Buying Garden Ponds fit for Water Lilies

Instant Ponds can be created in your garden by purchasing a preformed molded pond like a big babies bath. They will have shelves at various heights on which to stand your water lilies or other aquatic plants. All you need to do is dig a suitable hole and drop in the empty pre-shaped pond.

• Ensure your pond is level or the water will slop over one end and leave the plastic showing at the other.
• If your soil is rocky it is best to bed down your pond into a layer of soft sand. This also helps with leveling and bedding down.
• Bury the pond deep enough so the edge is not left proud.
• Fill with water and leave to settle and mature before introducing plants and or fish.

Pond liners made from rubberised Butyl can be bought to create a pond of your own shape and design. Tips are available here.

• Use an underlay and place the butyl on top.
• The   water level for your pond should be at least 4″ below the top of the liner to prevent water loss due to capillary action into the surrounding soil.
• Take care during future maintenance not to puncture the liner.

Water Lilies

• Nymphyea pygmy lilies like ‘rubra’ are miniature red/pink waterlily  flowers 1 – 2″ in size with a  spread of 18″.  They can be grown in a miniature patio pond, barrel, shallow  or tiny pond.
• Water lilies can be augmented with marginal, herbaceous, bogside and oxygenating plants to suit all ponds.