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one-day
course
building a pond/puddling clay |
A boggy
area or body of water can bring a whole new dynamic to your garden
or patio space, improving biodiversity by attracting many new insects
into your garden. Big or small, in the ground or in a container,
a wetland habitat is an essential part of a garden nurtured with
wildlife in mind.
The pond
itself with its mirrored surface is calming and soothing. Should
a pond not be suitable for you then a bog garden will provide an
interesting alternative with a huge choice of plants on offer. If
you manage to attract frogs, newts or toads to your pond, they will
take care of a lot of the pest control in your garden.
The course
includes:
- siting & location:
sunlight / walls / trees
- choosing a design:
shape / depth / shelving
- types of construction:
puddling clay / fibreglass / butyl liner
- planting ideas: oxygenators
/ marginals
- container ponds /
bog gardens
'Puddling'
clay is the most natural way to build a pond. Puddling is compression
of clay to take out air spaces and create a dense particulate base.
It was traditionally done by cattle, but on this course, you'll
be doing it with your bare feet! (don't worry - there are washing
facilities to clean yourself up afterwards. You'll also hear about
clay - types of clay, where to get it from, how much, depth, how
the process works etc.
more
on ponds
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to book: |
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| arrive: |
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around
9.30 for a 10am prompt start |
| depart: |
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after
the course finishes at 5pm |
| directions: |
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click
here for
a map and directions to Hackney City Farm |
| what
to bring: |
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work
clothes; pen and notebook; packed lunch (if you're not using
the cafe) |
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us know: |
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if
you have any special needs |
| price: |
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£60 |
| lunch: |
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bring
a packed lunch or you can get lunch at the cafe |
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by planting
your pond with pondweeds, water-lilies, reeds and bog plants, you
will attract beneficial wildlife to your garden, like frogs, toads
and newts - and beautiful ones like dragonflies, whose larvae develop
in water
a group of
volunteers digging a pond; digging a pond by hand, and sealing it
by puddling clay (instead of using synthetic pond liners) is the
most natural way of creating a pond
you can fit
a very small pond in almost anywhere, and it will still support
beautiful plants and beneficial wildlife
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