Plant your dwarf cattails around the perimeter of your pond where the water is no more than 4 inches deep. To prevent yellow iris from taking over your backyard, deadhead the spent blooms right ...

Pye weed (Eupatorium fistulosum or Eutrochium fistulosum) grows 8 feet tall or more, adding architectural interest and ...

Position plants and add oxygenators ... (ROSPA), children below the age of five are most at risk of drowning in garden ponds. The only way to avoid potential disasters is to not have a pond.

Don't worry too much about exact proportions, but some open areas of water are important to allow light to reach the oxygenating plants and to allow space for growth over spring and summer. You can ...

The key to a healthy pond is keeping the water clear and ensuring that plants do not take over ... periodically by lifting it out with a garden rake.

Plants have also adapted to pond life ... Throughout the UK, pond habitat is being destroyed or degraded. Creating or maintaining a pond in your garden is one way to help reverse this trend.