07/05/2026
What started out as a bare patch of earth, we have transformed into a beautiful Oasis ! We were contracted by ROC construction and our client to provide the technical advice and skill set to build a huge pond - a nature pond no less near to the Island centre stone in St.John. Excavation works were completed for us by AAL Recycling Limited The entire pond is built using a natural clay bentonite liner covered with special recycled 'cake' supplied by AAL Recycling Limited.
The 'cake' had to be independently tested to ensure it complied with the specifications we required and has proved to be a worthwhile inert material ideal for ponds !
The pond is aerated using high quality diffused aeration systems supplied by Heathland Group Limited and is due to go online soon. During construction we built various levels for deep water plants and marginals. The bank of long grass is also planted with juvenile pollinators which will mature over the course of the next three years. Hundreds of plants from Lilies, to Marsh Marigold, to Myosotis and all British native plants have been placed in the pond. And don't forget all the wild flowers too, yet to show their faces !
The pond has a fantastic bird hide built to watch all the comings and goings of birdlife as nature begins to populate the site. Beautiful pathways meander around the pond and down into the woodland.
Now its down to nature to get those plants growing and for the Dragonflies to come and visit.......
