Designing a small garden pond doesn't have to be complicated. Gardener Kareen Erbe explains the ins and outs of building a garden pond and how it creates an ecosystem in your garden.

Learn how ponds benefit your garden, where you should locate your pond, ideal shapes for your pond, how to go about building yours, plus the pond plants you might want to include.

This video covers design and building considerations that are essential to understand before you think about installing a pond on your site. This pond is built in USDA Hardiness Zone 4 in Bozeman, Montana, USA.

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About Kareen

Master Gardener and permaculture practitioner Kareen Erbe of Broken Ground helps people living in cold climates grow their own food so they can eat healthier, live more sustainably, and be more self-reliant. Through her Resilient Homestead Program, Starter Garden Workshop, Online Edible Backyards Series, and 1:1 consultations, Kareen is committed to getting as many people as possible building a resilient life that enables them to not only live their values and connect to their community but to feed their families safe and healthy food.

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See more of Kareen’s cold climate permaculture homestead:

→ Kitchen Garden Tour »    • Permaculture Kitchen Garden Tour in a...  
→ Permaculture Food Forest Tour »    • Cold Climate Food Forest Tour: 7 Year...  
→ Greenhouse Garden Bed Tour »    • Greenhouse Garden Bed Tour  
→ Permaculture Greenhouse Tour »    • Permaculture Greenhouse Garden Tour: ...  

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Want to eat from your garden 365 days each year, even in a cold climate?

Join Broken Ground’s Resilient Homestead Program, an 8-week online program (with 1:1 and group elements) for people who want to develop a comprehensive site plan AND get the tools and knowledge to implement it.

→ Build your dream homestead » https://brokengroundpermaculture.com/...

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