[egbert]

I have spent the weekend pulling out a disused pond form my garden - it was put in years ago and then abandoned when the other half was a lot younger (before my time here) and then his parents chucked in some long grass/reed thing that immediately started seeding itself and taking over the garden.

So the OH and I spent a good 4 hours cutting up and pulling out the huge and very heavy tangle of roots, to find a large stagnant pool full of snails at the bottom - the plastic preformed liner was still in. Removed that, and been back to check today and all the water has drained away finally.

So now I have a hole in the garden about 4ft x 8 ft wide and 4 ft deep - its right in front of the raised beds and in the next to the play area of the lawn - but far enough into the lawn to be noticeable. So any suggestions of what to do with it? No ponds!

At the moment the options seem to be to fill it in and then 1. grass it over, 2. slab it and put a bench on, 3. grow something.

But its a bit too far into the garden to be a discreet veg bed, so any suggestions of how to make it into a feature - or some truly gorgeous plants to put in?

[doganjo]

A sunken garden - italian type, with lots of low sensory/scented plants and a seating area.  Maybe a thyme covered seat? mand perhaps a relaxing non-pond water feature

[Sandy]

I had a s unken garden in my past life but it went wild!!!! What about a water garden???/ I want to dig up our small pond and put a BIG pond, I know I can do it but I have so many other things to do. Idealy I would make it easy to drain and clean and shallow, maybe a foot deep!!!! You may also consider a Bar b area, slab it and it may look good!!