| Introduction |
|
17 | (6) |
|
History of Water Features |
|
|
18 | (1) |
|
Health and Wellness Benefits of Water Features |
|
|
19 | (1) |
|
How to Use This Guide to Plan Your Water Feature |
|
|
20 | (3) |
|
Chapter 1 Designing an Oasis |
|
|
23 | (36) |
|
Planning your Backyard Vacation |
|
|
25 | (12) |
|
|
|
27 | (1) |
|
|
|
28 | (2) |
|
|
|
30 | (1) |
|
|
|
31 | (1) |
|
|
|
32 | (2) |
|
|
|
34 | (1) |
|
|
|
35 | (2) |
|
Case Study: Adding a Piece of Paradise |
|
|
37 | (2) |
|
Investing Your Time and Money |
|
|
39 | (2) |
|
Keeping Your Invited Visitors Safe and Involved |
|
|
41 | (4) |
|
|
|
45 | (2) |
|
|
|
47 | (8) |
|
|
|
48 | (1) |
|
Go with what nature gave you |
|
|
48 | (1) |
|
Use your dips and slopes to your advantage |
|
|
49 | (1) |
|
|
|
50 | (1) |
|
Avoid the power and pipes |
|
|
50 | (1) |
|
Stay friends with your neighbors |
|
|
51 | (1) |
|
|
|
52 | (3) |
|
Design Project No. 1 A Container Pond |
|
|
55 | (4) |
|
Chapter 2 Breaking Ground on the Basics |
|
|
59 | (16) |
|
|
|
59 | (1) |
|
Project-Specific Materials |
|
|
60 | (12) |
|
|
|
60 | (4) |
|
|
|
64 | (1) |
|
|
|
65 | (1) |
|
|
|
66 | (1) |
|
|
|
67 | (2) |
|
|
|
69 | (1) |
|
|
|
70 | (2) |
|
|
|
72 | (3) |
|
|
|
73 | (2) |
|
|
|
75 | (26) |
|
Basic Shapes and Sizes of Backyard Ponds |
|
|
75 | (8) |
|
|
|
76 | (3) |
|
|
|
79 | (1) |
|
Popular shapes of preformed liners |
|
|
80 | (1) |
|
|
|
81 | (1) |
|
|
|
81 | (2) |
|
|
|
83 | (4) |
|
|
|
83 | (2) |
|
|
|
85 | (1) |
|
|
|
86 | (1) |
|
Family Activity: Edging the Pond |
|
|
87 | (1) |
|
|
|
88 | (5) |
|
Step 1 Designate the area |
|
|
89 | (1) |
|
|
|
90 | (1) |
|
|
|
91 | (1) |
|
|
|
92 | (1) |
|
Case Study: Feel the Relaxation |
|
|
93 | (1) |
|
|
|
94 | (3) |
|
Placing marginal and submersible plants |
|
|
94 | (1) |
|
|
|
95 | (1) |
|
|
|
95 | (1) |
|
|
|
96 | (1) |
|
|
|
97 | (1) |
|
Design Plan No. 2 A Bog Garden |
|
|
98 | (3) |
|
Adding a bog to your pond |
|
|
98 | (1) |
|
|
|
99 | (2) |
|
|
|
101 | (14) |
|
|
|
102 | (1) |
|
Different Types of Fountains |
|
|
102 | (3) |
|
Things to know when installing a fountain |
|
|
104 | (1) |
|
|
|
105 | (2) |
|
|
|
106 | (1) |
|
Case Study: Tips from a Master Gardener |
|
|
107 | (3) |
|
|
|
110 | (1) |
|
Design Plan No. 3 A Container Fountain |
|
|
111 | (1) |
|
Design Plan No. 4 Shishi odoshi |
|
|
112 | (3) |
|
|
|
115 | (16) |
|
Using the Slope of your Yard |
|
|
117 | (2) |
|
|
|
119 | (2) |
|
|
|
120 | (1) |
|
|
|
121 | (7) |
|
|
|
122 | (1) |
|
|
|
122 | (2) |
|
Modifications to the basic waterfall plan |
|
|
124 | (1) |
|
|
|
125 | (1) |
|
|
|
126 | (1) |
|
|
|
127 | (1) |
|
Design Plan No. 5 A Basic Stream |
|
|
128 | (1) |
|
Design Plan No. 6 Stream With Waterfalls |
|
|
129 | (2) |
|
Chapter 6 An Introduction to Water Gardening |
|
|
131 | (28) |
|
|
|
132 | (3) |
|
|
|
133 | (2) |
|
|
|
135 | (3) |
|
|
|
136 | (1) |
|
|
|
137 | (1) |
|
|
|
138 | (1) |
|
|
|
139 | (3) |
|
|
|
140 | (1) |
|
Non-native and invasive plants |
|
|
140 | (2) |
|
|
|
142 | (2) |
|
|
|
142 | (1) |
|
Tropical versus hardy plants |
|
|
143 | (1) |
|
Introducing Plants to Your Pond |
|
|
144 | (1) |
|
Fertilizing Your Pond Plants |
|
|
145 | (3) |
|
|
|
148 | (2) |
|
|
|
149 | (1) |
|
|
|
150 | (1) |
|
|
|
150 | (2) |
|
Case Study: Designing a Natural Habitat |
|
|
152 | (4) |
|
|
|
154 | (1) |
|
|
|
155 | (1) |
|
Family Activity: Create Your Own Floating Islands |
|
|
156 | (3) |
|
Chapter 7 Swimming Under the Surface |
|
|
159 | (26) |
|
Is Your Pond a Good Habitat? |
|
|
160 | (1) |
|
|
|
161 | (2) |
|
|
|
162 | (1) |
|
|
|
163 | (2) |
|
Should You Quarantine Your Fish? |
|
|
165 | (1) |
|
|
|
166 | (4) |
|
|
|
166 | (1) |
|
|
|
167 | (1) |
|
|
|
168 | (2) |
|
Case Study: Advice from the Pet Store |
|
|
170 | (2) |
|
Filters, Clarifiers, and Skimmers |
|
|
172 | (4) |
|
|
|
174 | (1) |
|
|
|
174 | (1) |
|
|
|
175 | (1) |
|
|
|
176 | (1) |
|
Have a pond-warming party |
|
|
176 | (1) |
|
|
|
177 | (1) |
|
|
|
178 | (4) |
|
|
|
178 | (2) |
|
|
|
180 | (1) |
|
|
|
181 | (1) |
|
|
|
182 | (1) |
|
Family Activity: Stock Your Pond with Fish |
|
|
182 | (3) |
|
|
|
185 | (10) |
|
|
|
186 | (1) |
|
|
|
186 | (1) |
|
How to Light Your Feature |
|
|
187 | (3) |
|
|
|
188 | (1) |
|
|
|
189 | (1) |
|
|
|
190 | (2) |
|
When Do You Need an Electrician? |
|
|
192 | (1) |
|
Safety and Equipment Minding |
|
|
193 | (1) |
|
Family Activity: Summer Pond Scavenger Hunt |
|
|
194 | (1) |
|
Chapter 9 Care and Maintenance |
|
|
195 | (42) |
|
Organizing Care and Maintenance |
|
|
199 | (2) |
|
|
|
199 | (1) |
|
|
|
200 | (1) |
|
|
|
201 | (10) |
|
|
|
202 | (2) |
|
|
|
204 | (3) |
|
|
|
207 | (1) |
|
|
|
208 | (3) |
|
Observing the Water Condition |
|
|
211 | (2) |
|
Checking the Water Quality |
|
|
213 | (1) |
|
An Introduction to Pond Chemistry |
|
|
213 | (1) |
|
Chemical additions to the water |
|
|
214 | (1) |
|
Natural Additions to the Water |
|
|
214 | (2) |
|
|
|
216 | (1) |
|
A Note on Well Water and Rainwater |
|
|
217 | (1) |
|
|
|
218 | (2) |
|
Natural Ways to Balance your Pond |
|
|
220 | (2) |
|
Adding a Biological Filter |
|
|
222 | (1) |
|
|
|
223 | (1) |
|
|
|
223 | (1) |
|
Solving Common Pond Problems |
|
|
224 | (2) |
|
|
|
226 | (4) |
|
|
|
228 | (2) |
|
|
|
230 | (1) |
|
|
|
231 | (1) |
|
|
|
232 | (2) |
|
|
|
234 | (1) |
|
Minimizing Your Maintenance |
|
|
234 | (3) |
|
Chapter 10 Happily Ever After |
|
|
237 | (20) |
|
Changing the Overall Look of Your Pond |
|
|
237 | (6) |
|
Going from natural to formal |
|
|
240 | (1) |
|
Going from formal to natural |
|
|
241 | (1) |
|
|
|
241 | (2) |
|
Solving Your Existing Problems |
|
|
243 | (1) |
|
Dealing with Mother Nature's Creatures |
|
|
244 | (8) |
|
Case Study: City Pond Keeping |
|
|
252 | (1) |
|
Family Activity: Watch the Tadpoles Spawn |
|
|
253 | (2) |
|
|
|
255 | (2) |
|
Conclusion: Life as a Pond Keeper |
|
|
257 | (2) |
|
|
|
257 | (2) |
| Appendix A Pond Plants |
|
259 | (12) |
| Appendix B Pond Fish |
|
271 | (6) |
| Appendix C Sample Pond Design Courtesy of Drs. Foster and Smith Aquatics |
|
277 | (2) |
| Glossary |
|
279 | (2) |
| About the Author |
|
281 | (2) |
| Index |
|
283 | |
