Water Gardening

A water garden can be a great attraction to your back yard area. Walking around the water with all the plants, waterfalls and streams can be soothing. With the proper site and landscaping, your water garden will be a hit with everyone. There are several factors to keep in mind as you plan your garden. The first is to make sure you pick the best site based on how much sunlight you have in your yard. You should be aware of the actual space required for your plan and the shape of the ponds and streams. All of this will be based on space, desire and budget. There are many kits that you can buy that already give you the self contained ponds ready to just landscape and set up with plants and fish. When picking aquatic plants, you only want to cover about 50% to 60% of your water surface, making sure there is plenty of sunlight for the plants. One of the newest forms of planting is the Floating Island Planter. This is an easy and attractive way to have plants growing on an island within your water garden that just floats in the middle. No water garden is complete without some type of waterfall. Waterfalls bring sounds that sooth the soul as you relax next to them or walk by. If you don’t have a lot of room for a waterfall or don’t really want a big pond, try the disappearing waterfall which flows into a bed of rocks and disappears beneath. The water simply goes into an underground water well that is hidden by decorative rocks and then circulates back to the mouth of the waterfall. This is a beautiful way to experience a waterfall without having to keep a pond up. No matter what you choose, you can’t go wrong with a water garden.