Constructing a Great-Looking Waterfall in your Water Garden

Once you have a garden pond, you’re likely going to want to build a waterfall in it. After all, what looks any pleasanter than cascades of sparkling water falling over the rocks or sounds any more natural? As well as looking and sounding wonderful, a waterfall is also extraordinarily functional in circulating water and permitting it to oxygenate which enables your fish to respire well. Although you may be thinking that your yard is too flat to support a waterfall feature, you’ll find that it’s easy enough to build one yourself, and the waterfall you create will greatly add to the atmosphere you’ve developed in your yard.

While creating a stream will only need a drop of one inch per ten feet, you will need considerably more drop for a waterfall. If you have extra soil left from digging your pond, you can use it to create a natural landscape that has fall. By all means, don’t just pile the dirt in an unsightly hump. Level and mix the soil into gentle dips and falls. If you’re lucky enough to have a yard with natural slopes, you can exploit it by building a collection of pools with waterfalls flowing into every one of them them. If you do this, take care that the top pond holds the least water and the lowest pond holds the most. If you don’t have the natural fall, you might wish to buy a fiberglass insert that will mold your landscape for you.

Be certain to build your waterfall with sides that are high enough to keep your water from splashing out. You will also must line the sides so that the water doesn’t just soak away into the ground. When you build a waterfall you will create a pumping system to recycle water back up to the top of your falls. While some of your water will evaporate as you might expect, you can slow the dip in water flow by taking these preventative measures. If you can afford to have water piped to your water garden, this won’t be an issue for you. Otherwise, you need to be prepared to add water to your pond on at least a regular basis. Use rocks to keep your liners in place and to supply a natural-looking setting for your water garden.

There is a large amount of planning that goes into building a great waterfall, but if you use the techniques and methods you’ll find on the Internet, you can successfully add a waterfall to your water garden and make your yard the showplace of the area.