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After you've dug your hole, fill it with soft sand and pack it down really tightly. You want about a one half inch thickness with the soft sand. Going to a home improvement store or a pond supply store would probably be the best bet to find materials for your pond at this point.

You'll need a pond liner, and you can usually determine your pond liner's size by taking the largest length and width, then calculating the depth and twice what you dug. This will ensure you have the size of pond liner you'll need.

After removing your shoes, take the liner you bought and lay it on the bottom, then work it into the shelves you made. Be careful to follow the contours of the pond. After you have lined the entire pond, then it's time to fill it.

The waterfall is usually bought as a kit. You'll want to decide the best way to integrate the waterfall into the pond. Most of the shops where you buy the waterfall will have books on how to do this type of integration.

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Once you have your land set aside, you're going to need to decide what kind of pond you'd want. Do you want to have fish or plants in the pond? If you make your pond too small, then it could be or become uninhabitable for your fish and plants.

It's almost better to have too large a pond that one that is too small. It would be very difficult at best to make enough room for your vegetation. Now that you have decided where you want your pond, you're going to cordon off the area so you can visualize your project better.

Trace the area you want by driving a stake in the ground, then tying adjacent stakes together with some nylon cord. When you have the entire area cordoned off, dig down about six inches for the first shelf. This is called the coping shelf.

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Since you're going for a pond and waterfall, you're going to need lots of space for it. Find some good level land and clear away all of the debris and vegetation. You also don't want it to be near drain pipes or rain run-off so that you keep your pond safe from contaminates.

If you build your pond too close to trees, you'll have to continuously take dead leaves and other tree matter. Putting your pond in a place where it will get a lot of direct sunlight will aid in plant growth.

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Just about anyone in the word can build a great rock garden pond and waterfall because it's really inexpensive to do and doesn't require very much instruction. Having a pond as a centerpiece to your rock garden will make your landscape stand out.

The important thing to keep in mind here is that for a novice, you will have to contend with a lot of engineering because it really isn't "simple" to have a pond that doesn't leak. The first thing you should consider is the land.