There are many different designs that a person can construct when building a waterfall or when having one built. Either way this article is geared for giving you basic ideas to remember when you are planning a waterfall design.

Waterfalls can come in all different kinds of shapes and sizes. Some can truly make your watergarden reach perfection. Usually when it comes to waterfalls size doesn't matter unless your waterfall is way to high. If your waterfall is too high for it's surrounding environment it has a tendency to look fake and totally unrealistic. You want your waterfall to always look natural in it's surroundings.

There are many ways in which you can determine how high your waterfall should be placed. Your waterfall and berm should always be a similar size to your pond's construction. Which can be easily done if the construction for your pond is done the right way. If your pond is 250 sq ft or smaller, with a flat setting then you waterfall should be no more than 3 feet. One of the tackiest things to do is to build a high or larger waterfall next to a small pond. It just doesn't look natural. Other problems that can arise with this type of feature involve leaks, evaporation, and falling stones.

Another quite hideous design on most waterfalls includes rocks that can look like a chimney. Usually in nature soil is eroded and stones are left exposed to the eye. Which is why many waterfalls feature this type of design. The mistake in which many people perform while trying to create this same feature includes stacking of flat stones one on top of the other. In the end this process creates a chimney looking design. Unfortunately for the many people who perform this job make you waterfall look unnatural and fake. In order to create a natural effect you should always use soil instead of more stones. You will be using the soil excavated from the pond in the design instead of having to haul it away. Once the soil is set you can excavate into the soil, which will give it a natural effect. Water erodes the path of a natural waterfall. It's not covered with thousands of stones.

With that being said the best thing to always use is the same type of stones in your construction. Whenever you use the same types of stones the quality in of you watergarden can increase. In order to have a full understanding of stones you should know that each type can create a different effect. Each different company has special kinds of rocks in which they use. By putting different type of stones together it can create a very negative outcome. So always make sure that you stick to one main kind of rock. Each rock will be different so you don't have to worry about all of your rocks being the same.

The main lesson in creating waterfalls is don't be afraid to try something unique. These are just cleaver suggestions for pond designs. In part 2 we will discuss other parts of the pond construction that you can incorporate in your waterfall design.