How to Make a Natural Rock Waterfall in Your Garden
A garden waterfall is a welcome addition to any garden because it adds the dimension of sound to the garden. Falling water can create soothing white noise that seems to draw in visitors by creating a tranquil environment to relax. Not all of these visitors are two legged either. Gardeners who place a waterfall in their garden can look forward to seeing birds and butterflies as well. Because waterfalls are a principle of gravity at work, building one is simple. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Shovel
- PVC pond liner
- PVC tubing
- Pump
- Pea sized gravel
- Natural rocks
- Pencil and paper
Instructions
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Design your waterfall using a pencil and paper. Sketch out your ideas for how your waterfall should look. This will help give you ideas as to what kind of materials you should need and how you want to place your waterfall on an incline or hillside.
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Construct a channel for your water to flow by digging a ditch into a natural slope.
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Place your pump in a containment basin at the bottom of the slope. This containment basin can either be a pond or the catch basin of a pondless waterfall.
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Connect your PVC tubing to the outflow valve of the pump. Lay the tubing up the length of the channel you constructed to the location at the top of the waterfall where the water will begin to flow down the fall.
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Cut your PVC pond liner so that it is six inches longer and twice as wide as the channel. Cover the channel and the PVC tubing with the PVC pond liner. Pour pea-sized gravel over the entire trench to hide its appearance.
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Arrange rocks over the edges of the liner and in the center of the trench for water to flow over. Use rocks to disguise the tubing at the mouth of the waterfall as well.
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Fill your catch basin or pond with water from a garden hose. When you are ready to operate the waterfall, turn the pump on and allow it to circulate the water from the catch basin or pond to the top of the waterfall.
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