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We've put a pond in many moons ago using pond liner. It served its purpose well for a number of years until something or other had a nibble at the liner.

As luck would have it I found a preformed pond on Gumtree at the time and put that one in. This is what it looks like today:

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This used to be connected to the pond via an overflow but every spring something happens that makes this lose water - with no obvious reason. So I've now separated this as a bog/swamp area. It has flag iris, water plantain, water forget-me-not and something else I don't know the name of (looks like a three-leafed clover):

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Every spring the frogs and toads spawn like mad, the tadpoles hatch and then they all just disappear. This has only happened the last 3 or 4 years. Before then we always had baby frogs and baby toads crawling all over the garden in late summer.

I think I have finally worked out the reason for the tadpoles' disappearance: damselfly larvae! This did not click until earlier this year when I saw just how many pairs of damselfly we have coming to the pond, laying their eggs. Plus, when I upgraded my tank in June and moved all my plants, fish and shrimp over I even found a larva in my old tank - which would have explained the disappearance of some smaller fish at the time!

Such is life, I guess.
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It’s a lovely pond, love all the different greens and textures, and that small magenta flower really pops out, v.nice indeed !
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Lovely little pond!
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Nice pond :)
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Had some rain overnight, which makes everything look lush and fresh:

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Not sure whether this bud will still open or just be aphid-food:
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Makes you smile looking at lovely lush surroundings, very nice !
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You've got some flowers on the way :D
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Looks very pretty. :)
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Yay - I'm actually home to see the flower  :D   Usually it flowers during the day when I'm away and by the time I get home it is closing up.

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