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Hey I'm Eric Triplet, The Pond Digger and
today we're gonna take you on a personalized pond tour.
We're gonna show you some pond design ideas, that you can incorporate into an existing
pond, or you can use on a pond that you're getting ready to build.
We built this pond about eight years ago,
and it's always a crowd pleaser when we have our pond tours.
But, there's some specific things that we did here, that sometimes people overlook, and
they don't understand why they like it so much.
So we're gonna point those things out specifically today, so
you can use them in your own back yard.
A neat thing about this pond is, it's big.
It takes up almost the entire area that they allocated for it.
But one thing we had to do, we had to create a crossover, so you could come to the path,
work your way around to the destination point that's over there.
So what we did is, we created this land bridge.
And the way to do it and give it a natural look is, we landed these two logs.
On either side of the bridge, threw a little bark down, but we have a,
a support underneath it.
And so, it looks like at some point in time a tree fell, and
now we can cross over the tree but the fish can still come across from side to side and
it's just a really neat effect that I think people really enjoy.
All right, I wanna point out the aquatic plants in this pond,
and the way they've been planted and how it affects everything.
I like, I like to do what I would call a specimen plant.
One plant, that is like an exhibit.
It's like, a plant that's in all its glory, and
it's not muddied up by another plant growing through it.
So when you look at this plant, this one for example, it's called blue bells.
In the summertime, solid purple flowers all over it and
then just when you look at it it's just gorgeous.
And it's not disrupted by a, another plant that's right next to it.
And if you look around the pond, you'll see red with variegations,
you'll see green variegated, you'll see soft leaves, you'll see violet stems.
And each plant has it's own location and
they, they typically are not growing into each other.
And that makes a big deal when you walk in and
you see the plants just sitting there in all their glory,
the specimen plants as you walk around the pond, they just look gorgeous.
So, one thing I wanna point out about this water feature,
is we have a different kind of stone than what we're typically using.
This, this rock's called Coco Flats and it's very angular,
it's almost like a bunch of stepping stones, it's got a really rich, earth-tone color, and
we've used this around the whole coping of the pond, and in the waterfalls.
Now, below water level, we use a less expensive stone,
the granite that you'll typically see from most contractors.
And we use it below grade, it gets a little bit algae growing on it.
You can't really tell what the color is.
Above grade, we use the Coco Flats.
Gives it a neat, interesting look unlike most of the ponds in the area.
Okay, so my favorite thing about this pond is the koi.
I mean, what can I say?
I'm a fish geek.
It's bred through and through in me.
I'm telling you when people walk around the corner and they see 66 fish
swimming around like crazy in this pond, it really, it's, it takes your breath away.
A lot of these koi were actually born in the pond, they didn't start with this many,
but they don't wanna give any up.
And, so when you see that many koi, it's just fun to see.
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Well that wraps up our little personal tour of this pond.
I hope you can use some of the ideas we have given you today, on your own pond or
a pond that you might be building.
Take care, and thanks for watching.
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