Trisha's The Green Plastic Storage Box Pond garden

Garden Type: Water | Sun: Partial Sun | Soil: Don't Know I'm Organic!

This was a pond project planned for this summer (2008) (at the request of the kids)that has sort of evolved without any of the big expensive outlay I thought it would need.
The ‘pond’ was an old, green Curver square plastic storage box found in the garage, previously used for lugging about hard core and flints picked out of the garden. The ‘water lily’ pond plant was bought from one of the kid’s school summer fetes and came with some handy duck weed hidden it. The stones are left over bits from the pergola coping. Water courtesy of the wet summer so far and occasional top-up from over-zealous kids and watering cans! We’ve added some oxegenating weed purchased for a pocket money sized 85p and found a small newt in with the weed for free… (A little worried about what to do with it once winter arrives in case the plastic cracks but sort that out nearer the time!)

Plantings

Nymphaea

Nymphaea
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duck weed
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oxegenating weed
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Comments

Happibun wrote:
I love the idea of a bonus newt.

Posted on 09 Aug 08 (about 1 years ago)
ceae wrote:
What a fabulous idea! I always admire water gardens, but think that it would be difficult (and large) for our little garden. Thanks so much for the inspiration!

Posted on 17 Oct 08 (about 1 years ago)
Mimosamargot wrote:
Just caught up with this posting – lovely idea. Is it sunk into the ground or free standing and does it have any soil added at all, I notice it says “Soil: None” but is that so???

Posted on 27 Oct 08 (about 1 years ago)
Trisha wrote:
Mimosamargot – you’ve noticed something I haven’t! – the ‘soil:None’ it must be in the garden set-up bit, I’ll have to try and edit it. The plant in the pond is in a pot with some soil/mud/compost? in it – I don’t know what sort as the plant came from a school fete already in the pot and we just put it in the plastic box. It is free-standing and with the first frost arriving today – I’m having a bit of a panic about keeping it going through the winter!

Posted on 28 Oct 08 (about 1 years ago)
Mimosamargot wrote:
I must have a go – but perhaps I’ll wait until after winter! Good luck with keeping it going.

Posted on 28 Oct 08 (about 1 years ago)