Pond Installation

It looks like a big mud hole but will have all these plants

Sweet Flag	Acorus americanus	Grass	36	24	Emergent - 0-18"
Broad Leaved Arrowhead	Sagittaria latifolia	Herb	24	24	Emergent - 0-18"
Marsh Marigold	Caltha palustris	Herb	24	12	Emergent - 0-18"
Water Plantain	Alisma trivale	Herb	36	0	Emergent - 0-18"
Narrow Leaved Cattail	Typha angustifolia	Herb	60	12	Emergent - 0-18"
Broad Leaved Cattail	Typha latifolia	Herb	120	18	Emergent - 0-18"
Tussock Sedge	Carex stricta	Grass	50	0	Emergent - 0-18"
River Bulrush	Scirpus fluviatilis	Grass	78	6	Emergent - 0-18"
Baltic Rush	Juncus balticus	Grass	18		Emergent - 0-18"
Lake Sedge	Carex lacustris	Grass	48	0	Emergent - 0-18"
Coontail	Ceratophyllum demersum	Herb	24		Submergent - 36-72"
Large-Leaved Pondweed	Potamogeton amplifolius	Herb	60		Submergent - 36-72"
Floating-Leaved Pondweed	Potamogeton natans	Herb	24		Submergent - 36-72"
Bladderwort	Utrucularia macrorhiza	Herb	8		Submergent - 36-72"
Wild Celery	Vallisneria americana	Herb	10		Submergent - 36-72"
White Water Lily	Nymphaea odorata	Herb	6	6	Submergent - 36-72"
Hyssop	Hyssopus officinalis	Herb	24	18	Wet Meadow
Meadowsweet	Filipendula vulgaris	Shrub	30	24	Wet Meadow
False Indigo	Amorpha fruiticosa	Shrub	12	12	Wet Meadow
New England Aster	Aster novae-angliae	Herb	54	24	Wet Meadow
Swamp Milkweed	Asclepias incarnata	Herb	48	12	Wet Meadow

Using a pool hose I drained the pond down hill.

Drained Pond Ready for plants.

A ladder accesses the lowest areas for submerged plants such as
Coontail, the food for Koi.
Stakes and ropes are set to guide depth and placement