#pond gardening

[solarpunkani]

Late night wishful thinking but like

I think planting funky things around retention ponds should be more normalized!!

Like okay I get it retention ponds are meant to hold the runoff water from parking lots and drive throughs and the like so they aren’t exactly the cleanest water around. But like!!! Maybe this is different in other areas, but the only plants I ever see grow around retention ponds are cattails!! Which, like, are fine and great and dandy lets go cattails, but like

Where’s the whimsy?? Where are the flowers?? If I’ve got to see retention ponds whenever I go to a store or drive down the highway or pick up food for my mom, at least bring in some flowers!!

And it’ll benefit so much! A wider variety of plants can make it a more welcoming home to wildlife! Maybe the plants will filter some of the runoff stuff and the water can then be nicer for even more wildlife! Maybe the flowers can be a nice food source for butterflies and bees on their journeys and day trips!! And humans like seeing things be pretty!

Maybe its easier said than done! Maybe most places already do this and its just my city or state that doesn’t really I’d be willing to believe that! But lets get some color in these goddamn retention ponds!!

Swamp milkweed! Aquatic milkweed! Pickerelweed! Water lilies! Irises! Cardinalflower! Fuck it, put some goddamn duckweed in there!! Get some color in those things or so help me!!

[vintagehomecollection]

The existing pool. Water can make an attractive transition between garden and countryside. Here the detailing of the pond is natural, with boulders used to make an informal surround.

The Garden Book, 1984

[happyheidi]

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[rosechata]

clivenichols

[petitworld]

Zilker Park Botanical Garden, Texas, USA

[blooming-lenses]

pink water lily

2024/06/22

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[vangoghcore]

by lundolens

[celestialphotography]

Wanted to take a pretty watercolor-ish photo of the koi swimming by the water lilies, but I think the photo below is the best picture I took all day.

Chanticleer Garden, Wayne, Pennsylvania

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[vintagehomecollection]

Garden lighting can transform almost any design and extends the length of time one can sit outside. From indoors the results are equally important but remember that simplicity is the key to success.

Creative Gardens, 1986

[happyheidi]

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[lovehina019]

[blooming-lenses]

water lilies in full bloom

2024/08/10

[huariqueje]

Water Lilies at Pamplemousses Gardens - Robert Malherbe, 2020.

Australian, b. 1965 -

Acrylic on linen , 60 x 50 cm.

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Eastman Johnson (1824-1906) "Gathering Lilies" (1865) Oil on board Located in the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, United States