Pond Design | Adding Other Garden Features in the Landscape

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Although these features fit in perfectly with general principles employed on this site, it is imperative that if they are required they be incorporated in the plan right from the start especially the beach.

There is no doubt that in the right environment a deck can also add great character and value to a water feature. It also becomes an excellent vantage point where you can wile away many hours.

Beaches are essential for all wildlife or conservationist ponds and bog gardens are for those plants that love wet feet or those parts of the garden that are always wet..

Jetties, Beaches, Stepping Stones, and Bog Gardens

Pressure treated timber

Liner wrapping

pond framework blocks

4x4

4x2

Edging stone

Marginal shelf

Edging stone

4x2

Pebbles

Block

Sandy infill

pond

Brick

Underlay

Liner

Underlay

Stepping stone , lower edge set slightly below water level

A box of 4x9x18 concrete blocks filled with concrete, can be sealed with G4.

Liner

Underlay

Bog garden

pond

Marginal shelf

Underlay on pond liner

Aquatic soil or chemical free soil

Block

Soil with leaf mould and course sand

Bog garden liner with holes spiked through all over

Drainage holes

Clean rubble

Drainage holes in the liner

1 inch pipe to take water to the roots.

Drainage holes in pipe

18inches

up turned turves