Wood Pond Garden Decking

The L-shaped wooden decking by the pond is a pleasant place to sit with your feet in the water. Decking definitely makes a pond more user friendly.

The Moosey Pond - Summer 2008

Below is an early photograph, taken before the plants in the Pond Garden like the Ballerina roses took over. The Pond Paddock used to be a very rough and unevenly grassed sheep paddock. It's amazing what a lawn mower and a trailerful of topsoil can do.

the pond decking (archive)

The pond tour contains photographs of absolutely everything under the sun, but the pond itself gets a bit short-changed! Here are some watery summer views, complete with puppies and pink flowers.

Rusty the red Border Collie has a zooming circuit around the pond. And he loves the water. He's a furry swimmer, so doesn't notice the water being cold...

The Pond in Summer

The plantings around the pond are varied, but the tall olive green New Zealand flaxes which self-positioned themselves dominate. There are other water-side plants with an introduced flavour - giant Gunnera, Hostas, and fluffy pink Filipendula.

Pink Pond Flowers

First the Ballerina roses show off their pink flowers, then the Filipendula starts blooming, usually by Christmas Day. Pink seems to be the only colour in the pond-side garden.

Reflections in the Water

Many of the trees which surround the pond have grown from seedlings - in fact one of the Locust trees is far too generous. Imagine a Locust tree forest - there would soon be one, if the pond lawns weren't mowed!