The Pond
| The pond is the focal feature of the water garden. The centre-piece where all the main activity is focused. Beautifully sculpted waterlilies rest amongst verdant waterlily pads, goldfish laze in the noon-day sun and a dragonfly heads for the rushes at the waterside to deposit its eggs. A wonderful peaceful place where beautiful plants prosper and wildlife flourishes - a whole natural eco-system.
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 The pond is a self-sustaining ecosystem that is being introduced to the garden.
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 Moisture-loving plants can play an important role in dressing the periphery of the pond.
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While a pond can be self-contained, it generally functions more successfully when accompanied by a bog garden. Here moisture-loving plants not only dress the pond periphery, but also provide opportunities for aquatic fauna to prosper, and the gardener to grow plants that would be difficult elsewhere.
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| When space is limited, or where a traditional pond is either inappropriate or too large, then container water features can be introduced. The most popular of these is the converted half-barrel or tub, complete with pygmy waterlily and dwarf rushes, but sinks, troughs and other containers can be adapted and utilised to great effect.
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 Tubs and containers can be introduced as an alternative to a pond where space is limited.
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 A suitable pond profile is necessary if the plants and fish are all to prosper.
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In creating a pond there are many aspects to take into consideration, not least of all siting, aspect and safety. This latter is very important and addressed elsewhere. The siting of a pond is crucial to its success. It cannot be introduced to a garden without due consideration of all the practical and aesthetic aspects. Nor can plants be expected to prosper unless the pond profile is suitable.
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The materials that a pond is constructed from requires careful choice. They must be able to fulfil all the requirements placed upon them. When mistakes are made with the construction of a pond they are often difficult, and always expensive to correct.
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 A newly constructed pond should be able to fulfil all the requirements placed upon it.
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