Water Gardening: Above Ground/Walled in ponds, 1 by HollyAnnS

HollyAnnS wrote:
jlp, I had trouble keeping frogs in my raised pond. Originally it sat on my brick patio and I put a few frogs in with plenty of things for them to sit on. They would get out and never went back in. Of course my raised pond was different than what you are putting in. I also used a pre-formed liner and it worked very well for many years. Then eventually it did get a small leak at one of the shelves. That is almost always where they get them. You must make sure that there is good filling under the shelves to support them. We built a box pond and filled in with sand and mulch to support the liner. We ran out of sand and finished up with some mulch and I think that over several years the mulch broke down just enough to allow the shelf to crack. Two years ago we rehabed the pond, removing the pre-formed liner and used a vinyl liner. We also moved it to a different location right next to the above ground pool and decks.
Really funny thing was we have a few tree frogs living in our above ground swimming pool. I kept taking them out and putting them in the raised pond sitting right next to the pool. Thinking that they could come and go as they pleased but even they wouldn't stay in it. They kept going back to the pool.
Snapples suggestion to have plants that will drape over the edge is a very good one. That may just be enough to give your frogs a pathway in and out of the pond.
I'm really looking forward to seeing your pond when it is finished. Holly