Most likely you’ve driven near houses with water gardens and admired the beautiful landscaping. After all, burbling, cascading water and the sight of a beautiful pond, fountain, or waterfall can make any back yard more attractive, as long as it’s done with taste and an eye for curb appeal. You may have even dreamed of having a water garden put into your own yard until you found out the price. Fortunately, you can do the work on your own water feature and not have to pay all the labor costs you’d have to pay otherwise. By following a few simple guidelines, you’ll be well on your way to being the envy of anyone who passes your home.
You may be saying, “But I’m not especially talented that way.” Lots of us aren’t, but developing a water garden is more dependent on your creative planning and hard work than it is on having advanced building skills. If you can plant a garden, you can build a wonderful water garden in your yard.
Get started by discovering your community’s guidelines about where you can locate your water garden. There are most likely regulations governing where your water feature needs to be located as well as its size and depth. Some towns will have guidelines to ensure safety, such as how deep you can dig your pond without being required to fence in the area. You will also need to learn where pipes, wiring, septic system, or other subterranean utility features are buried, because you definitely can’t dig in those areas.
Decide on your location carefully. Once you know what you’re dealing with, you’re free to choose a place where your water garden will be both visible and functional. If you are only planning on cultivating water plants in and around your pond, there will be no problem in placing your water garden in an area where there is no shade. However, if you would like to to add fish to the pool, you have to locate it where there will be some shade during the times of day when temperatures are at their peak.
Actually, the time you spend planning and shopping will probably take you longer than building the water garden itself. You can get started with nothing more than a small pump, a pond liner, and a shovel. Over time, and as you are able to afford it, you can add to your water feature and make it more intricate and fancier so that eventually you’ll have the water garden you always dreamed of, and you’ll have developed it yourself.
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