The soothing sound of water is a lovely accessory in any garden. Even if you don't have room for a majestic pond, you can create your own small-scale oasis in a container. The tiniest trickle will reduce ambient noise and significantly increase your enjoyment of an urban patio, balcony or rooftop garden.
TUB TIME (shown)
A large, galvanized-steel tub (30 centi-metres deep, 46 centimetres square) serves as the base for this water feature.
The pump was installed on the bottom, then covered with a plastic pot. A trick I learned from Canadian Gardening's previous editor, Beckie Fox, is to use a piece of gridded plastic (the type that's installed over fluorescent lighting) as a foundation for the top layer of stones. I added a variety of larger sizes (not pebbles) and finished it off with a flat slab of slate, which forms the ledge over which the stream of water runs.
SAND WEDGE
This pond consists of two black metal containers that fit one inside the other, so there's room for a water garden and a small dryscape. Test the containers first to ensure they're watertight. (These two looked OK, but the corners leaked so I put in a liner.) Although the large container is 48 centimetres square and the smaller one is 28 centimetres square, they're only 14 centimetres high, giving the arrangement a low profile. After placing one inside the other, I filled the inner container with water and added the plants.
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