My Little Haven

ludi

I had an in ground pond in this area for about 5 years - looking pretty sweet if i dont say so myself. Alas the butil (spelling?) lining started to leak about a year ago.

I found maintenance was a bit of a bugger to do - kidney shaped.

I opted for an easy maintenance pond recently.
This was a simple little job, concrete 400mmx400mm reinforced pad footing.
Cinder blocks and pavers and a nice watertight fibreglass pond.

Had some cedar lying about so I planed off the dings and made a suround for it.

Whole thing came in at less that $700 (aus)


I know it is kinda stark, and I also know that straight lines in a Japenese garden are a NO NO... but this is practical.

Just need to work out what to do in the triangle space - where the sand is.

Any advice - or virtuals would be appreciated. I want to give it a Japanese look - whether this is a moon garden with pebbles, or a soft green oasis, I am not really sure. I definately need to soften that big expanse of grey though.

I am toying with maybe a Cedar or Pine centered along the wide expanse of rendered wall.

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Note my apprentice bottom left of pic 2...

I made my own Bio Filter on the cheap - will share it if yall are interested.

Cheers,


Ludi

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Bruce Winter

Looks like a o-furo. I'd fill it with hot water and sit in it, with a friend.
Nice work with the pavers, simple and clean. Stark is way better than cluttered. I appreciate the simplicity of this design.

ludi

LOL, I too would like to sit in it with a friend, alas my friend has an aversion to algae and bacteria - no matter how healthy and life giving that bacteria may be...
Simplicity of design was sort of my aim - glad you like it

Cheers,


Ludi

Treebeard

Hi Ludi,

I really like the simple beauty in your design, thanks for showing.

If it was mine, the different widths of wood showing at each side of the pond would bug me... I must have symmetry...

Regards,

Chris.

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rowan57

Haha treebeard, didnt notice that till you mentioned it, twould bug me too! Very nice simple design though, i like the bamboo used, very nice

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Chris.

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ElGringo

if you ever have a problem with blanket weed, look for a plant called hornwort (ceratium.) it doesnt produce roots, it floats just below the surface and produces aligicidal chemicals better than any product on the market, without the side effects.

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ludi

re:
"the different widths of wood showing at each side of the pond would bug me... I must have symmetry...

Indeed. "

I never manage to fit into the box in life - symmetry is great, but I embrace chaos and change.
The design didnt reallly allow for it. I built the pond so that i can lift off the timber surround and pull out the fibreglass liner, plumbing and all.
The timber thickness relates to the bits underneath I want to hide. IE plumbing at rear and pump right hand side.

Thanks for the virtual!
I could thicken the left and front sides as pictured... I need to weigh up whether this will limit the veiw of the water too much.
Thanks for the virtual too!!

The post seen smack bang in the middle of pic 2 is the thing that bothered me.
I removed it last week - and repositioned it about 1.5mtrs to the left.

Now i just need to decided what to do with the sandy area. and the expanse of wall. I am tempted to plant more maples. My wife wants a reading area here - so perhaps paving of some sort and forest planting in the raised bed.


Cheers,

Ludi.

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ludi

I havent really had an algae issue, it is spring here so i geuss anyminute now it is due.

Thanks for the tip Gringo!

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