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7 Inspiring Pond Landscaping Ideas
All water features can add visual appeal to your backyard, but the pond is a classic favorite. And they’re really versatile too. Here are 12 pond landscaping ideas to inspire your own garden designs.
Stepped Waterfall Pond
Waterfalls look best if you have a sloped landscape to build them on. Large flat stones or paving slabs can then be used to create a stepped structure for water to flow into a large round pond at the base.
Rocky Waterfall Pond
For a more natural waterfall look, use differently shaped boulders and rocks to construct edges for the water to cascade over. It’s a good idea to extend this cragginess motif to the perimeter of your pond too, surrounding it with additional rocks.
Traditional Brick Pond
A traditional pond surmounted with brick has a timelessly elegant appeal. Either new or reclaimed bricks will do; it’s all about the shape you create. A thick-rimmed circular outline, for instance, can be far more striking than the sum of its parts.
Shiny Pebble Pond
Some garden ponds are so integrated into the landscape that they could appear as little more than puddles. By extending the base material—in this case polished white pebbles—beyond the water’s edge onto the surrounding lawn, you can make such a pond into more of a feature.
Stone Geometry Pond
This one works well in gardens with a geometric design. A square, pentagonal or hexagonal stone outline framing a sunken pond works particularly well alongside angular borders and clean, straight-edged decking, for instance.
