Goodbye lawn. Hello pond!

I potted my... cough...'lillies' today Kindred

 

Taken yesterday evening in a surreal bright, low in the sky, sunlight.

 

Beautiful kindred, absolutely beautiful
thank you for sharing your lovely water garden with us,
Jenny

 

That's an amazing picture!

 

Love piccie number 1 @kindredspirit ....
Jenny

 

, I know I've said it before but I love your pond , its amazing

 

Bilbo. I've a piece of (or pieces) of Derbyshire next to the pond. You'll be pleased to hear that.

When I was over at The Alpine Centre in Derbyshire, they had Derbyshire tufa for sale, insisting it was much better than Welsh tufa, so I stuck 4 pieces in the van and they now reside next to the pond with Saxifrages inserted into them. Got any more?

 

Thalia Dealbata in flower.







Water mint.



Yucca Filamentosa.



Lobelia Queen Victoria.



Hawk flying overhead.

 

Made a little sculpture out of mild steel. (Well, OK, I drew out the shapes and a local metal fabricating shop shaped, welded and galvanized it.) Dug the hole this morning. (Ground was harder than rock. So hard, I couldn't sledge hammer metal spikes into the ground!) Threw in a lorry wheel. Wonder of wonders. The wheel was dead level! Slodged a load of concrete in around it then hoisted my monstrosity on top. I was wrecked for an hour, then recovered and took some pics.

 

What an eye catching piece of sculpture ...... and I didn't think your pond could get more beautiful Kindred,
you've done it again,
absolutely stunning,
Jenny

 

Wow ,that really looks amzaing Kindred...I'm a bit of a luddite when it comes to modern sculptures but that is so eye catching

 

Pachysandra getting glossy.




Walking Stick Bamboo.




Cyclamen now opening.




Lobelia Queen Victoria.

 

Goodness me KS, pond? POND? That is truly beautiful

I was attracted by your thread title of course as I've just removed all my grass, my fella loves ponds so I'll be showing him these photos when he next visits, you'll hear the of jealousy all the way from Rossendale!

 

Fantastic garden Kindredspirit.
Love the sculpture, really well set, it draws the eye to it and offsets all the planting around it. Makes you appreciate all the plant colours and shapes.
Just lovely!