Pond Design Kent And South East

FROM WILDLIFE PONDS TO SWIMMING PONDS

We design and create ponds ranging from small garden features to large Koi and swimming ponds. Our creations are based around the principles of good water quality making them sustainable and easy to maintain. They provide havens for wildlife with planting that provides a perfect habitat for frogs, newts, sticklebacks, fish, insects and other invertebrates. Our artistic and creative design ensures they’re aesthetically beautiful as well as practical and we can blend them with waterfalls, streams and other features. This together with our passion for natural stone, vibrant planting, beautiful construction and an emphasis on creating wildlife-friendly ecosystems gives every owner years of enjoyment.

Many of the pools we build are lined with Firestone EPDM liners or Buytl Rubber.We are approved installers of these high quality liners.The costs of installing a liner are far smaller than a block work fibreglassed pond but all options are available depending on the project pond overall budget. We can also construct your pond ready for fibreglass and advise on quality fibre glassing professionals.

NATURAL STONE ECO SYSTEM PONDS

Ecosystem ponds can be easy to understand if you have a good grasp of what components go into a basic, functioning ecosystem. An ecosystem pond works with Mother Nature to provide food, shelter, and safety to the wildlife around it. It also provides you with an all-natural, low-maintenance piece of paradise.

It’s important to remember, however, that every piece of the ecosystem puzzle must be present for a true ecosystem to be in place. Eliminate one of these elements and you’ve got an unbalanced ecosystem that won’t be so low-maintenance anymore. We can install all components of an eco pond to give you a well-balanced pond that's great for wildlife and your fish.

We can install ecosystem ponds for Koi Ponds too. Although Koi are known to be highly destructive to plants and wildlife it is possible to have both. The key is to allow both to occupy the same body of water but create refugiums for plants and wildlife to thrive. Koi ponds dont need to be a simple but sterile rectangle block. Careful planning and understanding of what everyone needs to co-exist is the key and we can create this for you.

A Waterfall is, without a doubt, the most beautiful and sought-after landscape water feature and we love designing and building them in all shapes and sizes. A waterfall can be soft and serene in the form of a babbling brook, or it can be more dramatic with a longer drop.
A waterfall not only looks and sounds great on any pond it also plays an important role in oxygenating the water. This is not only essential for healthy fish but also for the millions of beneficial bacterias that are working very hard to keep your pond free of harmful toxins.
We build bespoke waterfalls made from a variety of materials. The base is usually a rubber liner covered in a concrete render and stone which protects the liner and allows for easy maintenance and cleaning.

WATER FEATURES AND PONDLESS WATERFALLS

If space is limited in your garden, consider adding a Pondless Waterfall or water feature to enjoy the soothing sounds of running water in your home. Bespoke water features and pondless waterfalls are unique and can be more cost-effective than pre-built models. With a pondless feature usually, the reservoir of water is concealed below ground so they can be installed in any garden.
Pondless Waterfalls are extremely low maintenance, energy-efficient, and attract a variety of wildlife. Children love exploring nature in and around the waterfall feature. Whether you add a waterfall to your front or back garden, be sure to locate it near a window so the melodious sounds can be enjoyed from inside your home, too!

STREAMS ARE AMAZING — they bring their surroundings to life! The combination of water sounds created in a stream stands apart from the sounds of all other water features. You can have a mixture of soothing trickling, playful gurgling, waterfall crashing and relaxed babbling all in a single, flowing water feature, simply by using the proper elevation, curvatures and character rocks. Streams also lure in wildlife like no other water feature can. Mammals can stand in the shallows while they take a drink, the birds bathing along the surface and the butterflies and dragonflies absorbing moisture from the wet rocks. In essence, you are creating a new oasis for life by building a stream.

At Kent Aquatics we can build streams of all sizes for any budget. From a simple liner with rock and gravel to a fully rendered solid stone watercourse to stand the test of time. If you have a sloped garden a stream can be perfect to bring the various levels of a garden design together. Even without a slope, you can have a stream meandering its way through your garden. A stream can be connected to other water features and a pond. With a stream connected to a pond the added bonus of the stream acting as a biological filter for the pond or swimming pond, improving water quality for the inhabitants, better clarity and less algae growth naturally. Contact us to discuss installing a stream.