Garden Ponds & Water Features in general Reviews

Has the tank sprung a leak? Water running down the walls? Soggy carpets? No, this time the sound is actually welcome, especially sitting in the garden on a bright sunny summer afternoon. No, we don't have a stream at the bottom of the garden, just a pond. We moved to Camberley seven years ago. The house was about the fourth one ...  Read the complete review

I love ponds. They are a big part of my life. Ponds will give you relaxation and joy. But in order to get this you need to keep your pond up to scratch. They are quite complex and there are lots of ways to achieve a good quality pond. I have three ponds. I have a small 2ftx4ftx3ft deep pond, I have a 10ftx9ftx3ft deep pond and a koi pond, ...  Read the complete review

The greatest source of delight in my small garden is the pond. With a shrubbery on three sides and a little rill falling into it, it contains 2000 gallons of water and is 4'6"deep. Beneath the tranquil surface swim eleven fish, three of which are over 20 years old. This is the reason that there are only 11, since their size is such that I don't ...  Read the complete review

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After many years of living in my current house, i decided that it would be nice if we had a pond in our garden. We have a very big garden, and no small children, so there was nothing preventing us really. Our first attempt at a pond however, was a bit of a disaster. Its not as easy as it looks, and we were on a pretty tight budget. ...  Read the complete review

Hello. Let me ramble a little about the joy, fun of a pond, about how and why we built ours then I will give you some instructions to help you build yours. Without water there would be no life on earth, all living things are made up of a high percentage of water. All living things need to take in water to grow and to ...  Read the complete review

I have in my pond fish of a size which prevents me from advertising their presence, much as I would like to. I don`t wish to be targeted by fishnappers. Three of these fish, a ghost carp, golden tench and fantailed crucian carp (I know!- That is what I was told it was) cost me only a couple of pounds each over 20 years ago, when I bought them to ...  Read the complete review

A long time ago, a few weeks before my girlfriend and I confessed our true feelings for one another, we were in the garden of the house she was staying in. I took a pond snail out of the mucky pond at the bottom of the garden and placed it on her hand, whereupon it started sliming and rasping its way up her arm (oh yes, I know how to seduce ...  Read the complete review

I am six months away from building my pond. I have had a dilemna for a while now. During the design of the pond, with it's bottom drain, side return and gravity filter, the main part of the pond came under question. Should it be Brick built or made with a liner??? The brick built option would possibly make the ...  Read the complete review

There is nothing worse than finding something dead in your pond, and it can happen all too ofen. Here are a few tips for avoiding these unpleasant discoveries. Hedgehogs often drown in garden ponds. These creatures can swim, but have very short legs and, once they fall in, often cannot get out again. To avoid finding drowned hedgehogs, ...  Read the complete review

Just a quickie. In the hope that my experience can prevent someone out there burning out a pump motor, and incurring the expense of a replacement. I’ve put this in a general category, because although it is about pond pumps, this little lesson applies to all pumps, rather than any particular make or model I ...  Read the complete review

My pond is a hive of activity at the moment as the frogs have returned. Every time I look out of my kitchen I see at least 2 fornicating frogs. Usually though there are about 4 intimate couples floating about on the pond. All of their efforts have paid off and they produced frogspawn a couple of days ago. We have only had our pond for 18 ...  Read the complete review

Ponds are a wonderful addition to any garden, the sound of running water and watching your fish swim about on a hot sunny day is one of the simple pleasures in life. However most people think you just add fish and that’s it however they can be very time consuming and getting it right is not an easy task as I my self a beginner found out. ...  Read the complete review

Some competition prizes can be more trouble than they are worth, and I sometimes wonder if the pond-liner and pump combination that turned up a few years ago is one of them. If you are considering such a feature then read on… Mine is not the biggest of ponds (about 8’ x 4’ x 3’6” deep) but it took me five ...  Read the complete review

Last Year I had to take a large tree out from my garden it was old and dying. I decided that the time was right to put in a pond(children were old enough to keep away from it). Well once the tree was out I had the start of a hole so it was only a matter of digging. For anyone thinking of building a pond, a word of warning there is a ...  Read the complete review