Hello and welcome, I'm landscape designer Karl and today I'm building a stream for a client and I'll show you every step in detail. I was especially looking forward to this video and I think it's possible to recreate the stream with this video. Thank you very much to everyone watching for your likes, comments and subscriptions lately, thanks to this I can post new videos for you. We are in a small garden so I planned a small stream about 3 meters long. The size of the stream can of course be changed depending on how much space is available for the build. I cut a square about 70 x 70 cm and remove the grass. Then I dig a square about 70 cm deep. I don't take out the excavated soil but use it to create a small slide for our stream. Because for the water to flow you need a slope. For this it is important to compact the soil layers from the very beginning. So that the stream does not subside later. By the way, you can find the tools I use in the description of the video, so if you are missing something, please use the links. I'm going to trim the edges a bit. And I'm making the hill flatter. The soil is becoming sandier, which is good because sand compacts better. I'm removing debris, rocks and broken glass because we want the watercourse film not to be damaged. I still have a couple of wheelbarrows of soil and our hill will be a bit bigger. But it doesn't matter. Maybe you have some more soil or sand that you can use here. Or you already have a slope in your garden that would be great for a creek. As you can see, I've already flattened the surface near the hole a bit. And again, I'm using this hand tamper to compact the soil. You've probably already wondered what's going to be in the hole. It's going to be a cube that I still need to assemble. But with these little clips, it's very quick and easy. One side is still open, but more on that later. The water collection cube will stand as straight as possible, so I'm leveling the soil at the bottom right away. The sides of the cube are 60 x 60 x 60 cm and the depth of the hole is about 70 cm, so it should be a little deeper in the hole. This way the water will drain better and it will also be better visually hidden. Next I lay out a thick protective fleece, weighing 500 g / m². After that comes the pond liner. The fleece and pond liner are two meters wide and five meters long. This fits the cube at 60 cm. I also wrapped another cube in fleece so that it does not tear the liner. Now we move on to the base of the stream. I form the bottom step of the pond with a lawn border and use a little concrete so that it does not tip over. I set the top edge about 15 cm higher than the top edge of the drainage cube. Now the further flow of the stream is formed. I installed a second step from old paving stones. A little concrete is enough here so that they do not tip over. The difference in height between the steps is about 20 cm. The third and last step. All the slabs should be laid evenly and beautifully. It is important that the outer border is at least 5 cm higher than the step slabs, and even better by 10 cm. The depressions between the slabs can be easily compacted with a shovel. The bottom step turned out to be too narrow, so I widen it with paving stones. Now I just lay fleece and film on the new stream bed. There is still room for soil along the edges of the film, we fill it and compact it. I cut off the excess overhanging protective fleece around the cube of the grate. Be careful not to cut the film. Now I lay a 25 mm hose that goes exactly through the grate. I pushed it through the side wall, not through the lid, so that the hose does not interfere. Next, you need to prepare and select stones for the stream. This time I am using sandstone. I find them interesting in terms of color and easy to work with. The stones are too big for our stream, so I break them up with a sledgehammer. I try to find some flat stones that will allow water to flow nicely. Later I can build them into small barriers. When processing, there are also some small stones that I can use later for small gaps between the larger stones in the stream bed. In general, I try to get stones of different sizes, it will look more natural later. This works especially well with this stone, for example, I would not do this with round pebbles. Before I start laying the stones in the stream, I cut a mat from the remaining fleece to protect the film. The fleece should not protrude beyond the edges, as this can lead to water loss later. Then I start building the first barrier. For this, the stones need to be placed on top of each other to get the right height. You need to choose the right stones. For the first row I use small, if possible, equal height broken pieces, after which a larger and wider stone is placed on top. #Garden #Stream #Waterflow