This is what you should pay attention to

Landscaping with water

Water has a tremendously calming effect on the human mind, which is why the planned one Stream ideally planned near a seat. Here you can rest wonderfully after your work, while you listen to the rippling water and maybe watch dancing dragonflies. In addition, bodies of water can fulfill very specific tasks in terms of garden design, for example by creating or creating different garden spaces. divided or connected to each other.

Advantages of a stream for a fish pond

Especially when fish are to be kept in the planned garden pond, a stream is advantageous for ensuring high water quality. Many Water resp. Riparian plants purify the flowing water by filtering out excess nutrients. In addition, the water is enriched with oxygen as it passes through, especially if you build turbulences and / or barrages or even a waterfall. Thus, the stream acts as a natural water filter, which, however, makes the artificial filter and water pump anything but superfluous. However, you should get by with significantly less chemical use, which in turn benefits the goldfish.

Creating a pond and stream - tips and advice

Creating a pond and stream together in one operation has undeniable advantages. Here's how you can Excavation from the pond, for example, can be used seamlessly for the creek slope, and a better connection between the two bodies of water can be achieved than with a subsequent installation. You make it particularly easy for yourself if you buy matching prefabricated parts and connect them together.

Create a slope

So that the water can flow through the stream bed, a gradient of at least two percent, or better still between three and five percent, is necessary. If you do not want to create the stream on an already existing slope, you can create such an incline by excavating the pond. If the hill becomes quite steep, you should plan for some barrages. With these you control the flow speed of the water, and they also achieve an interesting look. Incidentally, the pond in its function as a water catchment basin should always be at the lowest point of the planned ensemble.

Connect the pond and the stream bed

Both waters must be seamless and waterproof connected to each other so that water losses are kept as low as possible. You can do this by using

• Plastic trays
• concrete
• and pond liner.

You will also need the same materials to make a waterproof lining for both the pond and the stream bed. By the way is concrete Not waterproof on its own and must therefore be treated accordingly. This can be achieved with liquid pond liner (sprayed on or spread on) or with so-called sealing powder. Together with water you mix a spreadable mass that is applied like paint.