Get the best from a pond in a shady garden with the help of our practical tips.

Woodland Pond We found this quiet pond while exploring Mt Cuba Center a few years ago. This 500-acre public nature garden is near Wilmington Delaware. The founder, Mrs. Copeland said “I want this to be a place where people will learn to appreciate our native plants and to see how these plants can enrich their lives so that they, in turn, will become conservators of our natural habitats.”

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One thing our farm was missing when we moved here six years ago was any surface water -- a stream, pond or otherwise. In 2015 we decided to put in a small pond to grow some wetlands plants and to benefit wildlife. It was so simple, yet research online made ponds out to be complicated, expensive, tec

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Small pond in garden setting... Image:0395008 - Stock photo from GAP Gardens, garden & plant photography

There's more to having a pond than having fun. You can learn stuff from a pond too. When Mr. Osbourne asked me to write about the things I've learned from growing up around a pond, I wasn't sure if I could do it.