Starting the Swimming Pond

 Hole dug out

 Should be 6ft deep!

 Was done with large digger!

 Footing's in

Beau our doggie checking my brickwork

Monday 13th August Do keep saying it because this is a new blog you may have seen the photos before but wanted to show the swimming pond project from the start. Been asked many times why a swimming pond? most Friday evenings we like to watch Gardeners World on BBC1 & we saw Alys Flower diving into an ex swimming pool which had been converted with a reed bed to purify the water naturally. Last week I read an excellent article in The English Garden magazine all about swimming ponds. The natural swimming pond  was first introduced into the UK at the RHS Hampton Court Flower show in 2001 still relatively new idea in the UK but they are well known & extremely popular in Germany, France Switzerland & Austria! The pond is made up of two main components the swimming area & the regeneration zone, separated by an internal wall. The regeneration zone contains plants to purify the water. There are lots of professional company's around & the one which comes to mind is http://www.naturalswimmingpools.com/ mine is a DIY version & a lot cheaper! on saying that if I knew how much the project would have cost maybe would have thought twice but as you see other photos it has been all worth it!!