The latest garden pond ideas range from modern designs to natural wildlife pools, catering to various outdoor aesthetics. Smaller scale options exist for compact urban gardens, such as stone or concrete basins. The design of the pond should complement the house and garden, creating either a geometric or natural look. A pond benefits outdoor spaces by enhancing the feeling of space with reflective water while encouraging tranquility. Larger ponds can serve to partition areas and become features, while smaller ponds can add joy through surrounding plantings.
"Water is a great way to bring the sky down into a garden and increase the sense of space," says garden designer Helen Elks-Smith. "Still water creates an incredible surface reflecting the pattern of clouds and adds another element to a space."
"Too small bodies of water can be problematic in terms of keeping clean but can also get 'lost' within the overall space," explains Helen. Instead make the pond a feature of your garden design.
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