Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Creating habitat Pondscaping????

I want to pondscaping around my pond to make it more creative looking. It a small pond roughly 160'X65' with not many curves to it. Can someone point me in the right the direction to some sites, books or your own pics and ideas on what to do? What type of plants, tress rock and so on? If u need more info let me know.

Thanks!!!

There are hundreds of ideas you can think of. If it's a rural pond, give it more of a natural look with native plants. If near the house, landscape with urban type plants. In south Louisiana, be aware of invasive plants, since you rarely have freezing temperatures. Louisiana iris is a natural, with arrowhead, select strains of lilies, and lots of bog plants to choose from.

Covering all exposed soils around the pond edge with a good groundcover will not only enhance the look of the pond, but will help fight off invasive plants like cattails that have wind born seeds that seek out exposed wet soils.

Moneywort is a nice looking plant that does well in soggy conditons up to 3 feet deep. Plant it on the backside or the side of the pool you use less frequently. See how it does for a year before you add a bunch more. It's easier to add a little bit of plant life in stages than it is to remove a bunch at one time.

I added 3 Bald Cyprus to the shallow end of my pond and it really looks good plus I hope in years to come that it'll be a hot spot around the knees.

Water gardening has a bit of a history to it, for developing landscapes and aquatic habitats as a leisure amenity the English and the Japanese have quite a few interesting examples to explore

Some links to Japanese water gardens
http://www.btinternet.com/~fujiyamagarden/Links.html

Some places to Google, for images:
Duke Gardens, Sheffield Park Gardens, Scotney Castle, Burnby gardens, Compton Acres, Imperial Palaces (Japan)

A couple of books which are good on the theme of water gardening:

The Water Garden (Paul, Rees, Guild Publishing- London)

Plants for the Water Garden, Nash Stroupe, Sterling Publishing

Of course, a subscription and all the back copies of the Pondboss magazine is obligatory

Some quite useful reffies there, to occupy those long, Winter nights with something to mull over

Regards, andy
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