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May pond mini wetland habitat offer!

Offer ends at the end of this month, May 2024.
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How to make a Small Garden Wildlife Pond Quickly and Easily

Tips to create a wildlife pond in your garden, quickly and easily.
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How to make a Small Garden Wildlife Pond Quickly and Easily

The number of ponds has halved in Britain over the last century, but thankfully there is a renewed interest in restoring and creating new ponds in gardens. 
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10 native British aquatic plants for wildlife ponds

If you are buying a preformed pond or pond kit, this article is great for some ideas about what can be planted, to make it more beautiful and more wildlife friendly. 10 native British aquatic plants for wildlife ponds

https://www.gardenandgreen.co.uk/native-british-pond-plants

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Hoppy Christmas - Preformed Ponds

 

You can order preformed ponds here or on our niche site www.gardenpondshop.co.uk . They are a present that will last for more than just Christmas time, and will give the gift receiver years of pleasure. Perfect for anyone you know who likes wildlife and gardening. Even the small 85 litre preformed pond can attract frogs, and also, ponds are great for garden birds. The most popular size is the medium preformed pond (200 litres). 

Delivery is included and they are sent by courier, so should only take a few days to arrive, after ordering.

https://www.gardenis.co.uk/collections/pond-water-features/products/preformed-pond-3-sizes

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Can garden ponds attract ducks? Yes!

You might have thought a duck would never show up at a small garden pond, but they do! Here's the proof.
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Christmas - Give a Frog a Pond this Christmas

Christmas Day is 3 months before the first day of astronomical Spring. Our amphibian friends are hibernating under rocks at the moment, so why not get a wildlife pond for Christmas
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New Mini Wetland Kit

You might have heard about the concept of turning garden lawned areas into 'mini wildflower meadows', where wildflowers are grown to help bees and butterflies. A great way to make your garden more wildlife friendly. Gardenis.co.uk already sells preformed ponds and wildlife pond liner pond kits that are popular, so I thought I'd create a new mini wetland kit, which can help create an area in your garden that resembles a small wetland. It includes

1 small preformed pond

1 medium preformed pond

1 4x3m pond liner

The two preformed ponds can be used to create deeper pools. The pond liner rather than be used to create a deeper pond can be placed in a hole of about 10cm with gravel, logs and rocks to create a shallow area. Alternatively the liner can be cut in half, with one half used for a shallow area, and the other to create a bog garden, by digging a hole of about 15cm deep, placing the liner in, then covering with soil, then plant pond marginal plants. The liner will help keep the soil marshy. Add a variety of native marginal and pond plants, and before long the mini wetland will attract aquatic insects, birds and possibly frogs, newts, toads and dragonflies. The kit can be ordered here;

https://gardenis.co.uk/collections/pond-water-features/products/mini-wetland-kit

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Frogs, Toads and Newts Now Looking for Spring Pond Homes!

Dark now an hour later than Christmas Day, snowdrops beginning to emerge in the next couple of weeks, is an early sign the spring season is slowly approaching. All our amphibian friends; frogs, toads and newts will be looking out for a nice pond to lay some spawn and bring some cute little tadpoles into the world.

Now is the time to get ordering and get digging, especially during this boring lockdown! Gardenis sells;

3 sizes of preformed ponds, that are quick and easy to install.

Pond kits, in 3 sizes that include pond liner, underlay and a solar oxygenator

Pond liner and underlay in many sizes

AND

just pond liner in various sizes.

All can help create a lovely pond in your garden that is not only a great place for garden wildlife, they also make an attractive focal point and relaxing feature.

All available in the ponds and water features section;

https://gardenis.co.uk/collections/pond-water-features

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PREFORMED PONDS IDEAL FOR WILDLIFE POND SUMMER HOLIDAY PROJECT

The long summer holiday has arrived, and if you are looking for something that kids can do in the garden, that will keep them busy and away from their computers, then how about letting them create a small wildlife pond, that can attract frogs, toads, newts and birds to your garden. Preformed ponds are ideal for making a garden pond with minimum fuss. The kids just need to dig a hole big enough for the pond. Once this has been done, a preformed pond can be added. Laying some plastic sheeting then covering with the soil from the hole, can create a bog garden next to the pond. Once finished add, some native aquatic pond plants around the edges, and in the water. For example;

FLOATING - Water lily, common water-crowfoot, frogbit.

POND EDGES - Marsh marigold, globeflower, pillwort, brooklime, watermint, lesser spearwort, water forgot-me-not.

SUBMERGED - Water violet, rigid hornwort.

Gardenis.co.uk sell 3 sizes of preformed pond;

Small - 85 litres is about the size of a large Belfast sink (£30 inc UK delivery)

Medium - 200 litres is about the size of a small bath (£48 inc UK delivery)

Large - 420 litres, the surface area of an average fireside rug. (£78 inc UK delivery)

(Delivery is usually 1 to 2 days excluding weekends)

 

Once complete, children can monitor the pond over the next few years to see if it has any attracted any wildlife, such as frogs. Ponds are not suitable for gardens of homes with very young children, eg 3 and under. If one is installed in such a garden, it should be in area only accessible behind a fence, with a locked gate that only adults can open.

 

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