have LESS plants than you would do in a Wildlife Pond. The types of plant will depend on whether you have gold fish or Koi Carp as the fish will nibble at the plants! With fish in the pond, you would keep plants in their baskets to reduce the potential for the fish eating them entirely.
You can still have bog garden plants around the outside edge of the Fish Pond.
Yes you will definitely need a pond pump and filter in a fish pond because of the waste matter being produced by the Fish. Fish do create a lot of muck.
The size of the pond, and the type of fish and potential size your fish may grow to, also affects the type of filtration you will need.
If you have a Wildlife Pond, you can choose to have a pump and filter, but it is not NECESSARY particularly if you have planted with Oxygenating plants.
The Million Dollar Question! How many fish you can have in a pond depends on the size of the pond and how deep it is. Is there a rough guide or a rule of thumb in terms of how many fish you can have in your garden pond? Is there a Fish to pond size ratio? –Well actually there is no defined or correct answer to the question of ‘How Many Fish Can I Have in My Garden Pond?’ Fish will grow to the size that suits the area that accomodates them. For example, if you have TWO fish in a massive pond – Both fish will grow big. If you have 30 of the same fish in that same size pond, then they would all stay smaller. The fish growth, will be limited by the size of the pond AND the type of fish they are and how many you put in together in the first place,
For the majority of Garden Ponds, you do need some sort of a liner. There are various choices of liner you can have.
There are always exceptions to the rule of course. For example;-
If you are in a heavy clay area, where you can puddle water, you may not need a liner.
If you are having a block built, rendered and painted pond for fish, you may also not need a liner.
We assess the need for a liner when we make our first site visit.