Water Features, Water Lilies, Lotus Plants
The Garden of Eden had a river running through it and, ever since, nearly all memorable gardens have had water features. The first formal gardens, planted in Egypt 3,500 years ago, were arranged in s...
Category Archives: Water Gardens
Wonderful Water Garden in Woodland Hills
Seven years ago, Ellya Calig had a heart attack. When he recovered, the Woodland Hills contractor and master craftsman grabbed a shovel and began to dig up his backyard to install a water pond. ̶...
Water Lilies
You would have to include the Sunland Water Gardens among the lesser-known, if not hidden, horticultural treasures of our area. Carrying more than 200 varieties of water plants, this floating nursery...
Old Bathtub = Water Garden
Only a gardener could truly appreciate the possibilities inherent in a discarded bathtub, a tree stump and a large rock fragment. We gardeners were the first recyclers. We saw seedlings emerge from r...
Aquatic Plant Physiology and Over Watering
My neighbors’ sprinklers throw water into the street and down into the rain gutters. Isn’t there an ordinance against this — and don’t we water too much anyway? Please explain...
Trees to Plant Next to a Pond
Question: We have a small backyard with a small pond in one corner. When we had the yard landscaped, we ended up with two Melaleucas near the pond. Bottom line, the roots from the Melaleucas have tak...
