Garden Pond

[Matheous]

Any ideas on what to do after I fill it in ? I am going to make a water feature- but that\s going in a corner behind where the pond is now.....Any suggestions would be appreciated..... It's about 8ft x 5ft

[RATTER15]

What do you need to know?

put some plants in, do you want fish?
build your water feature?

Give us a clue!!

[atrixo]

youcould drain your pond and then put a wooden "lid" onthe top and then put stones on the top, with the space underneat you could still use the water feature pump to make a little sprinkly fountain coming from underneath... tht way you can easily lift the lot to fill the pond with water again if you wanted it back...

[RATTER15]

Sorry I mis-read the question, I thought it said Any ideas on what to do after I fill it?

[Kleiber]

Make sure all the frogs, toads & newts are taken out first, won't you (if you've got any, that is)?

[Matheous]

It's looking very like I'm about to fill it with rubble & sand + whatever is lying around as my btother-in-law is about to deck the site of our old shed and the area needs to be cleared......So I'm thinking along the lines of topping up the pond hole with peat & bark (on top of the rubble etc)...someone suggested a shrubbery....which sounds nice....

Kleiber - no there were no toads or frogs-all that's left now is a deep puddle with a few 'skaters' ?

[Matheous]

Just got a little inspiration from a BBC page on water features. How does this sound to you all ? What if I PARTIALLY fill in the pond -but leave enough space for a shallow liner which can hold large pebbles which would allow a water feature standing IN the water.....with decking shaped along the line of the pond (a future project) ?

[Kleiber]

Sounds good - you could maybe create a little bog garden in the shallow bit too.