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Puddling clay (the most natural way to build a pond) |
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NB: it’s best to source puddling clay locally – either from your own land, from a local farmer or building site, or search for local suppliers | |
BTCV | puddling clay section from BTCV’s online book on wetlands |
Dandy’s | will deliver any tonnage of puddling clay |
Garden Web | lots of useful info on this US forum on puddling clay and stopping leaks |
Gardening Masterclass | articles on building a puddled clay pond |
Woodfields | deliver puddling clay by the tonne in the Midlands |
Pond installers |
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Aquamaintenance | Hertfordshire |
Aquatic Engineering | lots of specialist aquatic services and products, Isle of Wight |
FlowerpotMan | Bristol & North Somerset |
The Go Wild Gardening Company | specialise in wildlife ponds, Oxfordshire |
Naiad Pond Services | Surrey |
Paul Dyer | nationwide |
PondKeeper | Teeside |
Pond plants & wildlife |
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British Wild Flower Plants | sell plants for in and around ponds |
BTCV pond vegetation tables | A-Z listing with information on British pond plants |
Froglife | UK charity committed to conserving frogs and amphibians |
Go Native Plants | sell only native British water plants |
Merebrook Pond Plants | sell pond plants & pond snails |
Naturescape | sell pond plants & pond snails |
Pond Explorer | great resource for kids and teachers, including an identification guide for pond creatures |
Pond Life Identification Kit | fascinating site about the microscopic creatures you will find in your pond |
Puddle Plants | sell pond plants & plugs |
Stapeley Water Gardens | sell kits of 40, 25 and 15 types of native water plants to stock a pond |
VeggieGlobal | how to make a wildlife pond |
Warnham Local Wildlife Reserve | pond life with photos |
Wetland Plants | sell wetland plants, including UK native plants |
Wildflower Shop | sell native pond plants |
Wildlife Gardener | attracting newts to your garden pond |
Wildlife Trusts | IMPORTANT: prevent pests campaign to stop the spread of invasive species of pond plants and animals that are sold in aquarium and pond shops – buy native species! |
More information / products |
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Beautiful Britain | how to build a wildlife pond using a typical liner kit |
British Ecological Society | construction of a school pond |
Build-a-Pond.com | how to build a pond – again using a liner kit |
Build Your Own Pond | more info on pond building with a liner kit |
Cetco | Akwaseal liner with 2 plastic membranes and bentonite clay |
Clear Water Revival | natural swimming pools |
Ezine articles | series of articles about building and stocking ponds |
QartenART | natural swimming pools |
Liners Online | pond liners |
Mother Earth News | building a larger pond |
Pond Conservation | national charity dedicated to creating and protecting ponds and the wildlife they support |
Pond Liners Direct | butyl rubber liners |
Pond Solutions | lots of info on this website, by water gardener Peter May |
Russetts | heavy-duty pond liners |
Waterways & Wetlands | BTCV online book |
Woodhouse Natural Pools | natural swimming pools |
You Tube | video of a pond being built with a liner |