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The basis for an ecological garden is the pond: without water, no life. Water attracts insects, insects attract birds. Frogs and salamanders find their habitat there. The excavated soil is used to create height differences and to play with the soil's nutritional wealth. Diverse microclimates offer a great diversity of wild flowers, herbs and plants. This makes the garden colourful, exciting and climate-proof. Video content: 00:00 Nature-rich ponds 00:20 Closed soil balance 00:39 Poor soil: little grassing and weeds 01:10 Fun things to do with banks 01:15 Earthen wall 01:29 Diversity 01:40 Planting differs per situation 01:53 Many species to maintain diversity 02:18 No life without water 02:27 Pond is the basis for an ecological garden 02:39 Height differences make a garden climate-proof 02:54 Playing with the nutrient richness of the soil 03:06 Wild plants on poor soil 03:31 Lime against acidification of pond water 04:02 Probably larva of yellow-edged water beetle 04:09 Boatman 04:15 Pond at Loek's home in the front garden 04:30 Marsh ash (Stachys palustris) 04:39 Rainwater drainage to pond 04:51 All the water eventually ends up in the ground text: Loek Gorris video production: Styn Swinkels photography: Loek Gorris et al filmed late November 2018 and late June 2020 in Loek Gorris' show garden in Zutphen and mid-September 2018 at Loek's home music: http://www.bensound.com copyright © 2020 http://www.styn.nl published by http://www.permades.nl