Create a garden pond from stones

Exterior walls made of natural stone are a popular and particularly visually impressive design solution for ponds with shallow water, which are sometimes even set up like raised beds. The advantage, especially for small gardens with unfavorable soils: There is no need to dig a large building pit, a shaft depth of 20 to 30 cm is often sufficient.

Structure of the natural stone pond

If as wide as possible in the lowest load-bearing layer Stones the entire structure gets the necessary stability, so that the height from the ground to the upper edge can be approx. 50 cm. Therefore, you do not need cement for construction, as the stones are only layered on top of each other. There should be three to a maximum of six layers, each one can be solidified with a little sand in the spaces between the stone slabs if necessary.

Line stone wall with foil

After the desired height has been reached, the stone edges on the inside are defused by adding Particularly protruding areas are padded with earth to prevent later damage from cracks in the film avoid. For the interior cladding that follows, you need a 31.18 m2 PVC film (544 by 736 cm) with a thickness of one millimeter for a pond size of 400 by 600 by 60 cm.

For reasons of stability, a protective fleece (thickness: 1mm, material thickness: 300 g / m2) should be laid on the pond floor. The initially protruding edge of the film was estimated at 60 cm / side.

Foil requirement for other pond sizes

• 300 by 200 by 50 cm: 10.25 m2 (442 by 352 cm);
• 600 by 600 by 50 cm: 44.67 m2 (731 by 7.31 cm);
• 1,000 ma 600 by 60 cm: 69.59 m2 (1,130 by 736 cm);

Fill the natural stone pond with water

The basin is first submerged so far that the foil comes to rest tightly on the floor and the pond is a quarter full. Any leaks on the underside would now be visible. If everything is tight, cut the film back to the side except for an overhang of 30 cm, roll it inwards and put a finishing layer with stones on top.