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Creating a Naturally Beautiful Water Garden

A water garden can increase your landscape's aesthetics exponentially and become a beautiful means to attract pollinators, amphibians, songbirds and other desirable wildlife. A properly designed water garden stocked with native plants and small fish becomes a haven for homeowners and guests alike. In this class, we'll learn how to create, plant, and maintain container, pre-formed, and custom water gardens of all sizes, covering such topics as natural filtration, low maintenance, add-on features, and eco-sensitive design. Water gardening — it's a whole new world!

Note: Materials are from Fall 2016. They will be updated the next time this class is taught:

7:00 PM, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, 100 E. Northwestern Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19118, (215) 247-5777.

Marc Radell

Links

Ecologically Based Small Pond Management (Chester County)

Pond Management (PennState Extension)

Palustrine Plant Community Descriptions (Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program)

How to Create a Backyard Pond (This Old House)