The client brief was to transform this sloping garden with a wildlife-friendly pond, to provide an attractive focal point viewable from nearby windows, and with wide wheelchair-accessible paths
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Waste ground before
Cotswold retaining wall
Stepped depths accommodate different water plants while maintaining stable conditions in this unfiltered pond, shown just after planting took place. A combination of ornamental and native plants of more restrained growth balances attractiveness and benefit to wildlife. The cobble beach softens the edges, gives access to amphibians and birds, and will become partly camouflaged by overhanging plants.
This feature pond with chunky cascade and splashing jet fountain illuminated at night, provides an immediate point of interest for visitors. Since planted with irises and reeds, and livened by shoals of red goldfish.
Giant one-piece rubber liner sandwiched in concrete
Practical Ponds
“ practical designs that are sympathetic to the setting ”
