A water garden can be a beautiful addition to any green space and a key part of a green garden.

A water garden on your property has a variety of benefits:

• A water garden is an efficient way to store water for watering your lawn and garden.
• A water garden will capture runnoff from watering your lawn and garden and let you reuse the fertilizer instead of turning it into pollution.
• The larger the water garden the less lawn there is to mow. A one acre garden pond will save at least $700 and 40 hours of labor per year compared with a similar sized lawn area.
• A water garden can double as a geothermal pond . A geothermal heat pump system is the most cost effective way to heat and cool a home. A geothermal pond type geothermal heat pump system is the least expensive method of all. This results in a huge savings over the life of the home.
• A water garden conserves water by capturing runoff from all the impervious surfaces on your property. Efficient, low voltage pumps can then pump the water to planters or for lawn watering. 

The size of water gardens ranges from small fiberglass shells to large geothermal ponds. 

The keys to a sucessful water garden:

• Tailor your water garden to your local climate and conditions. 
• Place thirsty plants near the water so pumping unnecessary or minimal. 
• Make every impervious surface possible drain into the pond.
• Make the water garden part of an overall green garden .