Hello! I'm attaching some pictures of our new garden pond. I posted here several months ago and got some truly invaluable advice about it! I tried finding the old thread so I could thank the people who helped out, but no luck. Anyway, if you're reading this and remember me: thank you!
The backstory for our pond is that somebody else originally built it, then somebody else was evidently in the process of taking it out...when we moved in it had a slashed liner and all the coping/edging stones were in a big pile several yards away. We have always wanted a pond, so that was a bit of a selling point with the house, even. We just didn't know how much work we'd be in for rebuilding! But this spring we completed it and are very happy with the results, though most of the budget was blown on the new liner, so we are only slowly building up the plant population.
Anyway, the previous builders had constructed a concrete spillway at one end of the pond. It is three feet high (this creates the "deep end") and goes straight down on both sides. What can we do to hide the liner on the inside? On the outside, my husband has built up a really nice stone facade wall in front of the concrete to hide it, but on the pond side, there's still a few inches of liner showing up above the spillway line.
Here are my thoughts so far, and none of them are even close to satisfactory to me: 1) plant some potted plants on the outside and drape the foliage over the top...this would be prohibitively expensive, I think, as it is at least six feet of coverage. 2) Get some plastic foliage, anchor it under the stones, and drape it over...this is just distasteful to me. That's basically it! Anybody else have ideas? I would really appreciate it!
The last picture is from before it was done, but the showing liner looks exactly the same now. Thanks in advance for any ideas!
The backstory for our pond is that somebody else originally built it, then somebody else was evidently in the process of taking it out...when we moved in it had a slashed liner and all the coping/edging stones were in a big pile several yards away. We have always wanted a pond, so that was a bit of a selling point with the house, even. We just didn't know how much work we'd be in for rebuilding! But this spring we completed it and are very happy with the results, though most of the budget was blown on the new liner, so we are only slowly building up the plant population.
Anyway, the previous builders had constructed a concrete spillway at one end of the pond. It is three feet high (this creates the "deep end") and goes straight down on both sides. What can we do to hide the liner on the inside? On the outside, my husband has built up a really nice stone facade wall in front of the concrete to hide it, but on the pond side, there's still a few inches of liner showing up above the spillway line.
Here are my thoughts so far, and none of them are even close to satisfactory to me: 1) plant some potted plants on the outside and drape the foliage over the top...this would be prohibitively expensive, I think, as it is at least six feet of coverage. 2) Get some plastic foliage, anchor it under the stones, and drape it over...this is just distasteful to me. That's basically it! Anybody else have ideas? I would really appreciate it!
The last picture is from before it was done, but the showing liner looks exactly the same now. Thanks in advance for any ideas!
