The warmer months are a great time to add some water to your garden. Building a pond can bring a sense of calm and attract new wildlife, while a hot tub invariably makes your garden the place everyone wants to be.
Stylistically and functionally, decking is an ideal material to use around a pond or a hot tub in your garden.
Not only does decking come with wonderfully evocative maritime connotations, reminiscent of sun-kissed jetties and walks along the pier, but when it is used as the surround of a well-designed pond or hot tub it offers plenty of practical benefits.
In the past, stone paving or some form of hard standing area has been the most common approach to creating surrounds for ponds but decking is an easier material to work with and it can improve the safety of the area around the water.
Using decking to edge a pond brings a soft, natural look that is often more suitable for walking on than hard stone.
Decking also allows you to create a handy void space that can hide away pumps, cables and clarifiers, and you can run your decking over the top of your pond to create the feel of having a little jetty in your garden.
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