Water Gardens

Add a pond, pool, or other water garden to your yard.

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Water Garden Ideas
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A Fantastic Makeover

Get fresh ideas for your water garden from this landscape.

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Our Favorite Water Garden Plants

Accent your water garden with foliage and flowers.

Everything in Water Gardens Ponds & Pools
  • A Pond for Your Patio

    Building instructions for a small pond in a wooden box.

  • A Pond in a Box

    Create an affordable, easy-to-assemble water garden.

  • Build a Deck-Top Pond

    Create a mini ecosystem on your deck, patio, or apartment balcony.

  • Dream Water Gardens

    Water in the garden attracts attention. Whether you want to add a tiny fountain or large pond, you'll find inspiration in these 19 idea...

  • Garden Pool

    A haven for goldfish and aquatic plants.

  • Know Your Pond Fish

    Swimming and darting silently through the water, fish add a colorful and animated dimension to a backyard water garden. Look for these ...

  • Patio Fountains and Ponds

    Bring the sights and sounds of water to your garden, deck, or patio.

  • Pond in a Bucket

    Easy, inexpensive construction of a water garden.

  • Pond Pointers

    Tips from BHG.com members on caring for an outdoor pond.

  • Putting the Pond to Bed

    We're up to our ankles in water lilies at the Test Garden.

Water Garden Plants Water Garden Projects
  • A Water Wheel

    Use new or salvaged grindstones or millstones.

  • An Urn Bubbler

    Add the sound of water to your yard or garden, without digging.

  • Fountain in a Pot

    Build your own garden fountain. This simple project involves adding an electric fountain unit to a terra-cotta garden pot.

  • Gazing Ball Bubbler Fountain

    Add simple charm to the garden spot of your choice.

  • How to Build a Water Feature

    This water feature is for the birds...and your deck, patio, or terrace. Build it yourself with little more than a bag of cement mix, co...

  • How to Make a Spherical Water Fountain

    Set a soothing scene in the garden with this easy-to-make and inexpensive terra-cotta fountain.

  • Sunken Container

    Make your own garden pond with a sunken pot.

  • Terra-Cotta Fountain

    Build this bubbling fountain with a strawberry jar, an azalea pot, a terra-cotta bowl, and various fittings.

  • Water Garden Makeover

    See how one couple gave their pond a fresh new look, and get tips for adding a water garden to your yard.


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