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Garden Ponds
Garden Ponds
These can range in size from a small container with a pump for aeration to a lake. The primary concerns are the inclusion of plant life, sloped areas that wildlife can use to access or escape from the pond, and some kind of filter or aeration device to ensure water movement and aeration. Rocks can provide hiding places for aquatic animals, or create safe perches for wildlife to sun themselves or set themselves on to drink, hunt, play, or rest.
How to Create a Mini Pond "Even a small pond can be home to an interesting range of wildlife, including damsel and dragonflies, frogs and newts."
Be aware that this guide is for UK gardeners! This means you will want to find appropriate plants for your garden pond if you live somewhere else, so you don't introduce anything invasive.
Use the links bellow to find the best plants for your areas:
Considerations
Considerations
Bee-Safe Nursery Plants
Bee-Safe Nursery Plants
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
3:25 minute video explains how using a diverse selection of plants can help support more animals without a need for a water pump, which could suck in and hurt small animals such as tadpoles.
The plants suggested may be appropriate in the UK, but could be invasive in other places, so please remember to research ahead of time to ensure you only use native species, and don't introduce any invasive species.
Pond Design
Pond Design
Adequate Oxygenation
Adequate Oxygenation
15:48 minute video explains how varying levels inside the pond, underwound water filtration, and wetland filters can work better than a mechanical filtration system.
Trouble Shooting
Trouble Shooting
Algae Blooms
Algae Blooms
How We Treat A Clay Bottom Pond
7:10 minute video explains how chemical treatments can make algae blooms worse in the future, and what to do instead.
Species that Benefit from Garden Ponds
Species that Benefit from Garden Ponds
Amphibians
Amphibians
Frogs
Frogs
Newts
Newts
Toads
Toads
Toads don't need as much water as other amphibians, but still need somewhere to drink and reproduce.
Bugs
Bugs
Dragonflies
Dragonflies
These incredible predators need ponds to reproduce. They consume pests both as adults and in their larval stages.
Resources & Guides
Resources & Guides
Pesticide-Free Management
Pesticide-Free Management
Backyard Ponds "Guidelines for Creating & Managing Habitat for Dragonflies and Damselflies"
Plants to Use or Avoid
Plants to Use or Avoid
Avoid Invasive Species
Avoid Invasive Species
International
International
Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation "is an international nonprofit organization that protects the natural world through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitats. As a science-based organization, we both conduct our own research and rely upon the most up-to-date information to guide our conservation work. Our key program areas are: pollinator conservation, endangered species conservation, and reducing pesticide use and impacts."
Maps
Maps
International
International
Butterfly Conservation: Wild Spaces: Put Your Wild Space on the Map "Our interactive map shows the number and types of Wild Space near you. When you sign up in the UK, your Wild Space will also appear on the map so you can show everyone that you're taking action and encourage others to get involved too."
Europe
Europe
UK
UK
Butterfly Conservation: Wild Spaces: Put Your Wild Space on the Map "Our interactive map shows the number and types of Wild Space near you. When you sign up in the UK, your Wild Space will also appear on the map so you can show everyone that you're taking action and encourage others to get involved too."
Grants & Funding
Grants & Funding
Europe
Europe
UK
UK
National award schemes There are a number of key organisations offering grants and advice to community based projects e.g.
Big Lottery Fund "Groups can apply to us for funding under £20,000, or over £20,001, depending on what they want to do."
Heritage Fund "We fund projects of all sizes that connect people and communities to the UK’s heritage."
Grow Wild UK "Bringing people together to value and enjoy wildflowers and fungi"
Oceana
Oceana
Australia
Australia
Western Australia
Native Plant Subsidy "Native plants provide natural food sources and shelter for native animals, are water wise and can help cool your home naturally. To help you create a waterwise garden, the City of Cockburn offers native plant subsidies to both residents and schools."
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