How To Make A Water Garden – Part 2

Water Garden Idea Book (Idea Books)

Installing Your Water Garden

The very first step in installing your water garden is too install the flexible liner, the following are the five steps involved in doing this.

• Remove the grass
• Dig the hole
• Prepare the hole
• Position the liner
• Add edging materials

For the second step its time to install the shell of your water garden.

• Mark the shell outline
• Dig the hole
• Set the shell
• Backfill around the pond
• Add Edging

Choosing the Features of Your Water Garden

The last thing you have to do in order to get your water garden in working condition is too add the Pump and Filtration System. Pumps can do a number of unique things for your water garden that you may not have even known. They can make obviously make your pond drain and have the water re-circulate but did you know pumps can also make fountains spray up into the air, now that would be something to show the neighbors. To decide the size of the pump you are going to need divide the total volume of water by 2 and get a pump that delivers at least that number. For instance if your water garden holds 100 gallons, buy a pump that can deliver 50 gallons an hour. If the pump isn’t strong enough you can always buy a more powerful one it wont cause harm. Now for the filter, there are two choices here Mechanical Filter, and a Biological Filter. For the purpose of this I’m going to suggest to get a Mechanical Filter as they will do the job just fine, look for one that can filter through the entire volume of your water garden once every two hours. Once these two key pieces are installed to your water garden the only thing left to do is add plants, fish, and snails. I’m going to leave that up to you to decide as its more of a personal decision on what you want to be looking at in your water garden.