How to Build a Beautiful Water Garden with Pavers

Water gardens make beautiful focus points for any landscape, and are complemented well by natural stone pavers. Whether you want a formal and ornamental water feature using glossy stone pavers, or a miniature watery ecosystem complete with large, roughly hewn stone pavers, your water garden should form a tranquil space in your garden where you can retreat from the business of day to day life. Here we have collected some tips for using natural stone pavers to build a beautiful water feature in your own garden.

• Placement: To make the most of your water garden, it is important to choose the placement carefully. To seamlessly marry the house and garden, a popular choice is to place the water garden close to a paved patio or terrace. You can use pavers in your water feature that complement or contrast to other pavers used in the garden, depending on the effect you want to achieve. Alternatively, water features can be placed in a previously unused corner of the garden to create a private space for peaceful contemplation.
• Noise: Many water features are designed to produce a low bubbling or splashing noise with running water. The level of noise you want must be considered carefully before installing a water garden. Softly bubbling water features, set against polished stone pavers, can make a sophisticated focal point for outdoor entertaining, as they provide an interesting visual feature and a relaxing background ambience. Louder water features can be used along with a stone paver wall to block and screen noise from nearby traffic, although these should be placed at a distance from entertainment areas.
• Ponds: For a natural option, you can build your own pond or creek in your garden. Randomly shaped stone pavers make a great border for ponds and water gardens, giving the illusion of a naturally occurring water hole. Pavers or bricks can also be used to provide support for plants in and around the pond. If you are looking to create a completely natural water garden, it is important to monitor the balance of nutrients in the water and the amount of sunlight that reaches the water.
• Water Walls: Running water gently over a beautiful stone paver wall makes an incredibly effective and striking water feature. Water walls work well in small gardens or courtyards and are great solutions for building a water garden where space is limited. Natural stone pavers provide an undulating or craggy texture for the water to run over, creating an interesting vertical feature for any garden.