Garden Pond Tour: My Favorite Outdoor Space

Summertime – and the livin’ is easy! It’s super hot out but I don’t care because I love summer. Especially when I can spend time enjoying my garden pond.

 

Everything is lush and green in my backyard and it’s my favorite place to be right now. I feel blessed because having a pond is like having my own vacation spot. It was installed by Aquascape, Inc., which is where I work.

 

When I step outside and hear the waterfall, I’m instantly relaxed.

 

Almost every day is a new discovery of nature, and I don’t know what I love most. There’s the beautiful waterlilies that are a favorite. The blooms open in the morning and last a few days.

 

If you’re a gardener, you might want to consider adding a pond to your garden. There are so many varieties of waterlilies and new ones are being hybridized all the time – like this purple one called Violicious. It’s the first purple hardy waterlily.

 

 

I have two waterlilies in my pond – the Violicious and this pretty Madame Wilfron Gonnere waterlily. Both are hardy – meaning they come back every year like perennials. You can see one of my fish beneath the waterlily. It’s a golden orfe.

 

It’s hard to get good pictures of the fish. They never hold still for the camera! I love watching the fish swim in the pond. I have seven of them; one koi (not pictured), two exotic goldfish – the orange and white ones, a calico shubunkin, and two golden orfes.

 

And on occasion – I have frogs in the pond. In the spring we had a few toads, and now that it’s summer the frogs are here.

 

And yes, frogs really do hop from lily pad to lily pad.

 

You can grow waterlilies in a container if you don’t have a pond. Just make sure it receives 6 hours of sunlight per day. I have a peach-colored one in a Patio Pond.

 

My garden pond is less than a year old, but I’ve been busy planting in and around it.

 

I planted both pink and purple pickerel in the pond.

 

 

Outside of the pond I planted several types of coneflowers.

 

 

I have more plants in and around the garden but didn’t take close-up shots of all of them. Aquatic mint, pennywort, water celery, water hyacinth, hardy fig, coral bells, clematis, and more.

 

I hope you enjoyed touring my garden pond! I spend time out by my pond every day – it’s by far the best addition to my yard.

Visit Aquascape Inc. for more pond, waterfall, and fountain inspiration! You can buy a kit and do it yourself, or use their online locator to find a Certified Aquascape Contractor in your area.