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Create a Garden Pond
Make your garden extra special with the soothing peace and tranquillity a quiet pond offers. You can create a garden pond using either a flexible liner made of heavy PVC or rubber or a hard pre-shaped liner made of heavyweight polyethylene.A landscaper will charge $525 for a 10-square-foot pond; you can buy the materials and create your own for $380, saving almost 30 percent. The materials include a flexible liner, pump, filter and sand.

The project is extensive, involving several steps: excavating the site, setting and leveling the pond, layering the bottom with sand to fill the voids in the liner, running an electrical line to connect a pump and filter that circulates the water and finally adding water plants.

You'll need to have on hand a shovel, spade and wheelbarrow and a supply of rocks or landscaping material to cover the edges.Pro vs DIY Cost and Time

If heavy-duty yard work and running an electrical line isn't your strong suit, hire a contractor. You can concentrate on the fun part of choosing and growing the water plants in the pond.

Tip: Choose a location that gets six-to-eight hours of sunlight.

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