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• Here's  a selection of pictures of the progress were making on the new extension, this will house 4 new display ponds ranging in size from 650 galls to just over 1000 galls, these will flled with hand selected Japanese Koi, there will also be a 3000 Gallon display pond which will be home to several large koi.
• There will also be a dedicated Quarantine area away from the main sales tanks & will be fully functional for treating ill & sick fish, we will operate a strict Bio-security regime in this area to prevent any cross contamination.Hope you enjoy following our progress & don’t forget to check out our blogs on Twitter & Face book to subscribe to our RSS Feed.
• Sharon & Steve

Project Brief:

• A large Natural pond & Boat House situated within a hedged part of the garden, which cannot be seen from the main part of the garden.
• The boat house is constructed from brickwork & timber frame to replicate an old country barn, the roof on the boat house is a recliamed slate roof with a lead & mopstick flashing to the ridges.
• The cladding which will cover the walls of the boat house is a locally sourced Ash & will be cut into feather egde board & protected with a colourless sealer.
• Planting around the pond will include a variety of native marginal's & bog plants including Gunnera, Flag Iris, Primula & bull-Rush, a pathway of "waterside meadow turf" which will flow down to the waters' edge.

The planting used in this project will take around a season to establish itself, the banks that run down to the pathway that surronds the pond have been "seeded" with the same wildflower plants that are used in the waterside meadow turf, the marginal planting will thicken during the summer months, the marginal's were chosen very carefully, firstly they are all british native plants which will give colour from April/May right through until Oct/November & secondly to attrach new wildlife into the surronding area.... Read the full post