New Pond (part three)

It was my aim to finish the pond for my birthday but the cost of the liner was more than I had anticipated so I accepted that I would not be able to get the stones needed to finish it off straight away.

My mother got me a Buddha fountain statue for my birthday which I positioned as the feature and that’s where I got up to.. Close, but not done.

A week or so later I decided to cement the stepping stones in place as they were prone to movement, something I would not have done if I had got the stones already, so I guess it worked out for the best. I also found a really clever little light that would sit up inside the bowl in the Buddha’s hand so I put that in and connected it all up to the pump.

Finally I got a trailer load of rainbow stone to finish it off. It did not take me very long to spread it out.

Above and below – Finished product… Almost!

With a quarter of a trailer of stone still left over I found myself wondering what to do with it.

I had already decided during construction that I was going to leave the other pond intact, a decision that was made when I discovered that there were fish living and breeding quite contently in there, but it was the excess stones that made me decide to tie the two ponds together in a common theme.

My dad had already suggested the removal of the ground cover around the second pond and because of the fairly minimalist feel of the first pond I felt that this was a good idea as it was too heavy. I felt it would be easy to get rid of this plant and continue the stones back.

That’s when I re-discovered the garden kerbing that the previous owners had put down to seperate the garden beds from the lawn. Thankfully I was able to lift the concrete up, breaking it at the expansion joints and then move it out of the way.

I could now call the pond finished. I later put some lillies and some koi into it, the lillies look great but the koi are being coy! They find hiding spots under the bowl of the fountain and between the pots where the lilies sit. I am hoping that they will start coming out when I feed them soon.

Finished Pond.

Finished Pond.

Buddha statue with water-cooled halogen light.

Buddha statue at night.

Night view of the pond with statue lighting up and solar powered garden lights bordering the garden.

The old pond, tied in with the new one.

So.. Now for the next project.. I don’t know what it is yet, but I’m itching to get started!