Garden pond design objectives

Pond Construction Guide

Engineering tends to be a single-purpose activity. Good landscape and garden design should be a multi-objective activity. For garden ponds this can include the following:

beauty
reverence
wildlife conservation
swimming
fine art
sustainable runoff water management
irrigation
fishing
water supply
fire-fighting
education

The engineer's classification of off-line (left) and on-line ponds (right) does not encompass the many reasons for making ponds