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These 15 koi pond ideas will inspire you to transform your outdoor space into a serene outdoor oasis. They prove that koi ponds can work in spaces of all sizes.
Koi ponds or lakes are a traditional feature of Japanese gardens, but many hobbyists use special ponds in small locations, with no attempt to suggest a natural landscape feature. The architecture of the koi pond can have a great effect on the health and well-being of the koi. The practice of keeping koi often revolves around "finishing" a koi ...
Pond. A man made pond at sunset in Montgomery County, Ohio. Stereoscopic image of a pond in Central City Park, Macon, GA, c. 1877. A pond is a small, still, land-based body of water formed by pooling inside a depression, either naturally or artificially. A pond is smaller than a lake [1] and there are no official criteria distinguishing the two ...
Japanese dry garden. Ryōan-ji (late 16th century) in Kyoto, Japan, a famous example of a Zen garden. A mountain, waterfall, and gravel "river" at Daisen-in (1509–1513) The Japanese dry garden (枯山水, karesansui) or Japanese rock garden, often called a Zen garden, is a distinctive style of Japanese garden. It creates a miniature stylized ...
Ponds outside of gardens are fed by four main water sources: rain, inflows (springs and streams), surface runoff, and groundwater. The wildlife value of ponds is greatly affected by the extent to which these water sources are unpolluted. Garden ponds are generally not fed by inflows or groundwater, except in the larger and rural gardens.
Water garden. Water garden or aquatic garden, is a term sometimes used for gardens, or parts of gardens, where any type of water feature (particularly garden ponds) is a principal or dominant element. The primary focus is on plants, but they will sometimes also house waterfowl, or ornamental fish, in which case it may be called a fish pond.
Duck pond. A duck pond or duckpond is a pond for ducks and other waterfowl. Duck ponds provide habitats for waterfowl and other birds, who use the water to bathe in and drink. Often, as in public parks, such ponds are artificial and ornamental in design; an example is the lily pond in the University Parks at Oxford in England, constructed in 1925.
A Louisiana homeowner is scaring up a delightful Halloween display this year with custom Taylor Swift-themed giant skeletons, all of which are ready to perform in the “scEras Tour.” Louellen ...