Although the water garden is an ancient feature of the desert oasis and the labyrinth palace retreats of kings and queens, the only way to build impressive water features back then was if a natural source of water was already available nearby, from higher ground, but with modern technology, the craziest, most magnificent works of art can now be achieved virtually anywhere at all in a self-circulating environment that takes care of itself.

Pumps like this one are exactly the kind of thing the water garden will need if it is to create something special and reminiscent of those days when it was a symbol of national status to have a 20 foot high cascading waterfall over the top of a garden entrance way, where visitors would see the elegant enchantments of what is next to come along the mystical journey through a meditative space, through a wall of tumbling water.

The crashing sound of a waterfall is good for the heart, lifting spirits and purifying the soul while at the same time oxygenating the water so fully, that fish will thrive and algae will find their task taking them to the farthest reaches of the pond where water is still and less oxygen is present.

Little Giant model WGP-65-PW pumps 1/8^th flow, 1900 gallons of non-potable water per hour at 1 cord length 16, shutting off at 20 feet high, from two 1 ¼ MNPT x 1 barbed elbow adapters, the discharge cap is 1 ¼as well, while the whole pump itself is made from a corrosion resistant body of recycled plastics.

It is perfectly sealed, for submersible use, it has incredible starting torque and flow pressure for a magnetic pump of this size, it will simultaneously power two different water features at the same time from the dual discharge design and it can be used both horizontally or vertically as needed.

The Little Giant 1900 Pond Pump uses 115 Volts, at 60 Hertz, 2 Amps, 230 Watts, weighs 8.5 pounds, measures 8.1 x 6.35 x 9.6 and ships at 10 pounds.

This double service submersible pond pump from Little Giant deals out 1900 gph for up to two different water garden features going 20 feet high or one foot high 16 feet away, for the kind of power you need to make impressive waterfalls and rock creeks that blend into the landscape while oxygenating the water, for a healthier aquatic environment that makes sense of modern technology.

Most people when they are thinking about designing their first water garden, usually have the tendency to want to put all the equipment underground, but unfortunately, be it a pump a hose a pipe or a filter, putting things underground usually means digging them up every single time they need to be maintenanced.

Which is why Savio came out with a rock lid cover that is light enough to lift, but looks enough like a rock to blend in perfectly with the surrounding water garden environment.

Managing the pond filter, cleaning out constant debris and maintaining live filtration systems, can all be kept perfectly aesthetic without lots of heavy lifting, with a Savio rock lid cover, designed to make the healthy feature of your pond a lightweight and invisible one.

This Rock Lid Cover made by Savio in the USA ( fits #SS0000 Skimmerfilter ) is made of acrylic/fiberglass, one size fits all, providing that natural camouflage in the form of granite outcropping, measuring 24 x 28 x 20, shipping at 11pounds.

Aesthetic and lightweight, the savio rock lid cover keeps equipment in easy reach and well out of sight for a far more self-reliant way of taking care of ones meditative and most sacred of spaces, the water garden.

Forget about replacing disposable AA batteries, floating water lily solar lights recharge on their own, everyday, as the sun comes out.

This floating water lilysolar light is a Tektrum Corporation product, each case comes with three units, one yellow, one red and one purple, each one with a separate leaf solar collector, providing night time illumination for up to eight hours after nightfall.

Charging during the day, it is waterproof, measures eight inches in diameter, comes with two built in rechargeable double AA batteries, built in LED and solar panel and no other energy is required, shipping at 6 pounds.

For an attractive effect in the pool or pond, a water lily solar light will enchant visitors and bring the realm of fantasy into your water garden, transforming the night, into an expression of artistic notion, in a more self-reliant, ecologically friendly and sustainable way.

Orange and gold are said to bring happiness and prosperity in mystical circles, and in business or at home, there is nothing more welcome.

With just the flicker of a golden tail, the goldfish inspired the imagination of the Chinese in the Tang Dynasty to dam carp ponds, and ever since, their most impressive genetic mutation has become an enchantment that is known worldwide.

We love our goldfish as children, we cherish their delicate grace and smooth features that twinkle like stars in a magical lake and they are hardy fish, easy to care for.

Available in orange or purple, this starter kit is the perfect thing for a goldfish, complete with everything you will need to keep your aquatic friend happy for decades, yes decades, a goldfish can live between 10 to 25 years if kept properly.

Central Garden & Pet is the kind of company that takes their clients needs to heart, with a staff that is commited to maintaining a culture in which people are treated with dignity and respect and the opportunity to fulfill their potential; products like this Gold Fish Starter Kit reflect that commitment.

This small desktop aquarium comes in two sizes 1.77 gallons and 2.65 gallons, including a plastic tank, food, internal filter, bowl conditioner, silk plant and even gravel, the only thing needed is fish, chlorine free water and regular maintenance to keep the water clean of algae and access residue build-up.

If your need is educational, or just for the free and relaxing movement of water in the office, this Gold Fish Starter Kit comes with everything you need, just add your fish and display, feeding them and cleaning the water is part of the fun.

Learning:
The Evolution of Goldfish

Water Garden Barrel Testimonial

This past weekend I installed my new rain barrel for my water garden. It couldn’t have been easier! The only tools I needed were a level, Channel Lock pliers, tin snips, a tubing cutter and a tape measure! Not only will it provide my small goldfish pond with fresh, chlorine-free water for water changes, but it looks really cool! It adds a charming accent to a very dull spot in my yard. I cannot say enough about Aaron, he is the definition of a true craftsman and more importantly, however, he is a good guy. So many times in business these days customers are treated with a less-than-helpful attitude. Aaron’s eagerness to provide his customers with a quality product that they are happy with and his willingness to go that extra step is something that is becoming a rarity these days. Very impressive!

I highly recommend these products for your rainwater collection needs. Now I just have to wait for some rain!

Mark Z.
Haddonfield, NJ

You can buy rain barrels at Aaron’s Rain Barrels, follow the image below and thank you!

For thousands of years humans have known the value of moving water in the home, to keep energies clean and serene and indoor fountains take those feelings of relaxation where they are most needed, into the lair.

Calming your surroundings, with cascading LED lights, the streams of flowing trickles of water help to induce relaxation, suitable for any décor, and fitting perfectly on top of any table, these fountains average about three pounds in weight.

These indoor fountains all throw indirect lighting, with several themes to choose from including: Rock Garden, River Bend, Silver Springs, Garden Leaves, Island Gardens, Slate Streams, Shimmering Towers, Eternal Rain, Florence, Gariposa, Grecian Gardens, Tuscany, Rustic Lantern Candle, Water Weave, Rock, Step Design, and Tranquil Tower.

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The latest trends in self-reliance link so very closely to the alternative realm of New Age meditation and oriental gardening, that companies with vision, offer products with vision and HoMedics Indoor Fountains from their Envirascape Collection, are exactly what the sustainable crowd has been looking for, relaxing the home from within.

Bamboo will bend in the wind, but when the wind stops, it will return to its original place, bamboo will grow in the direction of life-giving water and divine-light, thus making it one of the earths many lessons in humility, through simple observation, we can learn to be like bamboo.

Being a peaceful grass, yet solid like timber, bamboo will enhance the surroundings of a water garden immensely.

If used to hide the backyard shed, that extra room, or even the neighbors untimely backyard.

Encompassing your water garden in just the right places with easy to use, rolled bamboo fencing, will keep the suspense of disbelief alive while strolling through its magical realms of peace and spiritual rejuvenation.

Gardman rolled bamboo fencing model R637 is 13 x 5, is made of quality bamboo for screening, branded with galvanized wire for durability, it measures 58 x 6 x 12 when rolled and ships at 50 lbs.

Using rolled bamboo fencing to complete the path your audience is to take along the meditative spaces of your pond or water garden, can make for an aesthetically pleasing alternative to cement and mortar, while enhancing the surroundings with peace of mind and tranquility in a more self-reliant and sustainable frame of mind that makes sense, in any garden.

When we think about the space in our water garden, we know that we are treading on magic and enchantment.

We also know that every single item placed around the water garden needs to be carefully picked to give off a specific emotional effect, and nothing brings that kind of emotional effect to life, like mushrooms and frogs.

Mushrooms are like towering tree forests to so many of the small and diverse creatures living around the garden, not to mention the perfect stool for frogs and butterfly ferries.

Frogs are our friends, they help steward the pond, we get to know them individually, and if there are frogs in your water garden, a figurine is a an excellent way to make the audience visually aware of the roles, different creatures in the garden each have in a remarkable web of life.

This mushroom scene frog figurine is made of 100% non-toxic poly resin and measures 8 ¾ x 7 ½ x 10 ¼.

Water gardens are aquatic environments that give life to a wide variety of plants, including mushrooms and frogs; enchanting the onlooker with a mushroom scene frog figurine that brings dreams to life and entices the human imagination into the lighthearted realm of fairytales and adventure, promoting well-being and health for a more sustainable way of life.

A book that comes with sustainable trends, a stormwater marsh created in Virginia is an excellent example of how to make the best use of a landscape to your favor when building your own watergarden and making sure that it has that natural look that is so essential to give that air of tranquil bliss and harmony.

Water gardens have been a part of civilization since the invention of the fountain, first harvested running water into our gardens for irrigation and drinking.

With technology, we can go beyond that, but how do we make sure that the water garden sits organically into the landscape? How do we make sure that placing it will fulfill our deep emotional connection between the earth and the water?

The Natural Water Garden will help you answer those questions, and still take you down the well treaded path of doing-it-yourself, the right way, the first time.

This 112-page paperback, with color photos and drawing, edited and published by Brooklyn Botanic Garden in December of 2001 for all regions measures 8.8 x 6 x 0.3 and ships at 7.8 ounces.

With extensive plant information on six regions of the US, basic water garden installing instructions and a catalog of plants and their role in the garden, The Natural Water Garden is a how-to manual with colored drawings and photos that will help you build a more balanced garden for a more environmentally friendly way of life.

Ecology goes a long way here, from legal issues, structural, pitfalls and information that can make all the difference between a costly mistake and a perfect water garden feature that resounds in harmony with Mother Nature.

For trying to decide on what size pump to use for irrigation, fire protection or just flooding your pond for winter, this book takes a professional approach that saves time and money on expensive redesigns or needless maintenance.

For those looking into the more garden oriented side of earth ponds, this book comes with complete information on goldfish pools, how to deal with weeds, algae and even innovative cleaning techniques such as using crayfish that were not covered in his first book.

This book was written as a companion to Tim Matsons best selling Earth Ponds: The Country Pond Makers Guide to Building, Maintenance and Resoration; the book that made him known as the Guru of Earth Pond Building.

This new book deals mostly with larger ponds, providing up-to-date lists of bibliographies and suppliers, as well as information on natural ice skating rinks, fishing, beach building, hydro power as well as pond-side structures, like gazebos and raft-decks.

A new addition to the Matson collection, Earth Ponds Sourcebook adds useful information on small water-lily and goldfish ponds as well as how to take care of unwanted wildlife like beavers in an environmentally friendly way.

This 171-page paperback, was written by Tim Matson, first published by Countryman Press in October of 1997, with black and white photographs, illustrations, measuring 10.1 x 8.1 x 0.5 and shipping at 15.5 ounces.

Earth Ponds Source Book is an introduction to everything you need to know about how to plan, build and maintenance your very own natural water garden pond in any open space, be it urban or rural for a more sustainable tomorrow, that really understands our connection to nature, in a spiritual way.

The most sublime water gardens in Japan that have been sculpted since Buddhists first walked in the land of the gods, have always been particularly good at capturing that special transcendental moment in which the beholder is one with god in a kind of peak moment, and it is no different when we bring those same gardens indoors.

Indoor water gardens are a moment of the sublime.

James Joyce said of art, that if it moves us to possess it, or moves us to reject it, then it is not the sublime moment of epiphany, that sacred moment of awe, but when it is neither, just a moment in which we simply can admire the celestial creation of such a work of art, then it is indeed an epiphany, and indoor water gardens take us into that realm of the epiphany, beyond desire, beyond fear.

This book comes with simple step-by-step projects that the average home gardener can put together on his or her own, to fit any size room, from huge conservatory pools to small living room pot containers, the possibilities with indoor water gardens are as limitless as the human imagination, but the sparks of inspiration are as easy to catch as this quick glimpse through the eyes of a professional that has dedicated his life to water gardening, author Philip Swindells.

Pools, plants, aquariums, illuminated features, aquascapes, floating gardens, table top fountains, bubblers, tips on maintenance to keep your water garden looking pristine year round and all the facets of design to construction stages, including plans and materials.

This 64-page hardcover written by expert water garden professional Philip Swindells, was first published by Interpet Publishing in September of 2002, measuring 8.9 x 8.2 x 0.5 and shipping at 14.4 ounces.

For those looking to recreate the fascinating realm of a water garden in the comfort of their own home or any other indoor space, and in need of an introduction with fascinating ideas and how to do-it-yourself information, from a professional that knows the ropes, Indoor Water Garden is the perfect beginners handbook.

Indoor Water Garden, the water garden handbook by Philip Swindells gives you everything you need to know to build your very own indoor water garden, and a portal into the meditative realm of the divine experience.

When we think of sophistication, nothing can be more straight forward than a stroll through a Japanese garden, not merely for the beauty that we can feel surging all around us, but the inherent knowledge these surroundings bring to our souls, in a unique experience that was built to cleverly achieve a cathartic moment at every curve of its path.

By suggesting a landscape through metaphoric language, the Japanese garden can depict famous natural scenes, evoking a particular artistic quality or atmosphere, be it through a Zen moment of gravel courtyards or a Buddhist enchantment of falls and flowers.

Extravagance, aristocracy and spirituality blend throughout the history of the Japanese gardens, and from them, an art form all its own was born, one that can be clearly understood, through photos and illustrations of garden layouts and single scenes.

Michiko and David Young are a couple that delve into the fascinating realm of Japanese Art, Architecture and Culture with creative passion.

While Michiko conducts tours of Japan for those looking to think outside of the box, David Young is a well known writer that puts into words, what most can only express through tears or laughter.

After teaming up with Tan Hong Yew, from Kuala Lumpur College of Art in Malaysia, Davids words, Michikos knowledge, insight and love for her own heritage, are superbly enhanced by his masterpiece illustrations, reverberating in the hearts imagination, all that which inspires the team itself, to do what they love most.

So dedicated are these three, that this book won the American Horticulture Society Book Award of 2006 and has brought change and uplifting insight to all those who take the time to flip through its pages with an open mind.

This 176-page hardcover, with 250 full-color photos and 50 watercolors, was written by couple David and Michiko Young, illustrated by Tan Hong Yew, was first published by Tuttle in September of 2005, measuring 11.1 x 8.6 x 0.8 and shipping at 2.5 pounds.

By detailing and discussing some of the most famous works of the Japanese water garden as well as the art and culture therein attached, The Art of Japanese Gardens takes the reader into the hearts and minds of each and every artist, with a subtle blend between words, photographs and illustrations that provoke the precious experiences originally intended by each artist of this timeless art of Japanese expression through gardening.

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Art of Japanese Architecture - by David Young and Michiko Young

The serene experience that an outdoor space provides is proportional to the imagination used in forming the landscape to hold the artistic notion and even emotional aura of the individual who builds it.

Expressing one self, through the art of molding outdoor spaces is as ancient as the craft of gardening, and water has its own role, as the essence of our most inner selves.

Where we place a fountain, made from what materials, how we choose the placement of a pond or waterfall, or in what manner should aquatic plants be aligned with the margin of a pool; each and every allocation, will produce a subtle effect that tells more about the landscape artists most inner self than any psychologists divan.

With sixteen different projects, all well illustrated and photographed in step-by-step details, the variety of beginner projects gives the reader perspective into a range of garden experiences, just from flipping through the pages, not to mention after actually choosing and building one or more.

Alan and Gill Bridgewater are a team of professional DIY writers that bring to pages exactly what people want and what people need, right now, for a more self-reliant community.

By choosing projects that are accessible to the average homeowner, with a vital range of tastes, they open a range of possibilities for all their readers and a chance to feel the joys that come from doing-it-yourself, on something that anyone visiting your open space will be able to enjoy with you upon completion.

Water gardening is mostly about understanding ourselves, and if we start with basic hands-on projects, that are no-brainers, the end result is a transcendental experience that will not only reveal our inner being but also physically radiate our most inner beauty to the world, in a sentimental extension of our own souls.

This 128-page paperback written by Alan and Gill Bridgewater, published in January of 2001 by Storey, measures 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.4 and ships at 1.2 lbs.

Written for those looking to harness the experience of moving water in their own outdoor spaces, Outdoor Water Features is a basic do-it-yourself manual with 16 different projects to play with that will turn the novice into a professional, step-by-step, and after each experience, learn more about ones own self.

Create and maintain your own beautiful water garden, choose fish, install mechanics, lights, wiring, basic construction techniques, water features, water garden themes, stream, waterfall, fountains and an encyclopedia of plants all at your fingertips in 248 photos and 40 illustrations.

Susan Lang and T. Jeff Williams really get the imagination going with ideas for urban courtyards, decks, bogs, ponds, reflection pools and even historical water gardens from throughout the centuries that entice the human soul with other worlds and concepts transformed into realityby you, right in your own backyard.

The path to a more sustainable tomorrow, is not just gardening for the sake of composting, growing organic vegetables and doing-it-yourself, the path to a more sustainable tomorrow means taking in the notion of interconnectivity, that nothing is separate and that we are all one in the same planet, all co-dependant, water gardens remind of this fact in more than just one way.

Building your own water garden and maintaining it every day, is one way to remember how everything is interconnected, because when we build a water garden project, that project becomes a part of us and we have, through that project, learned to relate to the environment in a way that is totally different than our normal everyday lives in the city.

Even if we live out in the country, establishing a water garden can be a subtle way to see into other parts of the earths elegant ecosystem, reminding all those who look upon it, that they are not the only creatures in the Universe, and understanding others is one of the best ways of understanding ourselves, helping us to become whole and complete.

Edited by Sunset Books, Water Gardens is part of their How-To series and is a 192 page paperback that has been selling since at least 2004, it is one of their best sellers, measures 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.4 and weighs 1.3 lbs.

Sunset Series Water Gardens has all the need to know information for those thinking about doing-it-themselves with their very own water garden for the very first time, showing how people havedone this themselves in the past and those ideas that have shown most promise over time, with colorful photos and illustrations that tell as many stories as words alone.

Pots, urns, tubs; any container that you can make water tight and is hygienic enough to keep your aquarium garden thriving in a healthy manner, will be perfect for starting up your very first water garden in a container.

From the whole selection of water works like pumps, filters and tubing to fish, plants and bacteria, this quick-to-read DIYer gets in all the details to make sure your first indoor or outdoor water gardening in container project is a success.

From there, your imagination will flourish around the possibilities as you take your own creative steps in this versatile field, that could be as diverse as aquatic hanging baskets, dishes, goblets, window boxes or just half of an old whiskey barrel.

Color photos detail every page and speak louder than words themselves, filling the soul with ideas that radiate in abundance and flourish as you walk through your home just imagining what you feel like building.

Ever feel like making an English trough garden, a patio pond, a carnivorous bog garden, a lotus garden, a fountain sculpture or an aquatic topiary? All those ideas can be found here and are explained in detail.

This is a 128 page paperback written by Helen Nash and C. Greg Speichert and was first published by Sterling in June of 1999, measuring 10 x 8.5 x 0.4, it ships for only 1 pound.

Water Gardening In Containers: Small Ponds Indoors & Out is a great gift idea for anybody looking to blend the fascinating art of container gardening with water gardening into something unique, that they can make their very own.

49 illustrations, diagrams and photographs make this a useful reference manual; a quick read and a great way to hear quality advice from an expert who knows what first time water garden builders go up against.

Seeing the world from the angle of an outdoor aquarist can be technical, and this book hauls through all the tech-terms with a nicely paced, person-to-person suggestion voice that makes sense in a down to earth manner.

Upping the value of your property can be as easy as taking The Ponders Bible to heart and really following through with the authors suggestions, but without real passion and love for what you are doing, the insight and knowledge found here will surely be lost.

The Ponders Bible was written by Gosta H. Lovgren and is a 178 page paperback published by Carolelle Publishing in February of 2000 measuring 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.6 and ships at only 6.4 ounces.

The Ponders Bible teaches the novice fishpond builder exactly how to do it the first time in a short, straight forward tone that makes sense and will be sure to provide you with all the knowledge you need for a cost effective low maintenance water garden pond that looks great.

If you have already taken on a home improvement project, and are fascinated with the idea of creating your very own water garden in the back or front yard for spiritual or aesthetic appreciation, Complete Guide to Water Gardening is an excellent way to go on your first water gardening experience.

With all the technical need-to-know provided in an easy to understand fashion, close-up pictures and how-to information that will make your first water garden an exciting and rewarding experience as each page turns and your first handmade sketches and plans start to litter the worktable of your shed.

Water Gardening is a way to look at the universe around our cities and see through what humans have done to this planet of ours. Mini ecosystems that thrive on their own once established; needing only the proper maintenance and upkeep, as would an indoor aquarium.

This book takes a look at the water garden much as an aquarist would look at their aquariums; as places where everything is regulated in a distinct array of life-forms that use each other in an almost yin-yang dynamic existence that allows you to get a feel for our world as a whole system where everything is codependent on everything else, inevitably all interconnected.

Complete Guide to Water Gardening is a 216 page hardcover was first published by DK ADULT in April of 1997, measuring 11.6 x 9.3 x 0.9 and ships at only 2.9 ounces total.

Complete Guide to Water Gardening from The American Horticulture Society was developed for those gardeners looking to dabble or dive into the realm of water gardens on their own for the very first time.

Plan, prepare, build and admire your very own water garden project with the Complete Guide to Water Gardening and the concept of interconnectivity will redefine itself for a new era of stewardship.

Rock and Water Plants has the advantage of colorful photographs and illustrations that detail exactly what works in water gardening with rocks.

Making the rock an aesthetic addition to your water garden in a time honored Japanese fashion where the dry stone of Zen and the natural essence of water plants from Buddhism collide giving Rock and Water Plants an edge in this field; specializing in this one aspect of water gardening, this technique enchants all those who look upon your mini-ecosystem of philosophical concepts.

This 132 page paperback, written by Peter Robinson, was first published by Lorenzo Books in May of 2004 has over 300 color photographs, it measures 8.7 x 6.7 x 0.6 and ships at 13.4 ounces.

Rock and Water Plants is filled with colorful photos that detail many possibilities and a range of ideas that blend the dry, sterile rock of Zen, with the life giving forces of Buddhism into a Zen-Buddhist water garden your visitors will notice at once.

How to Build a Waterfall has the most basic critical steps including location selection, visualization, and plumbing, placing rocks inside the house or outside and creating a natural look that is both aesthetically pleasing as well as sensible.

As informative for landscapers as it is to the novice, this kind of video has a user-friendly format that can be easily reviewed as many times as necessary, learning at your own pace.

Director/producer Bill Meakin helps you determine the best location for your waterfall, how to design for your unique site, create streams and stone working, all in DVD-Video for the US and Canada only.

Recorded and published by Over The Garden Wall LLC this region 1 video is rated as NR.

How to Build a Waterfall will teach you how to make a waterfall by scratch, where to put it and how to make it blend in with the surrounding scene to create the alluring and fantastically sensational effect of falling water, that brings out the peacefulness in all of us.

Detailing the essentials for designing, planting, improving, maintaining and building your own water garden with inspiration, The Water Garden Specialist measures 9.2 x 7 x 0.3 inches and ships at 5.6 ounces.

Lush pictures and illustrations that inspire the human imagination, this do-it-yourself guide to planning, oxygenation, filtration and construction takes its references from some of the most notable and famous water gardening cultures in history.

The Water Garden Specialist will give the do-it-yourselfer the inspiration necessary to bring the sensitive flow of water to his or her own garden sanctuary, reflecting thousands of years humans have molded natural perfection into art.

Described as the perfect coffee table book, with the most useful water gardening information, this 304 page water garden manual will inspire new designs the reader have never thought of through expressions of the soul that only gardeners themselves can fully come to appreciate and understand.

For aeons, water has brought new meaning and sensitive balance to the ancient art of gardening, in a way that we can truly narrate our emotions, our very selves, through the molding of Mother Nature.

These are the languid discussions of harmony that The Master Book of the Water Garden employ with inspiring detail.

Pondering on the arrangement of bridges, fish, plants, rocks, filters, liner and everything that you could possibly imagine that goes into a water garden most of the time, is here for the novice and those already with a little experience in the area; written by a Master.

Philip Swindells has gone out of his way to provide practical information and photos of each of the most common plants in an encyclopedic way (their Latin names), plus how to clean and maintain your water garden while making constant upgrades andnew arrangements as the desire springs forth; all this done with such inspiration that it really is a valuable treasure for any water garden.

Measuring 11.8 x 8.6 x 0.9 and shipping at 3.1 lbs, this book was first published by Bulfinch in April of 2002.

A wealth of design options, tips and ideas for spaces and budgets, The Master Book of the Water Garden: The Ultimate Guide to the Design and Maintenance of the Water Garden, comes in both hardcover and paperback, replenishing your inspiration at a glance.

What better way to attract wildlife and clean thoughts to your home than a water feature that is soft, soul refreshing and can take your form the unsettling turmoils of civilization?

A small water garden kit is just the thing to build your dreams right in the comfort of your own yard, a meditative center that fills the environment with peace and tranquility; replenishing lost energies.

Measuring a total of 2 x 3 x 1, this small water garden kit comes with a 5 x 5 liner, 6 three prong outdoor safety cord, fountain head kit and a copy of the 32-page book from Bird Watchers Digest, Creating Your Water Garden.

The fountain head kit will pump up to 165 gallons of water per hour keeping the pond well aerated and in constant movement, eliminating mosquitoes; but birds will love it!

This small water garden kit is the perfect thing to add the taste of moving water to your front or backyard, enchanting everyone with birds that will come in search of clean water and peace of mind, from miles around.

Taking care of our water gardens is something we do with passion, but the world is going through one of its most difficult moments at present and energy bills are skyrocketing as the months go by; sustainability means building around our passion in a way that will be easy on our consumption of electricity and still do the job we need done, right now.

Mag-12 Pump was developed with the sophistication of elite professional fish ponds, pumping up to 1200 gallons per hour and consuming less than half the energy consumption of traditional pumps that do the same job.

Using only half the power of a conventional pond pump of the same capacity, Mag 12 pump was designed for outdoor use, either external or submersed and comes with an 18 grounded extension cord and a three year limited manufacturers warranty.

Measuring 6.4″ x 4.5″ x 4.6″, weighing 10 pounds and shipping at 12 pounds, Mag 12 Pump keeps water moving through your pond with enough speed to keep the water crystal clear.

Watergardens always need powerful pumps that can shoot water higher, faster or through those mechanical, biological and chemical filters at a constant rate, keeping the water clean, and Mag 12 Pump makes sure that it costs 50% what a 1200gph pump would cost normally.

Mag 12 pump brings 1200gph and sustainability to your water garden in one package

Water features in your pond might need just an extra punch; this 1/125 horsepower motor with 15 power cord pumps out 170 gallons per hour, is corrosion resistant and has no oil in the direct drive.

The epoxy-encapsulated motor with plastic housing and radial lip seal on the motor shaft, make this an underwater favorite that will hide nicely among your plants or rocks, while still delivering powerful waterworks features, such as fountain nozzles, pond ornaments, filters and even circulation for up to 170 gallons per hour.

While Little Giant Water Pump ships at only five pounds, the small size and accessible energy conservation, make it a an attractive item.

Using only 36W, Little Giant Water Pump is environmentally safe and will continuously operate with maximum energy efficiency, for a more sustainable world of tomorrow

Butterfly Gardens Pond Kit comes with CD, booklet and instructions, that take you step by step through all the procedures of digging the hole, laying the liner, putting down rocks, putting in plants and fish; then it is as simple as plug and play!

This starter kit comes with a 400 gallon per hour submersible pump that uses 120 volts (2-year limited warranty) and a PVC liner that extends 8 feet by 10 feet (15-year limited warranty); those are the most important parts of the kit.

This water garden pond starter kit gets its identity from the decorative butterfly house, the cascade accent nozzle, the water bell accent nozzle and the sixinch ABS Riser; these give it the smooth sound of rippling cascades of water, that delve into the realm of infinite imaginations.

Other essentials include a female coupler, diverter valve, 24 nylon rope, design guide and CD-Rom/Video. The box measures 14 x 16 x 14, weighs 18.8 pounds and ships at 19 pounds total.

Sunterra knows what it means to be passionate for watergardens, but have little time to put in the study and research to develop your own garden from scratch, or even worse, hunting down all the parts, plants and fish without even a clue as to where to begin.

That is why Sunterra produces quality starter kits like this Butterfly Gardens Pond Kit; because in this way, more people can distill the subtle pleasures of this magical enchantment, as easily and comfortably as possible.

High-quality, rich craftsmanship, serenity and beauty both indoors and outdoors, Sunterra products will transform your home or environment into an inspiring and meaningful living space.

Butterfly Gardens Pond Kit was developed for the first-time watergarden enthusiast looking for an easy do-it-yourself, plug and play system that brings a lifestyle of inspired living to you and all those who visit your aquatic garden sanctuary.

From concept to construction, Keith Davitt makes small water gardens something they should have always been, easy access to everyone interested.

This book takes a serious look at all different kinds of water gardens and takes to heart the budgets and spaces available to the average homeowner, knowing when to size up or down, almost to the centimeter.

Formal pools and fountains such, as the ones detailed in this heavily illustrated hardcover of 176 pages show expertly how cramped urban spaces such as tiny backyards and courtyards can be literally transformed into spiritualand uplifting places of openness that delve deep into our very souls.

Measuring 9.3 x 8 x 0.8 and shipping at 1.6 pounds, Water Features for Small Gardens reaches into a variety of discussions that are far from academic and more straight to the point; giving exactly what the reader has been looking for; expert advice about how the best water gardens fit into our civilization today, right now.

This is a book that gives life to our imagination and turns our dreams into reality, because it breaks water gardening down into essentials, that are at the same time easy to grasp and cost effective.

Natural, formal, informal pools, wall fountains, streams, waterfalls, tub gardens, bogs, raised in-ground formal fountains and how to do it yourself on a budget is right here in Keith Davitts Water Features for Small Gardens; a book that inspires

Kate McGilly, the books author, is a leading koi judge and explains what to look for in color blending, form and quality among these exotic Japanese fish.

Koi Appreciation: The First Step also includes explanations of the Japanese terms used to identify the different varieties, lists of the different koi within each variety and an overview of the general appreciation points.

This book is hardcover, 128 pages, measuring 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.6 inches and weighs 1.65 pounds.

Colorful photos and expert advice make Koi Appreciation the perfect choice for those looking to get started on their very first Koi water garden.

Hundreds of water garden plants, all perfectly organized by those areas that are most important to the most common varieties of water garden; marginal plants, floating plants, submerged plants and bog plants.

Water lilies and lotuses are also well detailed with over 700 color photos of the most common water garden plants; essential to picking and choosing correctly the first time.

The full spectrum of how-to water gardening in its most basic challenges, including pots, soils, fertilizers and plant care to avoid and treat diseases are all here within this hardcover of 388 pages published by Timber Press, Incorporated in English.

Measuring 11.3 x 8.8 x 1.2 inches and shipping at 3.68 pounds, Encyclopedia of Water Garden Plants by Greg Speichert and Sue Speichert makes getting started with your own water garden easy.

Drawing off of seven years of experience, the authors of Encyclopedia of Water Garden Plants have made your first experience a simple and easy one with over 700 color photos that are a snap to thumb through, making choosing and getting down to business all that much easier

In traditional Chinese alchemy, wood is considered one of the sacred five elements.

Associated with the east, the planet Jupiter, strength, flexibility (like bamboo), warmth, generosity, co-operation, idealism, expansiveness, outgoing, socially conscious, in constant search for growth, the beginning of life, springtime, buds, sensuality and fecundity.

According to Chinese medicine, wood influences the liver, gallbladder and consequently, digestion, having lasting therapeutic force on emotions like rage and altruism.

In water gardens things made from wood are traditionally used to combat woods opposing emotional states, like anger and depression, wood is one of the regenerative elements of nature.

A wooden bridge in Japanese water gardens comes with all of these deep inner meanings, as well as the very fact that bridges are used as a path over something.

So if we lay sand or rock below the bridge, the meaning would be far different than if we streamed water, while a mix of these elements, would mean something else entirely.

This wooden bridge is easy to assemble; within one and a half to two hours and offers an excellent opportunity to covering streams of water and beds of sand or rock.

This wooden bridge supports up to 200 pounds and measures 58 ¾ x 26 ½ x 21 ½ , an excellent way to promote the sensation of strength and flexibility through the wooden arches and posts, that take the traveler from one state of being and onto another.

Lights and fountain blasts in different preprogrammed selections and music that can beat in rhythm with each other to create splendid water displays.

Splash Dance can be found in two different fountain heights, medium (3ft 4ft) and large (5ft 7ft), both of will provide the lucid nature of your watergarden to harvest strength.

Splash Dance is easy to install, the manual is self-explaining and easy to read, allowing you to install Splash Dance into your pond or water garden within only 30 minutes without any special tools.

Water fountain and light displays have been cherished by western civilization for hundreds of years, bringing the elusive nature of theater into the realm of a watergarden.

What was once only the enjoyment of royalty, protected behind their artificial Renaissance walls, lakes, labyrinth gardens, churches and castles, can now inspire the imagination of even the humblest of gardeners or entertain the fanciest of guests.

Splash Dance Fountains brings choreographed lights, music and fountain dancing into a water display that will evoke the deepest and most mystical of emotions in all those who watch.

Blue-green algae or brown or black, are all forms of cyanobacteria or what both the uninformed and common Joe alike, refer to as slime or smear algae.

Cyanobacteria is carried on the wind, and is natures way of oxygenizing anaerobic conditions in water, especially wherever high levels of organic wastes and nutrients have been dissolved.

As cyanobacteria is a very simple organism, it uses only photosynthesis to reproduce, and will easily inhabit any imaginable aquatic location be it, saltwater, freshwater, rock or even soil.

Some animals also use algae to their benefit either to produce energy or protect themselves in some way, such as a few endosymbiont species in protests, lichens or the sloth for example that grows cyanobacteria in its fur as a kind of camouflage.

Cyanobacteria can be unicellular or colonial and colonies form in three types, filaments, and sheets or hallow balls. Filamentous colonies can be vegetative, akinetes or heterocysts.

Heterocysts are thick-walled and contain enzyme nitrogenase, vital for nitrogen fixation and can fix nitrogen gas that cannot be used by plants, into ammonia (NH3), nitrates (NO2-) or nitrates (NO3-) which can be absorbed by plants and converted into protein and nucleic acids.

So why is such a useful oxygenator as aquarium slime or watergarden slime taken as dangerous or offensive to the delicate artificial environments?

Basically, aesthetics, but if given enough sunlight, algae can takeover, and throw the whole environment out of balance.

In a worse case scenario, some particular species of cyanobacteria can produce neurotoxins, cytotoxins, hepatotoxins and endotoxins, making them dangerous for mammals and other animals, including us humans (not a good idea to drink algae water without testing).

Although our species still has yet to understand cyanobacteria completely (preventing us from accurately assessing risks) according to some sources (see links below) several cases of human poisoning have been documented from either drinking water or recreational pond water.

In the case of aquarium algae, depending on if the aquarium is saltwater or freshwater, usually merely a change of the water or a partial change of the water is in order, but as saltwater aquariums are difficult to clean out, the best things are slime sumps.

Thriving slime slumps can even be a ready solution to freshwater aquarium slime as well as saltwater aquarium slime, but rerouting that kind of water to a biological filter filled with bioballs and other slime forming surfaces, just may not be the kind of energy efficient solution most freshwater aquarists are looking for (unless they have sustainable energy sources like a solar pump).

Watergarden slime is just as necessary as aquarium slime, but in a watergarden, algae is a must, especially when there is a serious lack of oxygenation.

60% of the oxygen produced in ponds is from cyanobacteria alone.

In Asian rice patty fields, where 75% of the worlds population gets its food, healthy nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria populations keep the balance in paddy waters to produce year after year.

Cyanobacteria is important to keep the whole biological ecosystem thriving in a pond or watergarden as it eliminates bad news gases that plants cannot digest well.

Chemical removal is possible, but will eliminate all bacteria in the water and should be used sparingly, 200mg of erythromycin phosphate per 10 gallons of water should do it, but not recommended before physical scraping and cleansing of all rock, glass, gravel and plastic plant/ornaments have been done, including vacuuming substrate.

Regular cleaning and regular water changes are sure to keep green slime away the best, much better than chemical removal, but once again, in the cases of watergarden slime and saltwater aquarium slime, regular removal is not an option due to the time necessary to balance the aquatic environment, so best to do it correctly only once (before building any delicate environments).

In any closed aquatic environment, cyanobacteria; aquarium slime or watergarden slime is sure to be found, especially if fish and plants are present and the dirtier the water and the more sun, the more green water algae can bloom.

Water garden slime is a natural gas processing organism that breaths life intoNeptunes most sacred sanctums; these temples of underwater splendor.

Related Links:
Cyanobacteria, their toxins and health risks.
Blue-Green Algae (Cyanobacteria) and their Toxins.

This Water Garden DVD comes with all the basics for building a custom-designed water garden right in the comfort of your own backyard.

Every little detail from marking the pond, to laying the last stone, sharing the secret knowledge you need to do-it-yourself.

Your Basic Water Garden DVD even comes with its own reference guide that even includes landscaping tips.

With digital sound, letterboxed, NTSC, color and in AC-3 format, Your Basic Water Garden DVD is region 1 (US and Canada only), a single disc.

A basic step-by-step introduction to building the water garden of your dreams, Your Basic Water Garden DVD has everything in a simple easy 22 minutes.

Made of stainless steel reflecting globe on a slate pillar, Calming Water Garden Fountain runs off of 110 volts of electricity for optional use indoors.

Calming Water Garden Fountain is made from 310 stainless steel, comes with an Infinity Magnetic Drive Electric Pump with a fifteen-foot power cable.

That Natural Slate Pillar has a variety of colors, in order to be able to blend well with any landscaping effect that a claming water garden fountain will achieve.

Calming Water Garden Fountain weighs only 77 pounds, and transmits the relaxing sound of healing benefits with oasis like peace, calm and tranquility.

Falling into a home or garden with these artistic pieces of pebbles and real slate, make Calming Water Garden Fountain a trend in decorating ideas.

At 32 and a half inches high, 14 inches wide and 14 inches deep and instruction manual, Calming Water Garden Fountain models a wide range of stylistic influences in synch with todays fashion.

Calming Water Garden Fountain is the perfect addition to any peaceful area in or outside of the store.

How To Build Your Own Water Garden takes the viewer step by step through the creation process that initiates the first drawings and notes that later transforms into a beautiful water garden.

Choosing your pond site, size, excavation liners, edging, filtering plants, certain fish forcertain habitats and temperatures, water treatment, waterfalls, lighting, general pond maintenance accessories and even a quick-reference guide that makes quick work of calculation varies depending on the size of the pond and water volume.

How to build a water garden video or How To Build Your Own Water Garden is both entertaining and instructive, perfect for the beginner.

Floating Pond De-Icer is not merely a water heater, rather the contrary is true, as it was never intended to keep the water at a certain temperature, but rather to merely maintain the icecap of a pond from freezing over completely.

Trapping decomposing debris inside a ponds icecap would produce noxious gases, floating pond de-icer keeps the pond surface from freezing completely over, maintaining a small hole opening that allow for a healthy exchange of gases, including much needed oxygen.

Automatically controlled shut-off, Floating Pond De-Icer has a thermostat that regulates the de-icing process.

A Styrofoam float is completely enclosed within a rugged plastic housing, and an extension cord exits the top of the unit for added stability.

Floating Pond De-Icer is a patented item and there are two models available.

Model number #P7521 is 1500 watts, will run off of 120 volts and comes with a 15 foot cord for use in outdoor ponds of up to 600 gallons or more.

Model number #P7621 is 1000 watts, runs off of 120 volts and also comes with a 15 foot electrical cord for use in medium to large sized ponds between 50 to 600 gallons.

Floating Pond De-Icer will conserve the pond habitat as well as the electric bill with a thermostat regulation system that knows when to turn itself off and when to go back on again, keeping the brutal side effects of winter at a distance from the sensitive environment held within a garden pond during Jack Frosts seasonal reign.

Pondmaster Utility Pump come in all sizes and contain epoxy instead of oil to prevent leakage into the pond, keeping fish and plants safe from pollution.

With a centrifugal pump designed to take on the harsh conditions found in ponds, utility pumps made by Pondmaster, such as the Mag-Drive Utility Pump have no seals to wear out, can be submerged or placed in-line as needed.

Placing the pump at lower than water level is the way to get water flowing, but once there is water going through it, even in-line, it will easily carry the amount of water necessary for the required job.

Winter can be devastating to some kinds of more sensitive fish, and if the pond in question doesnt have a heating mechanism, then draining now rather than after the first frost could make the difference between life and death for the fish.

Spending a season indoors is much more healthy than freezing outside, but as long as there is constant water flow and the temperature is maintained at adequate levels, the fish should survive.

Pondmaster Utility Pumps just might be the answer for all seasonal purposes, as they have no seals to break, all electrical components are surrounded by epoxy and about half the energy is used to drive the Mag-Drive Utility pumps than is used in the traditional motor driven pumps of equal size.

Saltwater or freshwater aquariums, ponds, watergardens, inside or outside, Pondmaster Utility Pump even comes with a quickly and easily cleansed, reusable replacement filter.

Pondmaster Utility Pumps are magnetically driven for all outdoor applications, are sturdy and made to last.

Pondmaster Utility Pump will make a difference this winter and maintain the perfect balance for your watergardens survival.

Food, water, shelter and sun are the main components of any successful dragonfly water garden. The key is to always go for beauty and balance.

1. Dragonfly Food: Strictly carnivores, dragonflies will eat insects, larvae, tadpoles and even small fish while still nymphs, especially mosquito eggs (one of their favorites). Adult dragonflies on the other hand, can eat some 50 mosquitoes in a day while flying around.
2. Dragonfly Water: Balance, dragonflies demand that the water be healthy and breathable for them, as they need oxygen to breath. Dragonflies spend most of their lives in water as nymphs and it is breathing in water that pushes them forward, while exhaling out the back propels them even faster in that same direction.
3. Dragonfly Shelter: Plants do the job of providing shelter from curious predators outside the pond such as cats and children. Meanwhile, aquatic plants need to have a certain environment to survive readily and in abundance as well, providing perches for mating adults and incubatorsfor dragonfly eggs and maintain the delicate balance of a dragonfly water garden. Plants are used, as incubators by some of the prehistoric species of dragonflies that are endangered, yet still exist. Modern species of dragonflies can lay eggs directly in the water, making their probabilities of survival much better.
4. Dragonfly Sun: The sun is the basis of all life on earth. To dragonflies, the sun means life, energy and survival of their habitat. The sun is life to plants being used as a shelter such as any of the many species of waterlillies that provide shade and impede the super-population of algae through heavy shade. Plants are incubators and landing pads for mating dragonflies, as well as life to the adult dragonflies whom without the suns heat would not be able to fly or hunt. For the purpose charging their batteries to hunt, a nice white flat rock does a great deal for Dragonflies charging their solar cells.

The well-kept dragonfly water garden is a natural mosquito trap as dragonflies are carnivores and rely on smaller insects such as mosquitoes for food.

In nature, open ponds and watersheds all have something in common; balance. A well-balanced dragonfly water garden is rich in gas exchanges between plants and nymphs as well as other inhabitants that might dwell in the pond such as frogs or smaller fish.

Larger fish can prey on nymphs and larvae, therefore, being undesirable in a dragonfly pond, unless they are substantially smaller than the nymphs themselves, in which case they are an ideal food source for the dragonfly.

To get a good balance in nature, a pond usually has a constant intake from the mountains or regular water runoff, from some large rainwater catchments system like a giant field and a major water outlet, like a stream going toward the ocean.

Too much movement is a river and too little is still water, neither ideal for a natural dragonfly habitat, the main reason for healthy water is because, still water pollutes too easily and too much algae will steal all the oxygen in the pond, suffocating the nymphs.

Dragonflies need clean and unpolluted water for their habitats. The pond itself is more of a breeding ground for the adult dragonflies rather than a hunting ground and more of a living space for young nymphs, who have not yet moulted to receive their adult wings and are still aquatic.

Creating the ideal conditions for a dragonfly friendly water garden is actually rather simple.

Make sure the water has a balance of midday sunlight in most spots and a good dose of shade, such as water lilies, to inhibit algae growth. The ideal ratio has been said to be around 70% direct sunlight and 30 percent covered with natural shading like the water lilies.

One of the best places for a dragonfly water gardenis wherever there is a lot of food available for them. Both for the ongoing survival of the dragonfly adults as well as for their nymphs and larvae, water gardens that follow the basic precepts to careful dragonfly habitat creation, should see rewards within the year.

Surrounded by the local breeds of garden plants and insects, especially untouched local vegetations of the region.

Just laying down a hole in the ground on a slope or near a rainwater runoff, just might be one of the best solutions as long as there is still enough attention paid for the hows and whys of pond building.

Fish and bug zappers are both natural predators of dragonflies and nymphs so it is natural that you avoid putting fish in your dragonfly water garden, or zappers nearby.

Deep water plants, semi aquatic and submersed aquatic plants are all welcome to compete with algae for oxygen and nutrients it is all about a sustainable balance that is your freshwater water garden.

Just remember, to dig deep in the center, toss in a pond liner that doesnt leak, lots of plants to hide in and your local dragonflies will find it

A well balanced dragonfly water garden you will surly include food (prey), water (living stage as nymphs, shelter (aquatic plants) and sunlight to recharge their solar batteries in a way that makes you feel good about yourself and those around you.

Pond Shield was designed specifically for the pond industry and gets rid of the old problem of folds in the rubber liner and makes cleaning as easy as a swimming pool if you so desire.

Made as a substitute for the traditional rubber pond liner, Pond Shield can be used to repair your own freshwater garden or pond, without needing to fill in cracks, fix the leaks or even find tears for example, Pond Shield is an incredible do it yourself item.

Once hardened, it is like a layer of acrylic, Pond Shield can be painted on like a normal layer of paint, or sprayed on with an industrial sprayer of at least 3000 psi, due to the thick nature of the epoxy itself.

For this reason, if doing spraying, the spaying equipment must be kept clean of the epoxy while anywhere near the curing time (outside of one hour) with acetone or MEK (methyl ethyl keytone).

Thining can be done with a maximum of 10% isopropanol (isopropyl), more than that will destroy the efficiency.

Easily adhesive to a variety of different pond surfaces, such as cement, concrete, gunnite, shotcrete, cinder block, brick, stone, tile, wood, fiberglass, steel and aluminum Pond Shield will stick just about anywhere.

Pond Shield has been tested for flexibility as well as strength from as low as -78° F, all the way up to 140° F and specifically designed to adhere to abraded or porous materials.

The tensile bond strength in Pond Shield is su