"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ...
Patience wrote in message
Hi......I had tried and searched google ( google is your friend ) but was
getting an endless number of sites promoting their products and homepages
but no site totally dedicated to a step by step guide on buiding a raised
pond...[...]

I once did one for a school, using railway sleepers as handsome
retaining walls for a plastic liner, filling the gaps with soil
(filling was a bit tricky, ISTR). The sleepers were held in place with
fence posts. You need to level the site nearly as perfectly as if you
were installing a bath; but some irregularities can be disguised with
marginal plants. If it's going where you've filled in the old pond,
expect some frustrating subsidence unless you can compress the fill
very thoroughly. As with any other pond, remove stones which may
damage the liner once it gets heavy with water.

Because other people's young children were involved, this one was
covered with ?6" weldmesh. I'd have preferred the weldmesh to have
been submerged a couple of inches, but that couldn't be done securely
without damage to the liner: it looked bearable once the plants were
established, though. You can also make a pond safer for little ones by
putting in some big stones (hollow artificial ones would be good, and
pretty cheap to make): you'll still have depth for plants and fish,
but it'll be much harder for a toddler to come to harm.

Mike.