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Do It With Style!© Vicki Paull
Pond Style
Human ingenuity has overcome the dry docked backyard and created some great water features that almost anybody can incorporate into their own landscapes. Formal What constitutes the formal pond? Defined edges and symmetry are key to the formal design.
Brick or dressed stone is popularly used to create a path or rim around the pond. A fountain will often complement the formal water garden as well as a waterfall. Historically the formal pond was the center piece of the garden, as in the case of the John Nash House in wales. " FFYNONE" Here is a water feature designed in 1904, formal and beautiful, but well beyond the means of most of us.
Today many of us must build our ponds within the constraints of suburbia, but it can be done and with style too. At Our Backyard Pond we pick up some pointers on how.
A formal pond can be built in a grassy backyard as well. The Backyard demonstrates this.
If you have some space and ingenuity
NPS Tour of Ponds™ Gives us some fine ideas on how to utilize them. So if a formal water garden appeals to you , just dig it! Natural What constitutes a natural pond? Well, realistically speaking no man-made pond is natural, but you can imitate nature. Avoid straight edges, keep it as open as possible and use native stone or other materials to blend the pond in with the area. Elaine's Pond gives a good idea of how this can be accomplished. If you really want to go natural Biggs Wildlife Pond can show you how. Pond4You gives a us a look at building a natural pond, with some ups and downs. Finally I would like to remind you to check out the links in the main links section and as always. . . . Go To Page: 1
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