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Lala_Jane
North West, OH
Zone 5b
October 27, 2007
4:25 PM | Oh boy, another brain-storm is forming here. I've been saving blue glass to make a "creek bed" running past my deck area intending to run rope light along the bottom to illuminate it at night. Now I think I want to take the project a step further.
I have always intended to put a water feature of some sort in my garden area, but kept putting it off untill I could figure out exactly what I wanted. I now have something pictured in my mind, but have no idea how do-able it is. I think I'd like to take the glass creek bed idea and turn it into an actual water feature. I know I'm going to have to do an aweful lot of research, and I'm hoping some one can point me to a good starting place. I still want to keep the lighting idea which is probably going to make it even more of a challenge, but before I ask a bunch of really silly questions I should first find out about liners and pumps, and what kind of lighting would work for something like this. Does any one know of a good research sight / book I can look for? Any comments, tips or advice would be more than welcome and more than appreciated!
La
| ecrane3
Dublin, CA
Zone 9a
October 27, 2007
6:21 PM | My first tip would be to head over to the water gardening forum--tons of people over there with ponds and things, so they'd definitely have the experience to advise you on pumps and things.
As far as books, I like the Sunset series of gardening books and I know they've got at least 1 or 2 on ponds and water features. I'm not sure if local places by you carry the Sunset books, but they're on Amazon. | Lala_Jane
North West, OH
Zone 5b
October 28, 2007
4:20 PM | Thanks ercane I completely missed that forum. I usually spend most of my time on the "growing side" of Dave's and when I scanned through the rest of the boards looking where to post this query, this was the one that caught my eye. I will definitely look for the Sunset book and I'll pop over to the water garden forum to see what they have to say. You've been a big help as always..............thanks! |
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