Pond Garden

A pond can provide a wonderful wildlife feature to your garden. Not only will it attract such creatures as frogs and newts but provide a welcome place for butterflies and birds to drink or bathe. Ponds will support a variety of plants,

aquatic plants such as hornwort and water lilies, fringe plants like yellow flag iris or water mint and marsh plants including purple loosestrife, willow and alder buckthorn. It will be a home for many interesting invertebrates and be an important breeding habitat for common frogs and common and great crested newts, whose populations are in decline through habitat loss.

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The great thing about a pond is they can come in any shape or size and can fit into any but the shadiest garden. In addition, they provide an invaluable habitat for predators of common garden pests.

Ideally, your pond should be stepped with a shallow rim around the edge. Steps will give you a diversity of plants, allow vertebrates to escape and prove an element of health and safety.

The deep end will usually be flanked by a bank or hedge. This will prove both shelter and a setting for your pond.

A hedge of Hawthorn or Dogwood will allow your pond to blend into the landscape. The result is a must have focal point in any garden.

It has been estimated that the UK has lost over a third of its ponds since the Second World War. Much of this decline is due to the loss of the traditional village pond. This loss has had an important effect on wildlife.

Ponds across Britain collectively support at least two thirds of Britain’s freshwater plant and animal species. They provide important habitats for many threatened species such as Lesser Silver Diving Beetle and Great Crested Newt.