A demonstration of what can be accomplished through water garden landscape design. From active streams and fountains, to tranquill ponds and pools, turn your home into a water garden oasis.

Beginner Water Garden Tips

Before creating and building your water pond there are going to be many things that will cross your mind about how to construct, where to construct and when to use certain materials in constructing your water garden. In this article I would like to tell you some of the tips that I have accumulated over the course of my reading about water gardens, building water gardens and through learned experiences. Learning to estimate the volume of your water garden. Circular water gardens can be calculated using the following method - measuring the pond in feet, take the radius squared multiplied by the depth (or average depth of the water garden) and multiply this by 3.14 and then again by 7.5.

The answer you are going to get will be in gallons. This is going to be how many gallons that your circular water garden holds, or at least very very close to it. The square or rectangular shaped If you have a square or rectangular shaped water garden here is how you calculate the gallons of water that your water garden holds. Measuring your water garden the entire way around, marking the longest and the shortest ends, take the length multiplied by the width and then multiply this by the average depth or the depth of the water garden and then multiply this number by 7.5 to get how many gallons of water your water garden holds. When building a water garden be sure the center or base of your water garden is flat, firm and level. The sides of the water garden can slope or step as needed, but the base should be a firm level surface.

When you are constructing a water garden and you are going to be using concrete, your walls will be about six inches thick so digging your hole big enough should allow for these extra inches the entire way around the water garden. Be sure to install any drain, positioning the drains before installing concrete so you have drains. Often beginner gardeners forget that drains need added to the bottom of the water garden to allow for easy cleaning. Make sure that the sides of your water garden are not vertical lines, slopes are going to be much easier to manage and are better looking for the over all effect of the water garden when dealing with concrete in the water garden.

You can create a cover made of wood planks, surrounded by rocks to keep your filtration system out of mind and out of sight while still protecting the fish in your water garden! Remember that some water gardens will hold fish, others will hold plants, and still others are created to hold both fish and plants – so have a ball and create the pond of your dreams!