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Landscape Design Suggestions
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Move your excess soil up to your pond edge and take care to pack soil under any
areas of the edge and then taper your soil grade down from the pond edge. Raising
your pond grade from the grade around will ensure lawn chemicals will not wash
into your ponds water effecting the health of your fish and aquatic plants.
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If you are looking to reduce the amount of stone in your design, there are a few
tricks you can do. The first is to use tall, dense leaved plants on either side of your
waterfall instead of stone. The second is instead of using stones all around the edge
of your pond, plant low creeping plants up against the pond frame so that plants
grow up and over the lined edge. Sporadically found this will eliminate the necklace
effect you often see in ponds and naturalize your landscape.
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Before digging my plants into the ground, I place them out where I want them while
they are still in pots. I like to place my plants out first and then place key large
stones in place to get a good idea of where I want things before digging in my plants
and stones.
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Once you like your placement, set your plants and dig your primary focal stones
partly in the soil to create a more natural look.
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My focal stones are sometimes placed in different manners to create a mini
mountain scene or a well-placed stone jutting into the pond.
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After my plants and primary focal stones are in place, I use a combination of mulch
and 2-3 different size stones or pebbles to create a natural look. I try not to over
think the placements of my secondary smaller stones, starting with the largest
stones first then graduating down to the smaller stones.
See our waterfall building video on YouTube.com/Frame It All Videos for a visual guide on
how to construct your waterfall feature!
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