Ponds and Water Gardens as EcoSystems

Different types of wetland systems can be aquascaped, including lakes, retention ponds, detention pond, and other low-lying drainage areas. Ponds and Water Gardens are ecosystems, playing host to birds, fish, frogs, plants and many microscopic organisms.

As wild habitats are depleted due to commercial development and other factors, pieces of the ecological puzzle are depleted. A backyard water garden or pond restores one of these pieces to the ecosystem.

One pond in your backyard may not seem very important, but when you have a thousand similar backyard ecosystems functioning simultaneously, there's truly a positive impact being made on the environment. Large amounts of habitat are restored for birds, frogs, toads, newts, and salamanders, all of whose numbers have been declining sharply for many years now.