Things You'll Need:
- Water plants
- Pots
- Small, heavy stones
- Cement
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Step 1
Build shelves into your pond walls. You can do this with soil or cement before you lay down the plastic. You can even create indentations in these shelves to place the pots into. Make sure the indentations are deep enough to hold your pots. If you are using a preformed pond rather than plastic, you can choose a pond that has different levels for plants. This will allow you to keep the bottom level of your pond bare.
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Step 2
Anchor the pots with stones. Place heavy stones in the bottom of the pot before you add the soil, or around the base of your plant after it has already been planted in the pot. This will allow you to submerge the pot, and if the stones are heavy enough, it will remain where you place it. Because the stones are in the pots, rather than surrounding the bottom of the pond, this will allow for a smooth bottom to your pond.
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Step 3
Choose floating water plants. These plants do not need to be anchored, and as such, will again allow your pond to remain bare-bottomed.
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Step 4
Consider planting only around the edges of your pond, and leaving the bottom bare. You do not necessarily have to submerge plants in your pond. Planting lillies, cattails and other common water plants around the edges of the pond will give it a beautiful, natural look and will attract animals and birds.
