Garden Machinery
Garden Leisure
- Greenhouse Heaters
- Loungers
- Midgeaters
- Gas Barbecues
- Charcoal Barbecues
- Masonry Barbecues
- Furniture Sets
- Benches
- Greenhouses
- Water and Light
- Garden Sheds
- Gazebos
- Firepits
- Wildlife Boxes
- Rock and Stone
- Weather Vanes
- Rabbit Hutches
- Urns & Planters
- Sundials
- Birdbaths
- Garden Swings
- Climbing Frames
- Croquet Sets
- Wildlife Cameras
- Bird Feed
Water feature – raised construction
Perhaps the easiest way to build a formal pond is by using a square or rectangular liner, with semi-raised construction. Essentially this means you don’t have to dig down so far, and the top part of your pond supported by brickwork or decking, which makes it much easier to install things like lights and you have somewhere to sit when you’re weeding or maintaining the pond, which can be a plus if you suffer from back-ache.
The process is much the same as for a preformed liner that will be set into the ground. Turn the shell upside down, mark the area to be excavated, allowing an extra couple of inches around the sides, but you only need to dig down until you reach the distance that will allow your pond to be as high above the ground as you wish it. Check the soil at the base is level, then compact down one or two inches of sand evenly over it, before lowering the shell into place. Now fill in the sides with sand, but when you’ve finished that, you need to give it at least a week to settle, before building a supporting wall, which will both prop up the sides of the liner and stop it bulging out. This wall can be constructed of bricks, preformed concrete blocks, or wooden stakes set vertically to make a ‘stockade fence’ style, or horizontally in what is called ‘hot tub’ style. The wall should fit snugly to the sides of the shell and reach to its top level, at which point you will want to set some kind of edging over the top of the shell, to hide its top edges.
