Setting up a new pond you will need:
- oxygenating plants
- waterlilies and other surface cover plants
- upright plants for the shelves
- rafting plants for the shelves
Purchase sufficient quantities of each type of plant by looking at the individual pages of the website and selecting the ones you like.
- Oxygenating Plants should be planted at 2 portions per m2 of surface area
- Waterlilies are chosen by the depth of water available
- Shelf Plants are chosen by shelf depth available in your pond and as:
- upright plants - stems and flowers rising up out of the water
- rafting plants - horizontally growing along the water surface
Use our Planting Schemes pageto get the right Starter Kit of plants from us:
We have already planned the requirements to set up each pond size. All you need to know is the surface area of your pond.
| Pond size in sq m | Pond size in sq ft | Go to Pond Scheme |
| 1 - 2 | 9 - 20 | size 1 |
| 2 - 3.9 | 21 - 41 | size 2 |
| 4 - 6.9 | 43 - 65 | size 3 |
| 7 - 14.9 | 75 - 160 | size 4 |
| 15 - 25 | 162 - 236 | size 5 |
- We select the number and choice of plants you need based on the size of your surface area.
- We select the best combination of plants available to give a balanced selection for all areas of the water.
- This includes interest in foliage and flower throughout the season.
- We consider different wildlife habitats - rafting shelf plants for newts, upright shelf plants for dragonflies, flowering plants for insect pollinators.
You can choose whether to have either:
- 'Mainly British Native plants' - allows us to add some Non Natives to extend flower and interest
- 'British Native plants only' - restricts the season of interest but is important to some customers
- 'Any plant' in our range - allows more colour from waterlilies and flowers and can include British Native plants too
