We all love a garden pond or at least a lot of people do, there is nothing more relaxing than sitting near one and taking in the sound and beauty of a well designed pond. The odd glimpse of the fish making ripples in the waters surface, they are certainly without a doubt a great asset to any garden.
It may be that you have the space and inclination to build an indoor one and why not, it is getting more and more popular these days. I would if I had the space, in fact I would have one both indoors and outdoors, may be in the future. The thing on most peoples mind when they first decide to build a pond is how it will look, what kind of design should they go for and what should they include in ancillaries.
The best thing to do first is work out how much space you can spare, then you can decide on the size you want. If your space is limited then it may be worth going for the preformed type and then buy your pump and filter system along with may be a fountain set up, if it going to be fairly small then I would not add a waterfall, as sometimes they can be a bit overwhelming to a small one. It is possible to buy a complete kit when it comes to smaller ones, which means that you get practically everything you need to set up the whole thing.
But if you have a large area that will allow the pond to be of a significant size, then you can go for a liner and in this case you can design whatever shape you like, this gives you more freedom to bring your own vision alive in your garden. Be sure to plan well, a larger project will always take more planning than a smaller one. You need to take in to account the placement of the pump and filter units and the electricity supply to those ancillaries. With the larger size project you can include a great waterfall set up, these really can look fantastic when they are set up well and of course a skimmer can be included to keep the surface of the water debris free, which also stops the debris from sinking to the bottom and rotting or getting drawn in to the filter system.
A good place to get some inspiration for design if you are struggling with how you want yours to look, is the Internet. You can search for pond designs and get a vast amount of results, if you have the search engine that you are using set on images, then you will only get pictures up, which saves time searching websites for pictures.
So once you have decided on installing one and you know what sort of size you can go for, first get some inspiration on the look and then put it to paper and plan all the ancillaries that you are going to include, but make sure you have included everything you need before you start digging.
