Concrete pond construction
Concrete pond design
Concrete pond repair
Concrete used as a material for pond construction is usually limited to Koi ponds and occasionally very formal ponds. In most new pond constructions we are able to replicate the concrete pond appearance (should that be desired) without concrete being the main means of creating the pond.
From a design point of view, the use of concrete can be somewhat limiting, most especially so where an attempt is being made to create a "natural" look.
Repair and restoration of a decaying or defunct concrete pond can be worthwhile where the
feature to be restored has architectural or historic merit. For this
purpose we have, over the years,
developed a method of restoring concrete pond structures
using more flexible materials and at the same time retaining the concrete "look" of the feature.
Often, however, the "death" of a concrete pond offers us a splendid opportunity for rethinking how the pond relates to the landscape in which it is situated and, perhaps, how its impact on that landscape could be improved.
Concrete pond maintenance and planting
Maintenance of a concrete pond does not differ in significant ways from maintenance of any other type of pond. Plantings can of course be made in containers but we dislike the use of planting baskets on marginal shelves - they never make a satisfactory planting. We have developed methods for planting the margins of concrete ponds that eliminate the use of planting baskets.
