Water Gardening: Would like some suggestions please., 0 by Badseed

Badseed wrote:
I'll start by being honest. I like change and I like adding to my gardens and often do something just to rip it apart and start over the following season. LOL

Okay, here is my pond. It is one year old as we moved last year. I'm no stranger to doing ponds as this is the 5th time I have put one in. I'm not a pro but I know what works and I know what I like. ;) My ponds have always been in the back yard, surrounded by tropicals and my personal little oasis. Since I have over 7 acres now, it's right out front smack dab in the middle of the yard, dead in front of the house.

I started with a 10x15x4 lined hole. The depth is probably closer to 5 now as I added a row of cinder block around the edge to raise the garden around it a bit. There is about 6' of flower bed all the way around the pond. There is much more bed at the one end because I am a tropical junkie! Behind the pond I have a bog garden about 5' round. I've also started stepping some block for a waterfall. I was planning to make the bog larger and am not sure what I am doing with the water fall. Then I was thinking of mounding dirt and rocks up behind the water fall for a more natural look.

I'll post a few pics and hope you will offer some interesting ideas for me.

This is from the front (what people see when they drive by). You can see the bog to the rear left and what will be a smallish waterfall to the rear right.