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Pools, ponds and rills: a garden designer's guide to water features | House & Garden
28.06.2023 - 20:13 / houseandgarden.co.uk
I've had no end of people asking me if I’ve seen the natural pool episode of Grand Designs — where a couple in Chichester build a daring new house with a kitchen that sits overlooking a beautiful big swimming pond. The lucky owners can walk straight off their decking into clean, chemical-free water and swim completely immersed in nature. It seems it’s really caught people’s imaginations.
I can see why — as a garden designer I always advocate the use of water features in a garden, no matter how big or small. Water brings not only wildlife benefits but wider environmental ones too — from cooling the air to helping prevent flooding — and even in a small garden there are ways of introducing it.
Ok, so you might not be able to swim in the one you install in your urban small garden, but it will have the same cooling effects and serve more than just practical purposes — a water feature of any size brings reflection, sound, movement and so much more to an outdoor space.
Here are some things to consider if you want to add a water feature of any size to your garden.
How to decide what sort of water feature is best suited to your garden
Think about what you want the water to do. Is it to cool an area nearer the house, provide a focal point or is it simply somewhere to collect rainwater?
Think about your soil and the water table. If you have a garden on a slope with a particularly boggy patch, that may well be the best place to install your water feature, making use of the natural behaviour of your garden.
Speak to a garden designer or landscape contractor with experience in installing such things. There are so many options and so many price points, so doing your research will really help you narrow your choices down.
Remember, the
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