Ponds, Lakes & Water Gardens



NAIAD POND SERVICES working with water in Surrey, Sussex and Hampshire since 1980

Ornamental pond construction
Ornamental pond design

We hope that all the ponds we build are "ornamental" but there is a type of pond that especially demands the use of this adjective. It has as much to do with the setting within which the feature sits as it does with the evident architectural merit of both the feature and its component parts: gazebo, boathouse, statuary, walled garden, etc.

Ornamental pond builders and ornamental pond designers

The design of an ornamental pond places a keen emphasis on visually meritorious structure and its construction demands craftsmanship skills of the highest order. In recent times, this type of pond has been somewhat neglected and to some extent superseded by the less intellectually demanding (and cheaper) water garden or the more modern interpretation - the city garden pond which can be quite stunning when done well using water as an architectural material. Large ornamental ponds are still being built in the grounds of substantial houses.

Ornamental pond maintenance, repair and planting

We are always delighted to be asked to consider a truly ornamental pond or lake for either restoration or as a new build. We are happy to liaise with architects on such constructions. See the note in the "Miscellanea" section opposite.

Miscellanea

We are happy to liaise with architects on the restoration and creation of new ornamental ponds and lakes - always provided that the project is specified intelligently.

Where a project appears to be specified for a prestigious office block development or public open space, in spite of it being proposed for the grounds of a private house, we will gracefully decline to become involved - in recent years, we have encountered too many over-specified, over-engineered and costly, "gravy-train", "foot-under-the-table" projects, designed and overseen by pirates (to borrow a term from Graham Greene) to want to have anything to do with them or those engaged in "ripping-off" their clients.

Our nationwide design and consultancy services are available to private clients considering an ornamental pond or lake project - we could save you literally hundreds of thousands of pounds if your project has been over specified.