1. A pond Cedar planks (2x12) Stainless steel L-brackets (2"x2") Metal L-Angles (4), galvanized, 2" x 4" Stainless steel screws...

2. For the water feature, we started with a concrete bowl, a pump and fountain. We found the concrete bowl at our local garden centre. It was proba...

3. The metal used for this build should be either stainless steel or galvanized so it won't rust in the water (we used stainless steel where we cou...

4. We clad the top of the box with a piece of travertine that was left over from our patio. Cut it the same size as the top of the box with a wet s...

5. The box doesn't just support the concrete bowl and hide the pump: it also protects the pump from large pieces of debris!My husband wanted an ext...

6. Before you set up the pump in the cedar box for the very first time, it's a good idea to test the pump out on it's own to make sure it works fir...

7. Feed the electrical cord through the front metal channel so it comes through the top and add the second piece of filter cloth into the channel....

8. All that's left to do is fill your pond with tropical pond plants and accessorize if you desire. In the first year we went a bit overboard with...

9. Our pond gets a lot of direct sunlight so we found out very quickly that algae can be a stubborn problem. It's difficult to scrub algae from the...

10. In the FallBecause the pieces that make up this system are not permanently attached to anything, each fall you can reverse engineer the install...