NAIAD POND SERVICES - WILDLIFE PONDS
Even this tiny pond and stream (shown "just made", hence the muddy look) will offer good wildlife habitat once the banks and the margins are planted.
NAIAD POND SERVICES - WILDLIFE PONDS
Tranquil setting. Imagine the dragonflies and the bees.
NAIAD POND SERVICES - WILDLIFE PONDS
Established marginal plants in a soil filled marginal bed. The essential ingredient for a good wildlife pond - plants and lots of them.
NAIAD POND SERVICES - WILDLIFE PONDS
Natural stream-fed pond, cleaned out, reshaped and planted to encourage wildlife.
NAIAD POND SERVICES - WILDLIFE PONDS
To attract wildlife, it is necessary to create attractive habitat. In essence this means the provision of many and varied species of native plants and, in turn, the habitat to support them. A good wildlife pond will be hairy and unkempt in appearance - an excellent contrast to our tendency to over "manicure" our gardens.
NAIAD POND SERVICES - WILDLIFE PONDS
Mowable grass path through habitat rich boggy ground.
NAIAD POND SERVICES - WILDLIFE PONDS
Unlined pond made in boggy ground. The mowable grass paths were created using an adaptation of Irish road-building techniques.