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13 Jan

Pond Ponderings – From A Small Urban Pond in King’s Lynn, by Elizabeth Fairweather

2020 really is shaping up to be the Year of the Dragonfly, as we have got another Pond Ponderings writer to introduce you to. Elizabeth Fairweather introduces us to her small pond in an urban garden in King’s Lynn, Norfolk:   “When I first started to recall details of our pond I was amazed to…

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13.01.2020 | Pond Ponderings
31 Dec

Pond Ponderings – A Welsh garden pond for wildlife and wellbeing, by Pamela Styles

Introducing our newest Pond Ponderings writer, Pamela Styles:   “I’d dreamed of my own pond ever since I was in primary school. My best friend had a pond in her back garden and I used to love going round there and trying to catch newts. When I began volunteering for The Wildlife Trusts in 2008,…

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31.12.2019 | Pond Ponderings
13 Dec

Pond Ponderings – Story of a Small Pond So Far, by Dan Brawn

Introducing another new writer, Dan Brawn based in Felixstowe:   “In June 2017, my wife and I moved to Felixstowe and acquired a narrow elongated garden of the type traditional for a Victorian terrace house.   Building work needed on the old neglected and abused Victorian house took priority, then in March 2018, I built…

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13.12.2019 | Pond Ponderings
21 Nov

Pond Ponderings: From a Redesigned Mature Pond in Suburban Suffolk!

We are so excited to introduce you to another Pond Ponderings writer – David Schenck from Suffolk. Over to David:   “I have loved nature for as long as I can remember, certainly before I was old enough to go to school. I used to spend hours peering into our garden pond in the 1960’s…

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21.11.2019 | Pond Ponderings
05 Sep

Pond Ponderings: Avopond, the first summer! A tale from suburban York.

Mollie Thomas bring us an update from her unintentionally Avocado shaped pond in suburban York:   Avopond has progressed quickly through the warmer months. Shortly after the last update we bought some pond plants from our local garden centre, most of which were native species. These have flourished throughout the summer, putting on great displays…

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05.09.2019 | Pond Ponderings
21 Jun

Pond Ponderings from Scotland: Big Plot and Big Dreams!

Our second ‘Pond Ponderings’ blogger is Andrew Walker, a very keen wildlife fan based in Scotland. Andrew is lucky enough to have a large plot to work with and will be bringing us updates on how his wildlife pond and garden are faring 5 years on. In his first post below we join him at…

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21.06.2019 | Pond Ponderings
20 Apr

Pond Ponderings – from Avopond, a brand new pond in suburban York

Welcome along our first Pond Pondering bloggers Mollie and Lawrence from York! “Beginning a new garden is always exciting and was a brilliant opportunity to create a pond and make it a focal point of my very own mini nature reserve. With only a small garden, the challenge has been to create a pond substantial…

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20.04.2019 | Pond Ponderings
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