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UK Garden Trends Shift to Ponds, Not Fountains

By Drooid · Oct 31, 2026 · How we work

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Garden writers say ponds now dominate UK garden trends, replacing fountains.
Micro ponds can be created from any non-leaking container such as a bucket or washing-up bowl.
Small ponds support insects, dragonflies, frogs, newts, birds, bats and hedgehogs.
The author's mother built a sub-A3 pond using rocks, terracotta pots and metal ducks.
After five years the pond hosts yerba mansa flowers and club rush from a nursery kit.

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Garden writers say ponds now dominate UK garden trends, replacing fountains.
Micro ponds can be created from any non-leaking container such as a bucket or washing-up bowl.
Small ponds support insects, dragonflies, frogs, newts, birds, bats and hedgehogs.
The author's mother built a sub-A3 pond using rocks, terracotta pots and metal ducks.
After five years the pond hosts yerba mansa flowers and club rush from a nursery kit.