Whimsical Pond Plans

This is how our pond area looks from our patio. Quite a presentation!

The pond liner leaks though, and Dale's been enjoying toying with design ideas related to fixing the leaky pond. He's imagining creating an intriguing trickling brook that will incorporate and hide that ugly ass radiator retaining wall on the far side of our house. 

By building another retaining wall parallel to it, filling it in and placing pond forms and channels within it, he reckons we could have a wonderful mossy, babbling brook, which can flow into an infinity pool where this mess of pebbles has been placed.

Water flowing over the edge of this pond can trickle along the base of the next retaining wall (in the garden space between the 2 parallel strips of concrete walkway), and then into the existing pond. We are both aware that this is a very ambitious and elaborate plan, so we are really trying to reel ourselves in and simplify it. If it's going to need too much upkeep and maintenance, we'll regret it.

It'll involve a lot of excavating and filling, as well as moving plants ...very elaborate, but oh so tantalizing!

Here is a very roughly executed presentation of our playful idea - maybe this project will satisfy Dale's creative engineering side if he doesn't find the space and interest in redoing a train layout.