EXPERT MODELLERS SHOW YOU HOW
HOW TO CREATE A LIFELIKE POND
Peter Marriott endeavours to make his best ever water feature.
Over the past decade or so I must have made at least a dozen water features. While I’ve been really pleased with some of them, others have not worked out so well. Indeed, some have ended in failure, leaving me to dig the water feature out of the landscape and start again.
This time I was determined to get things right, building on all the things I’ve learned from my previous attempts. As a result, my approach was rather cautious, and the resulting pond was created over a period of seven days. That said, each work session consisted of between 30 minutes and an hour, so it wasn’t too onerous.
One thing I’ve gleaned from previous experience is that water projects are never quick and rushing them simply reduces the chances of achieving successful results.
For the ‘water’, I chose Woodland Scenics Deep Pour Water, which is a two-part material that requires mixing in the correct proportions. I’d used this product once before, with some success, so I started out with a degree of confidence.
For best results, the Water Base and Activator need to be warmed prior to mixing and pouring. I achieved this by placing the two elements, in their sealed bag, into a washing-up bowl and filled it with hot water from the tap (not boiling water from a kettle), following the mantra of ‘if it’s too hot to touch, it’s too hot to use’.