Page 6 - Just Add Water

making your wildlife pond
6 Step 1.
Mark out
the shape
Step 3.
Put in the
underlay
Step 4.
Put in the
liner
Step 2.
Get digging
BASICS
□ Something for marking out
the pond e.g. pegs & string
□ Tape measure
□ Spirit level
□ Something to line your pond
with (see right)
□ Source of rain water
□ Spade
□ Wheel barrow
EXTRAS
□ Rocks and pebbles
□ Aquatic soil
□ Baskets, bags or hessian
squares to put plants in
□ Marginal plants
□ Oxygenating plants
□ Floating-leaved plants
Materials checklist:
eight Steps to Pond heaven: