Pond in the garden: typical mistakes of amateurs. Types of artificial reservoirs in landscape design Landscape design ponds

The presence of an artificial reservoir will come in handy on any personal plot. Plants need watering all the time, and a small pond will make this task easier. How attractive will the reservoir look in landscape design garden, depends entirely on your taste and desire to make the garden beautiful and pleasing to the eye.

Inveterate gardeners can rejoice at the sight of gushing water watering plants from an ordinary green hose. But the same water can become a decorative element of the garden if it is supplied through a fan sprinkler.

For lovers of fish and aquatic plants, you will need a large and deep pond.

Looks great on a personal plot as a decorative element of a small swimming pool.

Adherents of avant-gardism can tint the color of the water, lay out the walls of the reservoir with bright tiles, decorate the shore of the reservoir with glass various shapes, gravel of all kinds of colors. Owner personal plot opens up boundless scope for creative imagination, designed to make it pleasing to the eye and cozy for the inhabitants.

For the construction of a reservoir, it is not necessary to organize the construction of the century. Here, completely unexpected solutions can come up. For example, a drainage ditch can be used as a reservoir, which very often runs along personal plots. Having cleared it and planted it with aquatic plants, you can make such a reservoir a real decoration and a kind calling card garden.

If the water in drainage ditch dries up, then it can be planted with marsh and coastal plants, having previously changed the bottom for them. How to do this, you will learn further. The reservoir can be decorated by laying out one of the walls with stones and planting between them ground cover plants. The continuation of the rocky wall will smoothly turn into alpine slide. If you strengthen the shore with small logs, thus arranging a retaining wall, and plant its top annual plants, then reflected in the water, such a composition will look just great!

To create a miniature reservoir in the garden, you will not need large material costs or redevelopment of the site. If from time to time you change the location and shape of the reservoir, the plants that decorate it, external design, then the appearance of the site will change with it.

One of the simplest and most accessible reservoirs is a bird drinker. It can be made from any container that can hold water. For example, it can be an old basin, a bath, or some kind of wooden container that can be covered with a film and pour water into it. You can also buy ready-made, stone or cement in the store. For birds, it is important that the drinker is comfortable and safe, because they come not only to drink water, but also to swim, and for this they need to go into it “waist-deep”. Therefore, small pebbles or gravel should be poured at the bottom of such a reservoir so that it smoothly passes into the shore. Thanks to this, it will be easy to get out of the reservoir for both a bird and an occasional amphibian that has fallen into the water.

In any reservoir, pit or ditch filled with water, you need to put some kind of plank so that it is easier for unsuccessful swimmers who accidentally fall into the water to get to land.

The drinker can be installed anywhere in the garden, where it will be convenient to observe it. Birds will quickly get used to the presence of people and stop paying attention to them. It is important that there are no tall plants near the reservoirs, behind which a cat can hide.

A bird drinker will become a real decoration of the garden and will bring a lot of joy to the residents if it is properly cared for: it is necessary to periodically top up and change the water.

Small reservoirs can be built from any containers in which you can plant moisture-loving plants and even launch fish. If you pick up several different vessels of various shapes and volumes, you can make an interesting and original composition. The main thing is that the containers either match in color and style, or are completely different. Plants planted at the proper depth should feel comfortable in them, and do not interfere with each other.

Capacities that are unsuitable at first glance can become simply indispensable for the device. For example, it can be wooden decks, cracked barrels, or even broken wheelbarrows, on the bottom of which polyethylene or butyl rubber is laid to prevent water from leaking. Such mini-reservoirs, unfortunately, will have to be dismantled for the winter so that the frozen water does not damage the containers. But every year it will be possible to build a new composition.

In order for the reservoir to look aesthetically pleasing, its size must correspond to the size of the infield. It is built near the main building of the house, where it could be admired from the windows or from the terrace.

It is very important to calculate proper lighting reservoir. It is impossible that it be illuminated by the sun for more than 10 hours, then its surface will be covered with green algae, and the rapid development of aquatic bacteria will begin in it. On the other hand, the lack of light will inhibit the growth of plants in the pond, so it is very important to guess golden mean. Optimal time the sun exposure of the reservoir is 6 hours.

If the reservoir is located under the canopy of trees, it will suffer from leaf pollution, especially in autumn period, also the pond can be damaged by the root system of trees, which can deform the shape of the reservoir or break through the underlying film.

If you want the pond to be illuminated in evening time days or so that it has a pump for or a waterfall, then you should consider in advance the location of the reservoir for the possibility of conveniently supplying electricity to it.

Pond on suburban area will become a real decoration and pride of its owners, unless of course it is properly looked after. The reservoir should be regularly cleaned of debris, dead plants and fallen leaves should be removed with a net, the water should be filtered and replaced with fresh water from time to time. If all this is not done, in a very short time the reservoir will turn into a breeding ground for mosquitoes, midges and other unpleasant and unwanted living creatures. In addition, it will come from bad smell. Proper care will turn a mini-reservoir into a balanced biosystem, and will delight its owners for many years.

One of the main problems that arise when caring for a pond is water bloom, which occurs due to the rapid reproduction of microscopic algae. Plants-oxygenerators are able to stop this process, which, being in water, absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen, due to which the water is purified. These plants include the swamp, tillea, elodea, hornwort, urut, fontinalis.

Once a month, accumulated sludge must be collected from the bottom of the reservoir. To do this, use a special pump, which can be bought at the store.

Caring for pond plants consists in regular pruning in spring and after flowering. Plants are cleaned of dry and withered branches, and strong branches are cut in half. Flowers must be removed immediately after the end of flowering, then on next year they will bloom even more profusely.

If a aquatic plants planted in baskets, they must be replanted once every few years, thoroughly washing the roots and removing dead parts of the plants.

In order for the reservoir in the landscape design of the garden to remain attractive for a long time, it needs special care. To do this, you can use special chemicals, but this must be done with great care, carefully following the instructions. If fish live in a pond, it is necessary to use drugs that are safe for them. You can fight unwanted algae biological method, for example, by getting snails that eat algae with pleasure, clearing the reservoir and saving the owners from unnecessary trouble.

To combat aphids that have settled on plants, you can use a stream of water from a hose, or apply contact poisons, but at the same time remembering the safety of the inhabitants of the reservoir, choosing means that are harmless to them.

Almost every garden has a pond. And he definitely gets into the frame: the owners love their pond (or even the most small pond ik), are proud of it and consider it perhaps their main garden achievement. And this is understandable. But the strict eye of a professional often notes the unfortunate blunders in the creation of reservoirs, which are repeated in many gardens with offensive constancy.

We asked landscape designer Valeria Ilyina to analyze some typical mistakes lovers and talk about what you need to know to do it yourself in the garden decorative pond, stream or waterfall.

Are you building a reservoir? Make no mistake!

Perhaps it makes no sense to convince someone that a pond in the garden is good. Water like a magnet attracts everyone's attention and even in photographs it always looks mysterious and alluring. Is it any wonder that today the reservoir has become an indispensable attribute of the "gentleman's set" of any design project for the development of a new land plot or the reconstruction of an old one.

Unfortunately, as a result of a formal approach to business, one garden becomes similar to another. Professional designers gardens are churned out like pies are baked, and they actually turn out to be cloned. To be honest, the gardens of amateurs are closer to me, which, although they sin with some dilettantism, still attract more with their ingenuous sincerity. All actions of an amateur come from the heart, and therefore the path is often tortuous, but in the end the truth is found, and not least thanks to intuition.

To make the path to beauty shorter, let's try together to analyze the characteristic mistakes that miraculously repeat in many reservoirs, and analyze their nature. And after that, we will gradually analyze all the subtleties and secrets of a quick, easy and economical creation of a reservoir that is ideal for your garden. So, the most typical misses.

Wrong size

This is the most common mistake: the pond does not match the size of the garden and its surrounding plants. A small puddle located somewhere near the fence or at the entrance to the garden and squeezed from all sides by lush and beautiful garden plants no matter how hard you try, it will always look ugly.

Wrong place

In no case do not place a reservoir against the backdrop of unsightly buildings, a sloppy garden, a pile of garbage, a rickety fence, and who knows what else.

old fence- not the best background for a pond

Water always attracts the eye, so placing your pond in an unsightly place, you thereby focus on the shortcomings of the garden.

Mistakes in the selection of material

Purchasing garden supplies follow the law of similarity. If the house is made of brick or stone, then their color, texture, shape and size must be repeated in the material of the fence, paving, finishing of other buildings. The same applies to wooden house or a house sheathed with siding.

You can often see a picture when certain corners of the garden are very good: beautiful plants logically grouped, the pond is carefully and imaginatively decorated - and the overall impression of the garden is negative. You start to analyze, and it turns out: the brutal appearance of the house is made of red brick with white architraves plastic windows, a powerful fence is assembled from ready-made concrete blocks painted with bright pink paint with white scallops on top, a carved arbor is gilded with turned beams, an asphalt tape of the path leads to it, over which the yokes of openwork white arches for roses are thrown, the presence here and there of colored plastic , various-sized borders, flowerpots, and to top it off - like a gold medal for bad taste - a plastic water lily on a living leaf of a nymph. As they say, comments are superfluous.

Conclusion: while arranging the garden, introducing new elements into it, try to predict the final result, predict how the garden as a whole will look like. The body of water should always match the garden, buildings and surrounding plants in size and style, and be placed in the most advantageous position depending on the image you choose.

Defeat in the fight against the plastic mold

Common misconception: the finished plastic mold is best choice if you decide to create a reservoir, as they say, with small means. Yes, indeed, manufacturers offer a wide range of such "baths", and it seems that you can choose a shape for every taste. But everything is not so simple. Even the largest of them (and they are very expensive) will not be big enough in the garden, and the small ones just look like a misunderstanding. At the same time, all of them, although obviously small in size, have an overly intricate shape that will never turn out to be natural in place.

The edges of such forms have a rounded profile, on which it is impossible to fix any soil for coastal plants, no stone, much less gravel. Some of the more expensive forms have quartz sprinkling glued with a wide tape along the upper edge, but most often it is so strikingly different from our local materials that it still cannot be decorated.

Plastic molds are made by stamping, and cheap products often have an annoying defect - the edges are skewed along the periphery, due to which, no matter how hard you try, you will not be able to dig such a shape neatly and evenly in principle. Needless to say, a piece of black plastic sticking out above the water will nullify all your efforts. For clarity, such a reservoir can be compared with a luxurious suit, in which a carelessly sewn lining is bristling in the most visible place. The sight of such a suit is at least regrettable.

Protruding black plastic of the finished form sticking out above the water- poor decoration of the reservoir

It is worth adding that transporting the finished form, especially big size, not easy and expensive, and as a result, the final cost of the structure increases significantly. I once had a chance to work with a plastic mold small size and at the same time intricate design. She was hopelessly skewed. I spent a lot of time, effort and nerves to somehow neutralize this innate flaw, but, unfortunately, there are things that cannot be fixed.

However, rigid forms have a future. In Europe, plastic molds of regular geometric shapes have been produced for several years now: round, rectangular, trapezoidal. They have a wide, flat, horizontal edge, making them easy to mount under all sorts of flooring. It is advisable to use them for raised formal reservoirs, which are effectively decorated with stone, wood, plastic, metal; they can be located at different levels and combined with fountains and waterfalls.

Unfortunately, our trade so far offers only round shapes, but we must not forget: if there is a demand, there will also be a supply. The breadth of the horizons of consumers shapes the market.

Conclusion: before choosing one or another method of waterproofing, you need to fully familiarize yourself with the positive and negative sides of each and carry out comparative analysis. The lack of information about the qualities of waterproofing materials in the presence of a large supply on the market leads to the wrong decision.

Trying to repurpose an old bath

Speaking of ready-made forms, it should be mentioned that amateurs often try to recycle enameled cast iron bathtubs. Once upon a time, in times of chronic scarcity and absence available materials, this simple way to create a garden pond was welcomed by many. However, few people managed to decorate a white bath so that the enameled pond looked more or less attractive.

More often, such a structure looks miserable: greenish white walls, mounds of garbage at the bottom (after all, you can see everything against a light background!), round cobblestones are artlessly laid out along the edge, and a collectible beauty hosta is planted nearby. An unattractive spectacle…

But there are ways to embellish such a reservoir, you just need to move your imagination. The easiest way is to paint the bath with any dark or black paint. Visually, the container will look deeper, the reflectivity of the water will increase, and the edges will almost merge with the ground. In the presence of all kinds of plasticizers and modern mixtures (for example, Eunice-plus cement glue), the inside of the bath can be coated with a layer of 1-3 cm, give it a texture, tint by adding mineral powder or liquid colored pigments or finely ground brown peat to the solution. If desired, if such an image fits into the overall picture, you can lay out a mosaic of colored stones or glass, pieces of a mirror, or simply glue pieces of crushed stone on top of the cement different sizes.

If you have a whole arsenal of used household baths, they can be dug close to each other in a chain or square-nested way, depending on the quantity, finish the inner surfaces as mentioned above, and mount decorative flanging from tiles, clinker, wood, etc. over the joined edges. You will get a channel or a pool with separate cells, each of which can be decorated in a special way: somewhere there are plants, somewhere a spring or a small fountain, somewhere there are fish or lights - an unplowed field for fantasy.

Such a structure can be made partially raised over the entire area, or you can place the cells at different levels, and even arrange the flow of water from one block to another. So an old primitive idea can be applied in a completely new way and achieve a wonderful result.

Conclusion: old, used containers can be successfully used to create reservoirs, you just need to be creative and never leave the wrong side in sight.

stone beads

The most common decorating mistake garden pond- this is a rounded cobblestone laid out around the entire edge, like beads. More often such beads lie in one row, but some manage to lay two rows on top of each other.

Such a way of laying a stone will never look natural, not to mention the fact that it is absolutely impossible to decorate a film or a board of a rigid structure. So the multi-colored “monists” lie on the monstrous black shores, and no matter what beauty you arrange around, such an aqua garden will serve as a mute reproach to the owner.

When relaxing on the banks of rivers and lakes, try to pay attention to how nature "lays out" the stones, and what you like and remember the most. Usually, small fractions serve as a background, while larger ones are textured by contrasting groups.

The stone for decorating the reservoir must be carefully selected. Photo by Valeria Ilyina

Conclusion: stone for decorating a reservoir must be carefully selected. It is desirable to use a stone of a homogeneous breed and color scheme but varied in size. This does not mean that the pellets are completely unsuitable, just that they “play”, you need to work with them even more carefully.

All of the above can be created both on a personal summer cottage and in a public city park.

Stream - an easy way to decorate the territory

It is not difficult to build a stream in the country. In addition, a small babbling spring is difficult to distinguish from a natural stream.

Depending on the features of the landscape, you can experiment with the design - make a mountain stream with a natural bottom of stones or a cascade of mini waterfalls.

Source - a complex stream

Source - comparatively complex element design. This is the same stream, only more perfect - with sculptural elements and a bottom made of natural rocks through which water flows.

Fountain is awesome

The easiest way to decorate the area. This is often used by landscape designers to create a given style on the site. When forming the fountain, special nozzles are used, as well as sound and light.

Waterfall - an exquisite solution

If the size of the site allows, then the idea of building a waterfall or a cascade of waterfalls should be a priority. True, there is a nuance - the height of the waterfall should be two meters or more. The size and shape of the composition is regulated by gutters.

A transparent slow stream, which smoothly descends along a stone ledge, looks advantageous. No less spectacular is the prototype of a mountain waterfall - a jet enclosed in a narrow channel.

Cascade - a kind of reservoir

Cascades are equipped, "playing" with height differences. The rifts elegantly laid out at the bottom look interesting, which makes the water ensemble close to natural.

Ponds in landscape design

They are built more often than waterfalls, streams and springs. Making them is relatively easy, and the effect is not much worse. The main thing is to choose the right shape, style and location. The style is determined by the overall design of the landscape, that is, the pond is its harmonious addition. The place is chosen not very shaded, but not in the sun, but also to be visible from all points.

Pond decoration - too interesting activity. It is made to mask the container or the edges of the film with pebbles, natural stones, sand.

Aquatic plants - another important element pond. When choosing plant varieties, remember that each of them develops only at “its own” depth. Therefore, it is better to plant them in plastic baskets and "coconut" pockets. Thus, the mentioned problem is solved, and care is also simplified.

In the pond, you can breed fish, frogs, snails, install plastic dummies of birds and animals.

Artificially made reservoirs at all times became an ornament and center landscape compositions. And in modern landscaping and landscape design, various artificial reservoirs and channels also play a big role, since you never get tired of looking at the surface of the water. Let's get acquainted with the types of artificial reservoirs and their characteristics.

Various types of reservoirs used in landscape design can be divided according to their purpose:

Decorative ponds that serve only for beauty.
Artificial ponds for swimming.

Decorative ponds

In gardens and cottages that do not have very large areas, usually create decorative ponds or other spectacular objects with water, which also take up very little space. Let's get acquainted with some of them.

artificial pond

Let's start with the usual overgrown reservoir on the site.

Reservoirs in landscape style, along the banks of which many plants are planted, you should not create large ones. They fit perfectly into a natural style garden.

On the shore you can relax on a hot afternoon, and a small coastal illumination will create a fantastic landscape. When making such a reservoir, they choose mainly undersized and dwarf varieties water lilies, which are placed in special plastic baskets. In the "swamp" zone, where the depth is about 10 cm, and in shallow water (10-40 cm), irises, marsh euphorbia and sponges feel great. On the edge of the coast, various varieties of cuffs look good.

Gardens are used very often and places near the shore of a reservoir are no exception. In a shaded place it is better to plant plants with green leaves, and in a sunny place with variegated ones.

Such artificial pond they are located in a sunny area, and tall ornamental shrubs and cereal plants are planted to protect them from the hot midday rays.

For those who like to watch the movements of the water surface and its brilliance, an artificial pond strewn with pebbles is suitable. It is created using butyl rubber film. For greater naturalness, a “dry” stream can be additionally created, which flows into a reservoir and is also covered with medium-sized pebbles. For decoration, you can use one or two water lily bushes with white flowers, which, together with the leaves, effectively stand out on the surface of the water.

For gardens and cottages, made in a regular style, a small square artificial pond, finished with clinker tiles, is perfect. At the corners of such a reservoir, you can land balls of boxwood or privet. On the shore, large containers with agapanthus, Bolivian begonias, evergreens and petunias will look very impressive.

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Pond with a fountain

Also, an interesting solution to the water object will be a flowerbed with a "geyser", where a low fountain is located in the center. Its design is quite simple and consists of a fountain nozzle, which is connected to a water tank buried in the ground, and a submersible pump. On a flowerbed with a fountain, sprinkled with stones, moisture-loving ferns, ivy with variegated leaves and bells.

At summer cottages and garden plots you can always find a place for a fountain spouting from a stone. This water composition looks especially interesting next to the landings. different varieties bergenia, astilba, cuffs and garden geraniums.

To create such an object, you will need a container for water, submersible pump, spray nozzle and insulating material. When making a fountain choose a large natural stone, not processed. A through hole is made in the middle of it. Also for such a composition, you can use a small mill wheel.

The water tank is almost completely buried in the ground, but so that the upper edge is located on the surface of the soil. A very small one is placed in it, and the surface is covered with a strong mesh (galvanized) and a base of powerful beams is laid. A stone or wheel is installed on top through which water will beat. The territory nearby is covered with medium-sized multi-colored pebbles, and plants are planted.

mini ponds

Another original version The water feature is a miniature body of water in a barrel. It consists of two low barrels of different diameters (the difference should be large), which are inserted into each other and filled with stones. A small pump is placed in the lower barrel. With its help, water enters the upper barrel through a beautiful column. The stones in the barrels help to change the depth of the miniature reservoir. Crops such as rush, water pine and water star are suitable for decorating the composition.

You can also create a miniature artificial pond in any waterproof container such as a bathtub, flat bowl, large container or pot. It can be placed on the terrace, next to the recreation area and even on the loggia. When creating such a water composition, only miniature species and varieties are used. It can be duckweed, water hyacinth and urut. The only thing that is required for such an artificial reservoir is to remove it in time to a warm and bright place so that the frozen water does not damage it.

vintage style

A small reservoir on the site can be issued in vintage style with the help of a decorative stucco mascaron mask. Such a sculptural decoration is placed on the wall of the house or on a stone or brick fence.

The entire source consists of a rather large reservoir, the water from which overflows into a small container, which is buried in the ground and beautifully decorated with various stones. A pump is installed there, which supplies water to a decorative architectural mask, which is located on stone fence or wall. The pump capacity should be between 30 and 50 liters of water per minute.

When creating this object, the wall masonry must be protected from moisture with a thick butyl rubber film intended for creating ponds. Planted next to such a source different kinds forest anemones, ivy, astilba, daylilies and hydrangeas.

decorative swamp

More interesting way decorate your garden or cottage - make a decorative small swamp. This is one of the most fashionable trends in landscape design today.

This option is especially good for those whose site is located in a lowland, and where it is always excessively humid. At the place where a garden of marsh plants is being created, a layer of earth 30 to 40 cm high is removed. Then a strong and rather thick film of polyethylene is laid there, in which a few holes are made so that water does not go into the ground quickly.

For a constant supply of water to a decorative swamp, they take a hose for micro-drop irrigation or a narrow hose, the end of which is plugged, and small holes are made on some part of the hose. The other end of the hose is brought out and connected to a pump that supplies water. Water is pumped into the swamp as the soil dries up. Gravel, pebbles are poured onto the film with a layer of 2 to 3 cm, then a hose with holes is laid, and then a layer of gravel (3-5 cm) is again poured. On top they are covered with earth, where suitable crops are planted.

Well-moistened places like a lot of plants and shrubs. Marigolds, marsh irises, terry buttercups, astilboides, ferns, loosestrife, some types of primrose (finely toothed and Florinda), almost all types and varieties of loosestrife, Rogersia, rhubarb and calla will grow and develop well here. Also well grow and develop marsh rose, marsh violet, varieties of hazel grouse (chess and Kamchatka), calamus root (marsh calamus), thyroid darmer and marsh euphorbia. Willow, forsythia, deren, irga, viburnum and silver currant will feel great on the edge of a decorative swamp.

Swimming pools

These types of artificial reservoirs, built for swimming and bathing, are used quite widely in landscape design. They differ in designs, finishes and overflow types.

Inflatable pool

The easiest to install and the cheapest is an inflatable pool. It is an artificial swimming pool created from a PVC film, which is reinforced with a durable polyester mesh. This pool also has an inflatable edge.

For an inflatable pool, choose a place in a well-lit area. This may be a lawn or a recreation area, which must be cleared of all types of debris, even small ones, as this can lead to damage or tears.

The maximum operating time is about five years, but this is proper care. With the onset of cold weather, such reservoirs are removed for storage, as they can be damaged due to frost. When installing such a pool on a lawn, it is worth knowing that in the few months when it will be in operation, the grass cover will be badly damaged and will need to be restored.

Frame pool

A frame or collapsible pool is an artificial swimming pool, the walls of which can be solid or consist of metal pipes. The interior of the reservoir is made of durable PVC material. Various types of frame pools are produced, some of which need to be removed for the winter, and some can be left outside in cold weather.

For such pools, a special platform with a hard surface is being prepared. It is best if it is a concrete coating. AT last resort, the platform for the pool is cleaned, leveled, a layer of sand is poured from a height of 7 to 15 cm and rammed. It is necessary to place such a reservoir in a sunny area, but it is also desirable that there is a water supply or some other source of water nearby, from where it will be filled.

When operating such a pool, you need to monitor its cleanliness with the help of various equipment and chemicals for cleaning, which are offered by companies selling such artificial reservoirs. When buying, you should always think about the moment of disposal of water from the pool, which happens at the end of the warm season. The operating time is usually about 10 years.

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Stationary pools

Stationary pools in small ordinary cottages and gardens are built quite rarely, because they are expensive. They are issued various sizes, shapes, color finishes and with any set additional equipment and attractions. Such pools can be created both outdoors and indoors.

There are several options for finishing these artificial ponds: polypropylene finish, PVC film and mosaic tiles. PVC film is produced in white, blue-blue and turquoise shades. It also has good waterproofing characteristics. Blue-tinted propylene sheets have a shiny surface. They attract attention with good strength, perfectly resist aggressive environments. Finishing with tiles or mosaic tiles will make the artificial pond more spectacular and interesting, as well as add depth.

Water is not only beautiful element, pleasing to the eye of all those present and allowing you to spend pleasant hours with a book by the water. This is a functional object that humidifies the air, improves the illumination of the site by reflecting the sun's rays, and affects the microclimate of the territory as a whole.

The choice of an oasis should be approached very carefully and take into account the style of decoration, lighting, plants and decor. We will talk about interesting options design of ponds of various types.

Little tricks

Don't chase after large sizes if the area is small. The area of the pond should be proportional to the site. A huge pond makes the space around visually appear smaller. So that the pit itself does not seem smaller than it is, it should not be filled with water to the brim and edged with wide cobblestones. A wooden arched bridge will also visually enlarge.

complex shapes reservoirs, divided into several parts and connected by paths, bridges and logs, look very attractive.

If the surface relief does not allow digging a deep pit, it does not matter. Beautifully decorated with shells, stones and large vessels, the shallow pond looks just as good.

Pond Design Examples

The flight of fancy is not limited here. You can choose a strict style with straight shapes and strict outlines, or opt for a natural look. Consider the features of the landscape and you can find the perfect option for you.

regular style

This design is recommended when you want to design a pond in the same style as the house. The classic is distinguished by the lines of the correct geometric shape and decoration, similar to the design of the main building.

Beautifully trimmed bushes, even flower beds, a marble rim pool and straight paths are all components regular style. If you want to make the site look like a small palace park, then this is the solution for you.

A round-shaped pond is easier to clean than one with corners.

landscape style

Main features natural style- lack of symmetry, conciseness and maximum naturalness. The reservoir should be made uneven in shape, and vegetation should be planted along the edges. She also should not walk in rows, but create the illusion that the human hand did not touch her. To achieve this effect is quite difficult, it is very important not to overdo it with the amount of greenery.

For examples, you can go to Japanese gardens. It is there that you can see how the master achieved perfect naturalism with the help of “randomly” scattered stones, a bamboo fence and winding ones.

All objects should be placed asymmetrically.

Decorating the area around the pond

The surrounding area must be properly equipped. Install benches and small bridge, if the size of the reservoir allows it. Sculptures, clay bowls and other decorative elements should complement the overall picture. Installing near water is a great move.

If the site provides a recreation area, it can be combined with a pond. This will allow you to comfortably spend summer days, and if you build a small pier, you can install a swing on it.

Always fit perfectly into the design of any reservoir. It is believed that the sound of water not only relaxes and soothes, but also drives away evil spirit. For landscape-style oases, you should choose waterfalls trimmed with stones, or beautiful fountains in the form of stone bowls.

In the evening, the pond should also be visible, so take care of the backlight. Lamps built into facing stones, lanterns on short posts and all kinds of lamps are well suited. In the pool itself, you can install a floating lamp or a lamp fixed at the bottom, which will illuminate the bottom and the water area.

How to choose plants

When choosing flora, one should take into account the periods of flowering and the growth rate of crops planted nearby. It should be about the same so that everything grows evenly. Consider the height of adult specimens. Too tall vegetation can completely hide a small pond from view, so it is more logical to choose low-growing varieties, or not plant them near the shore.

Reeds, moss, dwarf iris and can be planted near the water. Away from the reservoir, place shrubs, dwarf coniferous trees, thuyu or Japanese maple. The body of water itself can be planted with water lilies and water hyacinth.

An artfully designed pond can be the soul of your garden. It should be understood that the creation of such an object can be expensive in terms of materials. In addition, this is a rather complex engineering structure, so consider the cost of hiring professional master. As a result, a small oasis will appear on your site, which will delight you every day and decorate the garden.