All winter, my husband has been working on his plans to install a koi pond in our backyard patio area. He has measured and calculated gallons of water. He's done a lot of online research, made lists of possible plants to include and sketches of the the pond to be.
Now we already have two small garden ponds full of water lillies and goldfish, but we want a larger, deeper pond just for koi. So for a little inspiration, this morning we took a drive to visit a water garden center - Aquatic Design and Supplies in Monrovia, Indiana.
Now we already have two small garden ponds full of water lillies and goldfish, but we want a larger, deeper pond just for koi. So for a little inspiration, this morning we took a drive to visit a water garden center - Aquatic Design and Supplies in Monrovia, Indiana.
Some of the beautiful koi in the large display pond.
This is a small, shallow pond with a pretty moss covered waterfall. It's smaller size would make it perfect for most backyards.
It was fun to watch the colorful koi as they followed us as we walked around the edge of the pond.
Such a beautiful variety of colors and patterns. I like the orange guy with the whiskers!
This is the large display pond at the garden center.
You can see the big waterfall at the far side.
You can see the big waterfall at the far side.
Another view across the large pond. Such a pretty natural setting with the mature trees in the background and the smaller plantings closer to the pond edge.
This was great inspiration for our upcoming koi pond project in our own backyard!
I'll be sure to share our progress with you here.
No comments:
Post a Comment