Natural Wildlife Ponds - Designs and Creations - 4K

Gardening For Wildlife - In this video we look at some of the designs and installations that I've created, from natural to more formal layouts. For instructional videos, see the wildlife ponds section on my channel.
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[wildlifegardener-tracey]

Fabulous ponds so varied and all providing much needed habitats for wildlife. Marvellous.

[keithhanssen]

Thank you, Joel, for all of your inspirational creations!

[gardenofpraise]

So inspired! Can’t wait until spring to start all my water pond projects!

[TheArtisticGardener]

There’s nothing like water to breathe life into a garden!👍

[shirleykeeling]

I love your videos and it has totally inspired me to have a go... Money is tight but bulbs are reasonable! 💸😂

[greycatblue]

Beautiful designs, thanks for sharing.

[thaojuli]

There is no words to describe these ponds. So amazing 🤩, special love oxeye daisy flowers around the pond 😊 so peaceful!!!

[Nathan_VC]

These are amazing! I will forever be amazed & intrigued at how wildlife will make use of any body of water 😍

[abcdefg]

An excellent collection of wonderful and useful ponds, the problem with small ponds is that due their lack of volume, they heat up to dangerous levels in hot sunshine, to the point that here in southern France, if a tin bath is left out in the sun, it is hot enough to bath in within a few hours, so the bigger/deeper you can make your pond, the better, they are a real asset to all wildlife, and it is amazing just how many species are attracted to a well sited pond. Stay safe! Chris B.

[blackhawk]

I am soo glad that you put up this video of what your creations look like when they have grown up. Can I aks if you have ever done a pond near the sea?

[JustAboutAnything]

Some of these are beautiful and inspiring. I'm here because I need inspiration. Some of these are just stagnant mudholes, mosquito hatcheries. Sure, some other wildlife comes around, but the mosquitos will be prevalent and dangerous.

[djg]

I love these. I'd be very interested to see how you create a decking area over the edge of a pond.

[EasyHikes]

Great video, Joel, and beautiful ponds with wildflowers to complement the designs and bring the wildlife around the water 👌💕. I have a small pond in my garden and it has a few 100s guppies in it that do control mosquitoes naturally. It also quenches the thirst of many wallabies and small marsupials that live around our bushland area during our tropical dry season.

[susietp]

Hi Joel, I built a wildlife pond last year following year videos and I am so delighted, as is the local wildlife. We even have some ducks who come to visit regularly! My question is about the fringes water lilies. They flowered beautifully in the spring and have now grown so that the leaves are about 20cm above the water level. They are planted in about 20 cm water. Should I move them deeper? Thanks

[寅-mt]

All of these ponds are liner under soil ? I like these kinds of natural low maintains ponds. Thanks.

[davidfrench]

Wow...you have a new subscriber here :) Been watching a selection of your pond building videos, congrats on a wonderful ethos!
I am trying to find ideas for a small series of ponds through a meadow/orchard without having the contrived boulder edges which are so popular to hide the liner. How do I stop the pond slowly emptying due to the wicking of the soil that is over the liner edge?

[arialblack]

Stunning! I am curious to know your opinion on swimming ponds. Can a deeper area be used to bathe in while shallow margins are left to wildlife? Are the hotter months crucial for reproduction or is it possible to swim for 2-3 (or much less depending on the weather) and leave it untouched for the rest of the year? Is it possible to have it all or is it too much disturbance for wildlife?
Ordered your book, can't wait for it to arrive! 🤩

[shleegar]

We have a small backyard... dreaming of digging up a spot and replicating what you have done! I'm hoping a healthy ecosystem will keep the mosquitoes in check. Our town sprays in the Summer to kill them... makes me wonder how safe spray can be.
Keep up the good work!

[mvdtg]

Beautiful ! Have you considered to use argila instead of plastic tarpaulin ? With small pond like that it will be not expensive and the water and the nutriments within it will be share with your ground and your garden. And it's avoid to change the tarpaulins and micro plastics in your soil :)

[TheMadsros]

I would so love to have a pond and water feature in our small garden 😍