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What Do Koi Need to Thrive?
As you dive into the fun world of koi, you'll discover that with the proper tools to keep your pond clean and your koi healthy, these fish can be your companions for 20 years or longer.
What to Look for in an Irrigation Pond Liner
Now that you have selected which type of liner you’ll be working with between clay, concrete, and flexible liners, it’s time to narrow down the requirements of what to look for in the liner itself.
How to Shape and Size Your Irrigation Pond
Now that you have a general idea of where to start building, you will want to decide on the size of your irrigation pond.
Where Should I Build an Irrigation Pond?
There are a few essentials you need to keep in mind when determining the placement of your new irrigation pond.
How to Save on Water with an Irrigation Pond
As water supplies continue to become more uncertain in drier states like California, it’s worth putting forth the concentrated effort to institute irrigation ponds on your own property.
Benefits of Irrigation Ponds
Irrigation ponds have excellent potential to improve agricultural water security. These ponds help with the provision, capture, and storage of water for irrigation across the country.
What is an Irrigation Pond?
One of the most popular reasons to build a pond is for irrigation. An irrigation pond is a manmade pond designed to capture, distribute, and store water for an array of agricultural purposes.
Top 3 Bog Pond Plants for your Natural Pond
Here are our top picks for bog plants that can liven up your pond.
Top 3 Submerged Plants for a Natural Pond
Here are several great options to consider when choosing between submerged plants.
Top 3 Emergent Plants for a Natural Pond
In this article we discuss a few of the most popular species of emergent pond plants that our team recommends.
Top 3 Floating Plants for a Natural Pond
Floating plants help keep your natural pond cool, clean, and safe for fish. Here are the top species of floating pond plants we recommend.
Different Water Sources for Your Natural Pond
While using water from a nearby stream might seem like a good idea at first, it is extremely difficult to get a permit for building any pond directly in a stream.
How to Build a Natural Pond: Step by Step
Here’s a step by step guide to putting your pond together. From checking for hazards to breaking ground, to adding the finishing touches to your new water feature, these instructions are sure to prove helpful!
Designing a Natural Garden Pond or Backyard Pond
A natural pond proves these experts wrong by allowing you to have the pond of your dreams without excessive work.
What is a Natural Pond?
Liners aside, everything else about your pond can be controlled and managed by nature. Whether you have a garden pond, a backyard pond, or another natural water feature, the key to a thriving and long-lasting pond is a balanced ecosystem.
Going Green: Environmentally Friendly Golf Courses: Part II
By reducing chemical use and water consumption, in addition to finding alternative energy sources like solar and geothermal, golf courses are more eco-friendly and aesthetically pleasing than ever before.
Going Green: Environmentally Friendly Golf Courses: Part I
Many of today’s golf course owners and operators strive to make their greens greener than ever before. Environmentally accountable and sustainable courses are on the rise.
The Ecological Value of Golf Course Water Features
Turtles aren’t the only animals enjoying their time on the links. Researchers also crafted a summary analysis of a variety of studies that compared golf courses to other types of green space.
Turtles Find Refuge in Golf Course Wetlands
Something may be lurking in your water hazard—and it's not just errant golf balls from duffers.
Water Quality Fast Facts for Your Golf Course Water Feature
The recommended steps to protect the water quality of your golf course and its water features include, but are not limited to, these fast facts and industry tips.
How to Protect Your Water Quality with Golf Course Water Features
In recent months, environmental issues including stormwater retention, preservation of wildlife habitats, and wetland preservation and mitigation on golf courses have received increasing attention.
Visual and Auditory Impact of Golf Course Water Features
Water features that take the form of creeks, rivers, lakes and ponds have numerous purposes on your golf course.
Golf Course Irrigation Ponds and Lakes
Irrigation ponds are typically quite large, and grow even larger as irrigation systems get bigger over time.
Golf Course Water Features: Then and Now
Older courses often found natural features to utilize, like placing greens near narrow streams. However, as development encroaches around a golf course, urban runoff increases substantially.