Water Garden Landscaping-a Few Effective Tips

By Author: Frank Filson
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Perhaps, the gardens that appeal to the senses the best are those that we call water gardens. These go beyond the usual plants because there are also fish and perhaps a few rocks that all help to create a most visually exciting water garden. If you want to create lively as well as unique water gardens, there are several water garden landscaping ideas worth trying out - some of which could be quite complex - but which will nevertheless will prove to be very exciting as well as enjoyable.

More Complicated

Though water garden landscaping is not as simple as say rock garden landscaping, it can still be tried out even in spite of the fact that you will have to do quite a bit of excavating as well as water treatment. However, for those who don't have the time, patience or money to indulge in water garden landscaping, there are also some simple landscaping designs to try, which will help to add beauty to any garden while at the same time not costing a lot of your hard earned cash.

Before you even consider doing any of the excavating work you must first plan everything out. There are some complex ...
... applications to water garden landscaping that can be overcome relatively easily with the proper planning. You must put everything out on paper including the dimensions of the pond and the layout of the whole design. If you do this things will move forward much more smoothly.

When everything is completed on paper you need to transfer those designs onto the ground that you will be working. When you have it all laid out you can begin the excavating. This can either be manual labor or if you have a little extra cash you can hire an excavator. This would be my choice as they can dig in a couple of minutes what could take you days to dig. Especially if you soil is really rocky.

The next step in water garden landscaping is to start the installation of the plumbing, which should be done properly if you want your waterfall to look decorative and also in case you want to include a fountain. Following this, you need to use liner to cover the dug-up soil and this should be made from cement that is waterproof, Or you can use preformed water garden ponds made out of composites that will not wear out.

After your seal is complete you need to fortify the edge of your pond so that it will not cave in. When this is done you can move forward to decorating your water garden landscape. Large rocks are a common addition and work very well. When the rocks are all in it is time to add some vegetation. I like to use low maintenance varieties for obvious reasons. If you are adding plants you will also need to mulch them as well.

At last, you can finally arrange all of the rocks to your liking, put all of the aquatic plans in their proper places and fill up the pond with water. After this is done pick out whatever variety of fish you like be it Japanese koi, goldfish, or carp put them in and enjoy your work of art.

In addition to water garden landscaping you can also read about Waterfalls And Landscape Features at free backyard landscaping ideas.com