Few garden owners have a natural stream running through their property; most have to spend a lot of time, work and money to build a stream. But instead of laboriously carrying out all the work steps yourself, you can achieve quick results with ready-made stream shells.
How can you create a stream with bowls?
Creating a stream with bowls is easy and time-saving: Fit the finished stream bowls into the prepared stream bed, fill with water, plant plants and install a suitable pump. Complete sets are suitable for those with no technical experience, but can often appear artificial.
Stream shells reduce workload
If you want to have a stream flowing through your garden, you first have a lot of work to do. Not only does it have to be dug and perhaps concreted, the stream bed also has to be sealed, filled and designed to be waterproof. At least some of these work steps can be saved by using ready-made stream shells for construction. These just need to be fitted into the stream bed and then filled with water and possibly planted. Of course, you shouldn't forget the right pump, without which the water cannot circulate. Commercially available complete sets (€679.00 on Amazon) contain all the components you need, so that even if you are a less experienced gardener, you can get started right away. However, these stream shells have the disadvantage that although they are modeled on real streams, the end result usually looks quite artificial (despite the manufacturers' claims to the contrary).
Suitable bowls for every garden stream
Of course, no two streams are the same: There are gently gurgling meadow streams that can be heard more than they are seen, as well as fast-flowing streams with and without waterfalls, wide and narrow watercourses, some with dense vegetation and some with just a few bank plants You will find the right stream shells for every taste, with which you can easily design waterfalls and barrages. If you want to create a garden pond at the same time, you can access practical and matching combination sets.
Advantages of finished stream shells
- save a lot of effort and work
- no digging up a stream bed, no handling of pond liner and fleece
- also recommended for inexperienced gardeners
- Bowls can be removed or moved elsewhere without much effort
- matching sets with all the necessary components make planning easier
Disadvantages of finished stream shells
- Streams often have an artificial appearance
- predetermined look, no variation options, no individual design options
- Stream shells cannot be adapted to the existing local conditions
- Sets are often very expensive
Tip
If you want to integrate a really beautiful stream into your garden, you can also rely on the help of experts. An experienced craftsman costs a lot of money, but the result often looks more impressive than with self-laid plastic trays.