Plant in shallow water at the edge of a pond. It won’t mind at all if it occasionally dries out. Propagation is easy – rip up mature plants and replant the clumps.

A range of surveys and identification guides to help you monitor the wildlife in ponds. If you want to start monitoring the wildlife in your pond, we have gathered a variety of surveys from UK ...

Mini ponds can be made from plant pots, old sinks, buckets – anything that can hold water (Credit: Heather Stuckey) When the BBC's Katherine Latham made a pond with just a plant pot, some rocks ...

When the BBC's Katherine Latham made a pond with just a plant pot, some rocks and a few native pond plants, she was amazed at the speed wildlife moved in. "I hope we get frogs and newts, and ...