Big Dreams Small Spaces BBC2 showed a selection of container ponds.
If you saw the TV programme you have found the right website to see all the 17 coloured finishes of fibreglass container ponds available. It is simple to create these stunningly effective water features for a patio or small garden space with our container pond kit including support ring for the plants.
3 of our images feature in Big Dreams Small Spaces Episode 2. The video snippet is below.
Sunny position container pond:
The first mini pond shown is our 80cm fibreglass granite finish container pond. Planted up with a selection of pond plants for a sunny position aimed at bringing wildlife into the garden.
All the emergent pond plants are lodged securely in the support Ring (included in the kit). This is so they do not fall over and have the correct depth of water over the top of the basket.
Iris versicolor and Primula florindae attract airborne wildlife insect pollinators to the container pond in a pot. See a bee on the Mentha cervina in this image shoot!
Can't beat that to make a point!
Shaded position container pond:
The container pond planted for a shaded situation was the 60cm Weeping Red. This features pond plants supported in the Plant Support Ring to hold them at the correct depth. In a shaded position the strong colour of the Weeping Red pond makes a focal point all year round.
Shade loving plants tend to be green, structural and architectural in shape with seed heads rather than colourful flowers - Cyperus involucratus, Juncus ensifolius, Isolepis cernua,and Equisetum scirpoides.
The exception is the Anemopsis californica which is good at flowering in a more shaded situation.
Recycled container pond:
The third image in Big Dreams Small Spaces is an old tin bath dressed with miniature pink waterlilies. Nymphaea Pygmaea Rubra love the depth of this container at 10 inches deep. They are flowering really well in the sunshine.
Remember to add a submerged oxygenating plant. It is under the water so the water stays clear and healthy. Use 10ml of the liquid concentrate Barley Bio Algae Control weekly in this container to inhibit green water algae.
Just shows that any container that holds water can be used to create a container pond for the garden and add water to the smallest of garden spaces.
For more info on planting a container pond see our Tips and Advice pages
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