Water Gardening

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Water Gardening

• By, Tiffany Abbott

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What is Water Gardening?

• New Area of Gardening
• Can be used in residential, or public areas
• Peaceful and relaxing place to unwind
• Easy and fun project to create on your own
• Every design is unique

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Things to think about before you begin.

• Where do you want it?
• Which kind do you want?
• Will it be above or below ground?
• Will there be fountains, waterfalls or lighting?
• Will you use pumps?

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Location of your pond.

• Good view
• Good size
• Good amount of sun and shade
• Electricity

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Three Types of Ponds

• Cement
• Preformed
• Flexible Plastic Liner

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Cement

• Longest lasting
• Cool Climate requirements
• Layer of loose gravel or pebbles
• 6 thick walls
• Walls should be at a 20 degree angle
• Pour on a cool, cloudy day
• Check for cracks
• Clean

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Preformed

• Rigid Fiberglass
• Long lasting, will discolor over the years
• Bonded resin
• Less expensive than Fiberglass, BUT more fragile
• Semi-rigid/ABS plastic
• Less expensive than Fiberglass, BUT more fragile

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Preformed Installation

• Select shell
• Measure
• Excavate 2deeper wider than shell
• Line with sand level out bottom
• Install fill
• Add around edges

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Flexible Liner

• Plastic
• Can last fro 20- 50 years
• Never use less than 16 mil thick
• Can deteriorate if constant UV light
• Butyl rubber liner-twice as expensive, 30 mil
  thick, no deterioration, lasts 40 years

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Flexible Liner Installation

• Pick area size.
• Outline with hose and mark with paint
• Measure and get liner to fit, with overlap
• Width2(depth)1 Length2(depth)1
• Excavate
• Shelves (9-12 deep and wide)
• Level top ledges
• Install (protective liner)
• Secure with edging

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Added Features

• Waterfalls
• Lights
• Fountains
• Flat stones around perimeter for more natural look

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Waterfalls
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Added Features

• Waterfalls
• Lights
• Fountains
• Flat stones around perimeter for more natural look

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Lights
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Added Features

• Waterfalls
• Lights
• Fountains
• Flat stones around perimeter for more natural look

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Pumps or no pumps

• Helps keep your garden clean and clear
• Not necessary
• 2 used
• Skimmer
• Filter
• Place 2 off bottom if submersible
• Need electricity, or solar power

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Pond Ecology

• Balance between plant and animal life makes for a
  clear pond
• Plant life includes
• Aquatic and bog plants
• Welcome and unwelcome algae

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Algae

• Filamentous algaegood
• Becomes a moss coat on liner
• Single celled algae bad
• Floats and covers pond
• Fish eat it
• Normal to see algae for few weeks in new ponds
  and in spring
• Settles to ground and sides
• Chemicals can cause other problems

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Water Conditions

• Tap can be used
• Check with local water authority about chemicals
• Chlorine is okay
• Chloramine and chloride dioxide may cause
  problems for fish
• Chemicals can be used to help this problem, but
  are not necessary

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Adding Fish

• Ornamentals- good color adds to pond
• Koi move peacefully
• certain plants are toxic
• Goldfish
• Natural fish-dont use, because not aesthetically
  pleasing
• Add when 55 F or mid May
• Do not overstock or stock to soon
• Have water tested or test yourself

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Fish
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Care of Fish

• Do not feed in first few days
• Feed once a day with floating pellet food for
  large fish flakes for small
• Do not feed mid September on

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Wintering Fish

• Stock tank heater
• Best if indoors
• Small fishaquarium
• Large or Many smallsmall stock tank, or garbage
  can in basement
• Circulating pump for aeration
• No need to feed much, or at all if below 55 F

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Adding Plants

• Select them according to sun
• Heavy garden soil or topsoil
• Cover with 1 of coarse sand or gravel
• Oxegenating plants
• Tropicals added when 70 F
• Never cover more than 70

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Types of Plants

• Free Floating
• Submerged or Oxygenators
• Marginal (shallow)
• In and out of water
• Deep water or Bog

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Free Floating

• Water lettuce
• Water hyacinth

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Submerged

• Anachris
• Cabomba
• Hornwort

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Marginal

• Water Liles
• Arrowhead
• Cattails Horsetails
• Water Canna

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Bog plants

• Nordic Holly
• Jack-in-the-Pulpit
• Gooseneck Loosestrife
• Ligularia
• Astilbe Goatsbeard
• Arrowhead
• Cardinal Flower

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Water liles

• Shallow root system
• Water 12 above crown
• A lot of sun

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Care of Plants

• Fertilize with a water plant fertilizer
• Slow release pellets
• Do not fertilize until there is some spring
  activity
• Remove old flowers and yellow leaves

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Wintering Plants

• Stock-tank heater
• ID and group into category
• Hardycut foliage and sink
• In spring dig up, acclimate, and replant
• Cattailsleave foliage until spring because it
  acts as a snorkel to get oxygen to the roots
• Hardy water lilieslate Sept. early Oct
• Remove foliage and store as bare root or in soil
  in cold area of basement or fridge
• Must be kept damp dark

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Maintenance

• Clean in fall and spring
• Drain if possible
• Leaves and extra organic matter
• Rinse before re-filling
• Netting for leaves
• Rigid, fiberglass liners left filled
• Flexible liners filled or drained
• Concrete liners, drain, dry, tarp

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Summary

• New and exciting
• Unique designs
• Easy to do yourself
• Not much maintenance
• Peaceful and relaxing atmosphere

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Questions?