The wildlife pond - pt 1

The wild life pond

The wildlife pond with a water cascade is surrounded by rockwork that gently rises up to the woodland garden and rocky outcrop.

The planting in the area surrounding the pond is informal, and includes grasses, Hostas and other architectural plants that have been carefully colour themed.

This provides a striking contrast to the symmetrical formality of the Italianate garden on the opposite side.

The pond supports a variety of wild life that has quickly established. There is a breeding family of goldfish, numerous frogs and a toad now reside and breed in the garden, and dragonflies regularly hover over the area during the summer months.

A classical statue that is a copy of an original that was owned by Napoleon Bonaparte and once stood in the Villa Borghese stands alongside the pond.

The Grotto at the top of the wildlife pond with the Gargoyle water spout

Each container is treated as a miniature garden in its own right

“The kiss of the sun for pardon,

The song of the birds for mirth,

One is nearer God's heart in a garden

Than anywhere else on earth.”

                  ~ Dorothy Frances Gurney,