Landscaping your garden fish pond on uneven ground using structures and footings
Landscaping ponds on uneven ground is tricky ... follow the landscaping ponds techniques advocated by Peter J May ... part 2
Ponds On Uneven Ground continued from previous extract
My thanks go to Peter J May for permission to use his techniques, explanations and pictures in this section. Peter is a world-class water gardener and landscaper as well as author of numerous books and articles about water gardening. He is well known as The Perfect Pond Detective.
When part of the pool edge emerges above the level of the surrounding landscape, or if the pool is in loose soil or made up ground.
Establish your datum peg as above. Excavate the pool area as much as necessary. If you are intending to face the inside of the pool with stone work or brickwork ensure your marginal shelf area is wide enough to support this whilst leaving enough room for plants to sit in baskets
Use the datum peg and several intermediary ones level with it around the excavation as reference in establishing a block work framework. In loose soil or made up ground this block work will need a footing into consolidated soil as below.
If the pool emerges from the ground to its full depth, the marginal shelf needs to be constructed from block work too and backfilled with sub soil as below.
This will be the skeletal structure for your pond, which will be lined with sand and underlay (particularly on the upright block work) and can be faced outside and inside with your choice of materials such as a rubber liner.
EPDM rubber is probably the best material for a garden fish pond
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