Water Garden Questions and Answers List 2
Building a Rockery with Real Rocks
Building a Rockery with Real Rocks. I'm building a rockery on the slope behind my Koi pond, leading down to the water's edge. Firstly, where are the best places to get fairly inexpensive cut rocks...
Which Garden Pond Theme Do You Want
Which Garden Pond Theme Do You Want? q. I have recently finished building my pond and now I want to give my garden a re-vamp, as it hasn't really been touched since I moved in. I want something quit stylish...
Which Climber is Best for A Garden Koi Pond Pergola
Which Climber is Best for A Garden Koi Pond Pergola? question. . I have a pergola over my Koi pond, approximately 18ft x 6ft. I had honeysuckle climbing up and over the pergola,...
Water Hyacynth Plants in a Garden Pond
Water Hyacynth Plants in a Garden Pond. question. . During the summer, I was given two floating hyacinth plants, which have both flowered and produced around eight babies between them....
Leaking fibreglass waterfall and stream units
Leaking fibreglass waterfall and stream units. q. My water garden has a fibreglass waterfall and stream installed. It seems to be leaking but I cannot find where the leak is...
Wildlife Natural Garden Ponds or Pools How to Attract Critters
Wildlife Natural Garden Ponds or Pools | How to Attract Critters. question. . I would like to encourage native wildlife such as dragonflies, frogs and newts to my pond but don't know how....
Butyl Liner Ponds and Aquatic Plant Roots
Butyl Liner Ponds and Aquatic Plant Roots. question. I have a butyl liner pond and want to plant marginals around the edge. I'm worried about the roots ripping the liner though,...
How to Control Duckweed in a Garden Pond
How to Control Duckweed in a Garden Pond. question. . I have had a problem with duckweed in my pond all summer and would really like to get rid of it. My pond is quite natural in appearance...
Should a Pump be Removed from a Garden Pond in Winter
Should a Pump be Removed from a Garden Pond in Winter? q. My neighbour tells me that I ought to bring in my submersible pump for over winter. Is it really necessary,...
Water Level Drops when Waterfall Pump is Running Where is Leak
Water Level Drops when Waterfall Pump is Running. Where is Leak? q. I am sure our waterfall is leaking water somewhere, but I cant be sure where. The water level in the bottom pool only drops when the waterfall is running...
Building Waterfalls and Streams and Header Ponds
Building Waterfalls and Streams and Header Ponds. Question: I want to build a stream that is 5metres long ending in a waterfall into a water garden I have planned, but looking at what a friend of mine has built...
Flowering Aquatic Plants in and Around Garden Ponds
Flowering & Aquatic Plants in and Around Garden Ponds. q: Is it possible to have flowering plants in and around my pond for most of the year, rather than a huge display just for two weeks in late spring and a few lilies towards the end of the summer...
My Pond is Leaking How Do I Find Water Leak
How Do I Find Water Leak? Beware Natural Siphons. q: My pond leaks, but only sometimes! If I leave it alone, the water may only drop less than an inch in a week, but sometimes, particularly just after I have topped it up...
Preparing Ponds and Aquatic Plants for Cold Winter Season
Preparing Ponds and Aquatic Plants for Cold Winter Season. q. I am in the planning stage of getting my pond ready for the colder months, it is heated, so I am not overly concerned about my fish...
Planting Grass up to Edge of a Garden Pond Creates Problems
Planting Grass up to Edge of a Garden Pond Creates Problems. q. I have lawn all the way up to the edge of my pond. My lawn suffers terrible weeds, which up to the time I built my pond,...
How to Prevent Koi UpRooting Plants in a Garden Pond
How to Prevent Koi Up-Rooting Plants in a Garden Pond. Question. Are plants and Koi a good mix? Is there any way I can prevent my Koi from rooting around in the planting baskets in my pond? Answer...
What is Best Way To Edge a Flexible Rubber or Plastic Liner Pond
What is Best Way To Edge a Flexible Rubber or Plastic Liner Pond? Question. What are the best ways to conceal an untidy liner around the edge of a pond? Answer...
Pond Veggie Filters Costs Are Vegetable Filters easy to Install
Pond Veggie Filters Costs | Are Vegetable Filters easy to Install? Question. How easy are vegetable filters to install? What would be the average cost of installing a vegetable filter on an existing set up...
Koi Ponds and Poisonous Plants
What plants are most poisonous to Koi? Are there any that you absolutely avoid around or near a Koi pond? Answer. Lets start with trees, since they can shed their leaves,...
Bamboo as a Screen Which Bamboo is Best for Screening
Which Bamboo is Best for Screening? Bamboo is for a large part of the world the multipurpose tool and material for so many aspects of day to day life. Everything from roofing to carpets constructed from different sizes of bamboo...
What are the best colourful flowering summer plants for a sunny
What are the best colourful flowering summer plants for a sunny garden. Answer. . Bedding plants are always the nations favourite when it comes to adding colour to bland gaps or filling in whilst an otherwise sparsely planted shrub or herbaceous border gets established...
What are Different Types of Aquatic Water Garden Pond Plants
What are Different Types of Aquatic Water Garden Pond Plants. Marginal plants: These are water plants that happily grow and flower in the shallower margins of the pool environment....
Leaking Ponds Filters or Hose How Do I Locate Pond Water Leak
How Do I Locate Pond Water Leak? question. During the brief spell of freezing weather before Christmas I turned off the submersible pump in the pond that feeds a biological filter. Last week,...
Concrete Ponds and Cracks How to Repair Leaking Concrete Ponds
Concrete Ponds and Cracks | How to Repair Leaking Concrete Ponds. question. We have a concrete pond that leaks without running the waterfall or fountain. We have cleaned it out to find where it might be leaking...
Laburnum Trees and Garden Fish Ponds Poisonous Do Not Use
Laburnum Trees and Garden Fish Ponds | Poisonous. Do Not Use. question. Is it alright to have Laburnum trees overhanging a Koi pond? As I'm planning on building a pond close to some and I've heard they can be poisonous...
Koi Ponds and Trees Plants and Shrubs to Avoid Poison Beware
Plants and Shrubs to Avoid | Poison. Beware. question. . What plants, shrubs and trees are poisonous to Koi and I should avoid putting around my Koi pond? Jon Maynard, Tyne & Wear. answer....
How to Reduce Nitrate Levels in a Garden Koi Pond
How to Reduce Nitrate Levels in a Garden Koi Pond. question. . We re-vamped our pond last year. It is 650 gallons, with a waterfall and a fountain, and the water is turned over through a filter and a UV unit...
Good General Pond Design and Care Advice
Good General Pond Design and Care Advice. Hi Peter. Impressed with. the book (nice being able to use the PDF version before the post arrives) have now started to dig the new pond....
Koi ponds Concrete pond or flexible pond liners
Concrete pond or flexible pond liners, which is the best? Hi Mary. If you are building your own koi pond with your own bare hands and you are not experienced builders, then the flexible liner option is a lot more foolproof...
Can I Use Beach Pebbles in and Around My Koi Pond Waterfall
Can I Use Beach Pebbles in and Around My Koi Pond Waterfall. I want to create a water feature at the top of my waterfall, which runs into my Koi pond. I want to fill the water feature and some of the waterfall with pebbles from my local beach...
California Concrete Ponds Plants and Planting Depth
Peter--I'm a bloke in Southern California. .I've inherited a 15
Koi Ponds and Leeches from the Garden Do Fish Eat Leeches
Koi Ponds and Leeches from the Garden. Do Fish Eat Leeches? question. . Eight years ago, while gardening, I discovered two very large leeches, identified as horse leeches, in different parts of the garden...
Ponds Waterfalls Longer Streams and Pumping Power
Well I visited a pond supplier over the weekend who also builds ponds and waterfalls. There were a couple of water features on display, one in which I'm thinking on building...