If you are unsure what to order then let us help with a prepared pond planting scheme.

As a beginner you can get our help ordering with our Planting Schemes for ponds. All you need to know is the surface area of your pond.

A beginner's best way to plant a pond:

• 5 different sized Pond Planting Schemes for wildlife ponds.
• Selection of plants chosen by us based on the surface size of your pond.
• A combination of plants will give a balanced selection for all depths of water.
• Interest in foliage and flower throughout the season.
• We consider different wildlife habitats - rafting shelf plants for newts, upright shelf plants for dragonflies, late flowering plants for insect pollinators.
• You choose whether to have 'Mainly British Native plants' or 'British Native plants only'
• 'Mainly British Native plants' will have some Non-British Native plants included to keep in size and scale with the pond size and give long season interest.
• Use these schemes as Starter kits - a good way to start a new pond or for a beginner
• You can still give us specific likes/dislikes, shelf depths in General Comments as you go through Checkout.
• Please read our blog post on Plants for bugs which shows RHS research finds that Non Native plants can extend the season of interest in the pond if carefully added to your pond plant mix.

 Plant Scheme contents:

Or we have 3 prepared schemes aimed at a specific group of wildlife - dragonflies, newts or pollinators:

• Each of these planting schemes contains 3 plants

To begin use a combination of pond planting schemes and customise your pond with wildlife schemes to boost the planting for a group of wildlife you know often visits your pond.