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How to Build Ponds and Waterfalls: The Complete Guide by Ortho Books

Low-Maintenance Water Gardens by Helen Nash

Imagine having your own water garden, complete with beautifully landscaped pond and year- round plantings--maybe lilies or lotuses--and stocked with colorful fish, along with some friendly frogs, turtles, and snails.

These simple plans show how to create a water garden specially constructed for low maintenance. The important thing is to plan ahead. There are chapters on correct siting; preventing problems related to tree roots, runoff, and water tables; choosing materials that resist punctures and leaks; making sure the garden is level, to prevent spilling and flooding, and accessible for easy repair. Next come sections on filtration to keep the water clear, and selection of low-maintenance plant and aquatic life for long-term ecological balance. See how to control both plants and animals to keep them stress-free and disease-free, and how not to overload the ammonia and nitrite levels, and learn low-maintenance ways to adapt to the season and the weather, watch for problems in all areas and solve them before they become time-consuming and expensive.

Pond Owners Problem Solver - Tetra Press
Pond Owner's Problem Solver John Dawes

Practical and expert advice on designing, stocking and managing ponds.

Water Gardening in Containers - Tetra Press
Water Gardening in Containers Helen Nash & Greg Speichert

Create lovely ponds in any small container for indoors and outdoors.

Water in the Garden - Tetra Press
Water in the Garden James Allison

Water has been featured prominently in garden designs for thousands of years; hardly surprisingly it can captivate the senses, creating visually stimulating light and movement and soothing splashing and bubbling sounds. In its many forms, water can be used as the focus of a new garden or to add an exciting one. Encompassing every aspect of Water In The Garden, this beautiful but also eminently practical book is full of ideas for incorporating water into a garden design. Ponds, watercourses, waterfalls, fountains and small water features from pebble fountains to troughs are illustrated with inspiring photographs, and their construction explained in detailed text and, where applicable, step-by-step diagrams. There is also a section devoted to bridging water using stepping stones, timber decking and islands as well as a variety of bridges. But the book doesn't confine itself to the water features; comprehensive chapters on water garden plants and pond fish are no less important and give advice on choosing plants and fish is explained in a chapter on water garden care, which also contains essential information on water quality and filtration, pond care and a seasonal guide. The final chapter looks at how to design, build and plant a wildlife pond that will attract a variety of creatures birds, amphibians, aquatic insects and microscopic water life and help to improve the environment as a whole.