Many interesting design options are available with a brick garden pond, which can certainly be built in combination with different types of stone. Creating a pond is particularly easy if an existing water reservoir is surrounded by a natural stone wall.
Why and how to have a garden pond built with walls?
A brick garden pond offers individual design, high aging resistance and a natural look thanks to natural stones such as granite, bas alt or gneiss. During construction, a separate water basin can be walled in or the pond basin can be built directly and watertight from natural stone.
If great value is placed on individual design and particularly high aging resistance, a brick garden pond is the best alternative. Assuming some basic construction knowledge and experience, it would even be possible to build a raised pond, which would make the otherwise very massive excavation of soil unnecessary. Whether completely or only partially above ground: There are basically two options:
- the pond basin is completely and waterproof made of natural stones:
- a separate water basin (water container or cut open cistern) is decoratively walled in;
If you don't dare build walls: higher ponds can also be built quite easily using gabions (€89.00 on Amazon) and pond liner and transformed into very natural-looking water basins.
Why a garden pond should be built with bricks
Bought ready-made pond basins made of glass fiber reinforced plastic are not necessarily the cheapest solutions and are still only useful for smaller ponds. In addition, a certain uniformity can never be completely avoided, even with individual planting. Compared to the technically very complex concrete edging of the pond basin, the side walls built with a reasonable amount of work and materials are the best idea if you like the natural stone look in your garden.
Material for brick pond walls
In contrast to classic bricks, natural stone is not fired and has usually not been further processed. Due to its individual shapes and colors, every single stone is unique. Nevertheless, when it comes to a brick garden pond, certain special features regarding weather and frost resistance must be taken into account. Some striking examples:
| Stone type | Weatherproof | Frost resistance | Hardness | color |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite | yes | yes | hard | white, black, colored |
| Bas alt | yes | yes | hard | gray to black |
| Porphyry | yes | restricted | hard | brownish, red, gray |
| Sandstone | no | restricted | soft | beige, brown |
| gneiss | yes | yes | hard | gray, reddish |
Considerations about walling up a pond
- Create a blueprint with the amount of stones required;
- Which masonry bond should you work in?
- Depending on the type of stones, it can be helpful if the future pond walls are switched on beforehand.
- The first rows near the ground must be straight, otherwise the wall will become more and more slate as it goes up.
Tip
Stacking the stones dry and as a test before starting the masonry work can be useful in order to get a first impression of the overall picture.
