{"id":6655,"date":"2017-03-31T01:05:30","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T00:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6655"},"modified":"2017-03-25T14:49:29","modified_gmt":"2017-03-25T14:49:29","slug":"what-is-new-for-ponds-in-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/design\/what-is-new-for-ponds-in-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"New for Ponds or Renovated Ponds"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I may be behind the times but here are some new, or new to me, ideas to enhance your garden pond this summer.<\/p>\n

New Pond Design<\/h2>\n

‘Islandscapes’ and Floating Planters<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘The Next Big Wave In Ponds’ (Oh please) ‘enhance the beauty and biological health of ponds, providing innovative filtration and a lush growing environment for terrestrial plants. lslandscapes offer food and fun for fish, frogs and other wildlife’ according to the blurb on Freedomponds.com<\/a>
\nVelda<\/a> do several floating planters made in covered styrofoam.<\/p>\n


\nEcopond Tadpole Food<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have to admit to never thinking of feeding tadpoles but if I did here is the answer. Ecopond Tadpole Food provides the nutrition that tadpoles need up to the point where they develop back legs (4-6 weeks after free swimming begins). See also frogspawn tips on Gardeners Tips<\/a><\/p>\n

Preformed Ponds<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Pond\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Rubberised or rigid plastic ponds are one of the easiest methods of creating a new pond. I bought one in a kidney shape with 3 different depths created by shelves. It saved a lot of hard work once I had dug an appropriate hole!
\nIn one garden I saw such a preformed pond raised up rather than buried and think that is a creative idea if you can support the weight of water.<\/p>\n

Pond Liners<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now you can cover black PVC liners with a stone coating. This makes the black edge of a pond look natural with a pebble or stone finish. Sold in various widths it could be used to finish off a butyl lined pond or as a run off into your garden proper. The brand I have seen is Oase<\/a> Stone Liner.<\/p>\n

All these products are available from the links above or a specialist like Bradshaws of York. Amazon supply<\/a> the preformed ponds.<\/p>\n

Pond Renovation<\/h2>\n
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  1. As winter approaches all ponds need a bit of tlc to see them through the winter.<\/li>\n
  2. If removing dead leaves and waste from the bottom of the pond leave the sludge on the edge so any small creatures can crawl back into the water.<\/li>\n
  3. Repair leaks to prevent having to regularly top up the water. Evaporation is unavoidable so you may want to think of easy top-up methods.<\/li>\n
  4. Create ways of stopping leaves dropping into the pond. Nets are unsightly unless semi submerged. Barrier hedges of box to stop prevailing winds may help.<\/li>\n
  5. Make edges safe and secure. Reinforce and renew if necessary any childproof measures.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Read more on Preformed Pond Shapes<\/a> including installation tips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Pond ideas to help your garden water feature design plus some timely renovation tips and hints<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,176],"tags":[81],"class_list":["post-6655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design","category-garden-equipment-tips","tag-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}