Water Gardens & Ponds
How to Plant Pond Plants in Baskets: Media, Depth & Marginals
Plant pond plants in aquatic baskets, not loose in the pond, because baskets contain the soil, control vigorous spreaders, and let you…
Water Gardens & Ponds
Few features transform a garden like the still surface of a pond. This section covers everything from compact container ponds on a patio to full koi ponds and lotus pools — the plant that gives Urban Lotus its name. Whether you want the calm of moving water, a home for fish and frogs, or a blooming display of water lilies, you’ll find practical, tested guidance here.Start with our complete walkthrough on how to build a backyard pond, then dig into the gear and care that keep it healthy — pumps and circulation, liners and construction, planting, fish, and the perennial battle against green water.Popular guides in this category:How to build a backyard pondThe best pond pumpsThe best pond linersHow to get rid of pond algae
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How to Choose Fish for a Pond: Koi, Goldfish & Stocking
Choose pond fish by matching the species to your water volume first, then to your climate and the look you want. As…
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How to Acclimate New Pond Plants
New pond plants almost never arrive ready to drop straight into your water garden. They show up grown soft in a greenhouse,…
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How to Add a Waterfall to an Existing Pond
Adding a waterfall to a pond you already own is one of the highest-payoff upgrades in the whole water-garden hobby. You get…
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How to Overwinter a Container Pond
A container pond is wonderful in summer and dangerous in winter — not because the cold is worse than in an in-ground…
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How to Net a Pond for Fall Leaves
Net the pond before the leaves start dropping, not after. A clean, tensioned net stretched a few inches above the water surface…
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How to Keep a Pond Clear Without a Filter
A filter is not the only way — or even the original way — to keep pond water clear. Nature has been…
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Why Is My Pond Losing Water? (Leak vs Evaporation)
A falling pond is one of the most common — and most misdiagnosed — problems pond owners face. The water drops an…
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How to Patch a Pond Liner
A pond that loses water faster than evaporation explains usually has a hole in the liner — and the good news is…
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How to Edge a Pond Naturally
The single thing that separates a pond that looks like it belongs in the landscape from one that looks like a plastic…