CROSS SECTIONS
GRANITE BOULDERS
Detail A
Clean Out Depression – Notice in this cross section
detail the Clean Out depression in the bottom of the
pond’s floor. If you take the time to create this clean out
depression during your excavation, it will make your
annual pond clean out more efficient. Once the pond is
nearly empty, during your clean out, you would simply
move the gravel out of the pocket and place your clean
out pump in this depression. By placing your clean out
pump in this depression you will have an easier time
removing all the dirty water from the pond.
8”
8”
ROUND ORNAMENTAL GRAVEL
24”
8”
GEOTEXTILE
UNDERLAY
45 MIL E.P.D.M
CLEAN OUT DEPRESSION
Detail B
AQUATIC PLANT BOG ( NO VISIBLE WATER )
Static Bog Plant Shelf – This is a great
method for naturalizing the edge treatment
of your pond. By extending the excavation
beyond some of the coping stones you can
create Aquatic Planters. Once the aquatic
plants are installed you simply add gravel to
one inch above level of water. This will give the
appearance that the aquatic plants are growing
on the outside of the pond but will actually be
contained inside the lining of the pond. You
never need to water these marginal plants and
it makes the pond look extremely natural.
GRANITE BOULDERS
4”
4”
8”
SMOOTH GRAVEL
GEOTEXTILE
UNDERLAYMENT
16”
45 MIL E.P.D.M RUBBER LINER
WATER LEVEL
8”
8”
8
Detail C
AQUATIC PLANT SHELF
8”
Aquatic Plant Shelf – When you plan on installing
GRANITE BOULDERS
ROUND GRAVEL
45 MIL E.D.P.M.
UNDERLAYMENT
32”
24”
aquatic plants on the inside of the pond, it’s important
to provide an adequate sized shelf to support a nice
grouping of specimen plants. Notice in Detail A there is
not room to support a nice sized specimen plant. When
excavating a water garden ecosystem pond we will
typically mix these excavation details up in the design.