In spite of the glossy magazine spreads with large and complex water gardens, you can learn how to water garden easily. The trick is planning and customizing your pond to your taste, abilities, budget, helpers, and property. Within these guidelines you can build anything from a charming container garden on your patio to a complex series of streams and interconnected koi ponds.
This article is mostly concerned with the easier, smaller water garden. The smaller your water garden is, the less expensive and time-consuming its installation and maintenance will be. Please do not feel that you are choosing second best if you go this route. If you build and love your water garden, then you can always enrich it with additional water features, plants, and fish. You can even add a second pond with feeder streams, or expand the original pond. If you suspect you really do want a larger pond, then consider experimenting first with a container water garden or a small pre-formed liner. Both are easily completed and take up little room, allowing you to see how often you will really make use of and enjoy a water garden. » Read more: How to Water Garden – Easily
