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Creating a Wildlife Pond For A Garden – BBC Gardeners …
In this No Fuss video guide, wildlife expert Kate Bradbury looks at the main elements needed when creating a wildlife pond in a garden. She looks at the importance of sloping sides, a wide range of pond plants (including oxgenators, marginal plants, tall stemmed plants and plants such as waterlilies that cover the water surface) plus the need for some dense, low-growing foliage around the pond … Read more…
Wildlife Pond | Better Homes & Gardens
Many will munch on goldfish and koi. They will also eat the underwater stems of water lilies and other floating plants. A medium-size pond can support one or two turtles, but a large turtle population will destroy much of the plant life in a pond. If you want turtles in your water garden, create a separate pond just for them. Read more…
British Native Pond Plants for Wildlife Ponds – BBC …
When you come to choose natives for your pond, ensure you have a good mix of oxygenating, floating and marginal plants, to provide habitat and cover for all depths of water. Oxygenators grow mainly underwater, producing oxygen and absorbing impurities. Floating and emergent plants cover the water surface, providing shade below, and marginals thrive at the edges of the pond, growing in shallow water or damp soil. Read more…
