Water gardening

Water Gardening
If you're looking to turn a drab backyard into a tropical paradise, consider adding a water garden to your home. Water gardens incorporate a pool or pond with aquatic plants and colorful fish, making them both eye catching and fun.

Water Gardening
The University of Illinois Extension has put together a very useful Water Gardening Primer with help on getting your water garden set up, finding appropriate water plants and keeping algae at bay.

Water gardening basics
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Cover the soil in each container with a 1-inch layer of pea gravel. or sand, but don't cover the plant's growing tips.

Water Gardening a Constant Effort
Master gardener Maureen Gilmer discusses the advantages of water gardening.
By Maureen Gilmer, DIY Network
Filed under: Aquatic Plants, Water Features, Ponds, Wet Conditions, Plants ...

Water Gardening Indoors
The sound and feel of running water, the sight of flashing and darting fish, the smell of fragrant flowering aquatic flora, and even the taste of edible, home-grown water plants satisfies all of our senses.

Water Gardening
Adding Fountains and Waterspouts (the Sound of Garden Beauty) ...

Water Gardening: introduction
For centuries, people have been drawn to the sights and sounds of water Gardens. In Colorado, water adds an appealing element to the Garden that changes from season to season.

Read more in Gardens and Water Gardening
Page 1: Pond solutions for water loss, and green water
Page 2: Pond solutions for algae and water clarity
Page 3: Seasonal maintenance tasks for your pond or fountain ...

AHS Complete Guide to Water Gardening - Gardening Book
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The American Horticultural Society
Complete Guide to Water Gardening ...

Water Gardening Plants
Lotus: Rooted floaters that stem above the waters surface. Can be secured in pots placed on the ponds floor approximately 12" below the surface of the water.

Water Gardening
Deciding to Make a Garden Pond
If you want a garden pond, there are a number of decisions you need to make before you ever start building it. Find out what they are.

Water Gardening
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Water Gardening
Finding the Site, Choosing Plants and Fish
A water garden can be an elaborate planting in and around a pond, or something simple in a watertight container.

Water gardening adds a unique, new group of plants to home landscapes. Many, such as water lilies and water hyacinths, grow well in containers.

Water gardening is increasingly popular, and the range of plants that you can grow in water and moist soils has increased dramatically in recent years. In choosing plants be aware of their individual needs.

Water Gardening Community
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Water gardening can be the easiest gardening. Once you're set up, there are no worries about rainfall and no weeds to pull.

Water Gardening reference books are readily available at garden shops and bookstores. A brief introduction to Water Gardens is available through your local county extension agent or online.

If water gardening appeals to you, just educate yourself, take the needed precautions, and get ready to enjoy the beauty and serenity a water feature adds to your home.
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Add some water gardening soil to the pot. If you cannot find any soil made specifically for water gardening, generic cat litter (the non-clump-forming kind) can be substituted. The pot should be about half filled.
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Bradshaws Water Gardening - Discusses the concepts that help pond keepers design, manage and care for water gardens all year round. Aimed at newcomers and experienced water gardeners alike.

The Four Rules of Water Gardening
Pond gardening is easy but there are four very rules to remember.

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Container gardens are an excellent way to sample the joys of water gardening before committing to a larger, permanent pond.

A special part of the show was two live interviews with MG Sherrie McGee about container water gardening. Sherrie took charge of purchasing materials and bringing them to the studio for the segment filmed outside near the Kuster garden.

As an avid gardener myself, I have built my share of water gardens on my property, and have made every mistake there is to make, so I am fairly well-qualified to write about the pitfalls and rewards pertaining to water gardening.

This section contains several articles that might be better filed under my water gardening website but I hope you enjoy them nevertheless. I think you'll find them of use in your pond maintenance.

See also: Water, Water garden, Gardening, Plant, Vegetable