Container Water Garden Pond

[Samw]

I built this container water garden pond for my condo balcony 5 years ago. It is made of 2 wooden pots and powered by a mini-jet 404 which brings water from the bottom container to the top one. It holds 7 gallons of water.

Here's an update. Currently it has a Helvola and a Perry's Baby Red lily, a dwarf Papyrus and various other plants, and Rosy Minnows.

Just waiting for some sun now so that the Perry's Baby Red lily can bloom.


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[lastlight]

Ooh that's pretty!

[kien]

Love it! Was thinking of setting something similar up on my deck :-)

[Maverick00]

very nice! great idea

[dsaundry]

Very nice! I have one in my office at work and one in the works for the new deck to be built at home. They are really nice.

[Samw]

Some new pics with the Perry's Baby Red in bloom.

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/p1050627_std.jpg

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[Dez]

That's awesome. Do you take it inside over the winter or just let cut back the lily and let it freeze? That's a really awesome colour. My lily is blooming now in my pond too. Last year we didn't get enough sun for it to bloom.

[Samw]

Thanks Dez. I got new lilies this year because our strata forced us to remove everything from our balconies 2 years ago while we did a leaky condo maintenance project. In the past however, I left them outdoors and they just stayed dormant until the next Spring. Vancouver didn't get cold enough to freeze the water solid.