Create Ponds

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A pond serves as a visual focus for any garden whilst providing a cool oasis where you can get away from it all. In addition, a garden pond attracts and harbours a fascinating diversity of 'gardener-friendly' wildlife. This book gives you clear, concise advice on how to plan, build and maintain a pond even in the most modest garden - and without spending a fortune. Create ponds - natural solutions for your home & garden Water has a special magic, provides a constantly changing focus in the garden, and adds to a feeling of calm. What's more, for the natural gardener it performs an invaluable function, enticing a whole range of useful amphibians, birds, insects and other wildlife. If the idea of a water feature is appealing, however, the result often isn't: poor planning and maintenance can land you with a green, stagnant bog. This book gives you clear, concise advice on how to plan, build and maintain a pond in even the most modest garden - and without spending a fortune.

Creating a new pond; Planning; Linings; Design; Building your pond; Excavation; Laying down the liner; Filling your pond; Planting; Submerged plants; Floating plants; Marginal plants; Out and about; Problem solving and maintainance tips; Pea soup? Problem plants; Fish; Maintenance tips; Pondlife guide; Resources

About the Author

Richard Jones is a freelance writer specialising in natural history, ecology and the countryside. He has written for many wildlife and gardening publications and is an advisor to BBC Wildlife Magazine. He is a past president of the British Entomological and Natural History Society. When he moved into his house in London in 1999, the garden was a bleak expanse of concrete and close-mown grass. It is now a cool oasis for his family and for an ever-changing mix of wildlife, big and small. And there is a pond.

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