When Ann and Glen Gage downsized from their expansive home and garden in Switzerland to a San Francisco town house, one of the things they missed most was the koi pond they'd built and tended for ...

A small water feature on the balcony or in the garden acts like a magnet—not just for the eyes, but also for insects, birds, and even fish. However, what seems simple requires more planning than one ...

Ponds are taken for granted. Perhaps it’s because most of us have seen them – and on occasion, fallen into them – and think they’re only good for goldfish. Ponds may be the number one habitat for ...

There, at the bottom of the emptied pond, wriggled an unexpected cadre of eels. This body of water was huge, originally designed as an outdoor swimming pool by whoever lived in the house previously.

Creating a pond in our garden was a fantastic way to impress the neighbours. Usually disapproving of our city ways, 70-year-old Albert's eyes lit up when he caught his first glimpse of a broad-bodied ...

The Wildlife Trusts and Royal Horticultural Society have just launched a new campaign to inspire the nation's gardeners to go back to making ponds. In the Eighties heyday of television "makeover" ...