The Right Soil for a Large Pond
I am constructing a large garden pond (40ft x 20ft) which will have a 'sloped beach' at one end for shallow marginals. I think I will need about a tonne of soil, with maybe another 1-2 tonnes of gravel/shingle. What would be the best materials to use, please?
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You can then have dumpy bags of gravel delivered from local builders merchant.
Sounds a fantastic project ... any photos?
as Dove said, don’t do that, the plants will soon find their own way.
when I started mine I put them in pots and bought proper aquatic soil, the oxygenators just chuck in. Now everything just gets thrown in. Water lilies, water forget me nots, all of them, they seem fine.
Mine thing i would do now while it’s easy is add some strategic access points to stand/sit. Believe me you will want to stand and look into it for hours, and you won’t want to trample all the flower seeds so some slabs, log slices, paths etc would help before it all gets growing