Build a natural pond for wildlife, beauty, and quiet contemplation
Typical backyard ponds are a complicated mess of pipes, pumps, filters,
and nasty chemicals designed to adjust pH and keep algae at bay. Hardly
the bucolic, natural ecosystem beloved by dragonflies, frogs, and
songbirds.
The antidote is a natural pond, free of hassle, cost, and complexity and
designed as a fully functional ecosystem, ideal for biodiversity,
swimming, irrigation, and quiet contemplation.
Building Natural Ponds is the first step-by-step guide to designing
and building natural ponds that use no pumps, filters, chemicals, or
electricity and mimic native ponds in both aesthetics and functionality.
Highly illustrated with how-to drawings and photographs, coverage
includes:
- Understanding pond ecosystems and natural algae control
- Planning, design, siting, and pond aesthetics
- Step-by-step guidance for construction, plants and fish, and
maintenance and trouble shooting
- Scaling up to large ponds, pools, bogs, and rain gardens.
Whether you're a backyard gardener looking to add a small serene natural
water feature or a homesteader with visions of a large pond for fish,
swimming, and irrigation, Building Natural Ponds is the complete guide
to building ponds in tune with nature, where plants, insects, and
amphibians thrive in blissful serenity.
Robert Pavlis , a Master Gardener with over 40 years of gardening
experience, is owner and developer of Aspen Grove Gardens, a six-acre
botanical garden featuring over 2,500 varieties of plants. A
well-respected speaker and teacher, Robert has published articles in
Mother Earth News , Ontario Gardening magazine, the widely read blog
GardenMyths.com, which explodes common gardening myths and gardening
information site GardenFundamentals.com.
