Water Gardening: Starting from scratch: Ideas and Liners?, 1 by estrail1rider

estrail1rider wrote:
We have built a new house and I would like to put in a small pond about maybe 6 x 8' for the water plants I already have and also to add some. Leaving the pre-molded pond with the old house when we move.
First, I would like to know about liners for ponds. The area we are moving to is all sand...no rock. I will actually take the rocks over there that I will need from here. I am thinking maybe 2' deep at the deepest and will probably need a 12 x 14' liner. A shelf around at least part of the pond at the 1' level for shallower plants.
I know that the thickness of the liner makes a difference and I don't want to sound stupid, but how do you decide which to use? Is the thinner liner just as good as thicker for sandy areas versus rocky ones?
I have added a pic. please don't laugh at my drawing as I just can't draw with a mouse!!!
This is the SSE side of the house. To the left not in the pic, but you can see a bit of shade from, the garage. Between the garage and house there is a breezeway. At the end of the first empty flower bed is the front door (Hubby calls it the back and won't actually be used a lot) and porch/steps. The wall behind the steps on the right extends out some where the house has its two spare bedrooms. So, there is protection from all day sun by the structure of the house. The house is a creamy color with avacado shutters and such. Hubby and I are not in to brass and glass.
I don't want a square or round pond...I have added one roughly in...as one idea. I have a banana 'Rojo' that I want to plant sortof in the space where I drew that in. Not really a Japanese Water Garden but similar as I will probably want some of my semi-shade woodland flowers in there too if they can take that much sun. OH...we also have two of the aged bronze looking herons that I would like to put there. They are maybe 1 1/2 to 2' tall.
Please take a look and give all/any advice you can share.! I would also like to post this over in landscaping for maybe some other ideas there!
The house is between the shores of the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean in zone 7b-8.
TY
Deb