The pond in full glory - July 2010

Well here it is.  These are just a few general views of the pond, photographed in July of this year.  I can't believe the difference a year makes with some heavy planting of both the water area and the surrounding banks.  We've added more large rocks into the water to cover a lot of the liner that was showing last year.

The pond is a rough figure of eight with two waterfalls at the far end and a planting area in the foreground.

The two small waterfalls are at the end of two streams emanating from a single source behind the tree.

This view looks through the narrow waist, where oxygenating plants create a natural barrier, to the planting end.  Two water liilies are in the centre of the planting area with marginal plants around the edge.  Three spotlights are amongst the rocks giving three light focal points at night.

A small pebble beach has been placed at the far side of the pond to give the baby frogs and newts a chance to come out of the water.  The pond was full of frogspawn in the early spring and is now full of life!