Floating islands are like container gardens for your pond. They provide habitat for wildlife, keep the water clean, and beautify the pond. Watch this video to learn more about them.
This was so useless. What was the island made of. What keeps it from being tipped over when a large Peking gets on. Where can the materials be obtained from. I guess it did provide the the plant species but did not deal with the floating island design.
So I came here to find out how to MAKE a floating island - for some reason, the title kind of implied that. Please at least re-title it to say "How to PLANT a floating island"!
I keep wondering about residual plastic contamination of the pond with all this plastic floating in them. I especially have concerns with styrofoam as it slowly oozes styrene the entire time it exists.. I would love to see someone make a wood raft for this. I am going to try wood this year and I have been looking for 4 years now to see a wooden one and see how they did it, but I have no luck with that as yet.
The traditional floating island I've learned about are mostly islands made out of reeds, or islands very similar to bamboo rafts. One issue with an organic raft is that it will likely rot and need upkeep or replacement. Some floating aquatic plants link together to form natural islands
Does anybody know where one can get or make an island such as this... Agree with so many others how this video wasn't all that helpful. Basically the most important or unique thing about this they just gloss over.
Steve Soper contact a company named Floating Island International in Shepherd Mt. if calling there their number is on the site ask for Bruce Kania pronounced "Con ya" he is owner.. he would be happy to help you.
We have the 3 foot island, but our mandarin ducks are destroying it. They are pulling the plastic fiber material. I do not think they are eating it. From time to time I will find traces of the material in the filter trap. Anyone have any idea on how to prevent the ducks from destroying it? And do not say, "get rid of the ducks" lol
they had saved fish fry lake,Billings Montana with huge floating platforms in same idea to my knowledge.This deserves to be studied on to be perfected.
This was so useless. What was the island made of. What keeps it from being tipped over when a large Peking gets on. Where can the materials be obtained from. I guess it did provide the the plant species but did not deal with the floating island design.
So I came here to find out how to MAKE a floating island - for some reason, the title kind of implied that. Please at least re-title it to say "How to PLANT a floating island"!
I keep wondering about residual plastic contamination of the pond with all this plastic floating in them. I especially have concerns with styrofoam as it slowly oozes styrene the entire time it exists..
I would love to see someone make a wood raft for this. I am going to try wood this year and I have been looking for 4 years now to see a wooden one and see how they did it, but I have no luck with that as yet.
The traditional floating island I've learned about are mostly islands made out of reeds, or islands very similar to bamboo rafts. One issue with an organic raft is that it will likely rot and need upkeep or replacement. Some floating aquatic plants link together to form natural islands
I second or third the comment - I need to build an island for my swans n have looked everywhere for these “recycled islands” little help dude
I thought "Scott LeFleur" was the turtle, and that he was the garden director.
Where does it say how to make? I can plant one. o.k., but but HOW TO MAKE ONE
Does anybody know where one can get or make an island such as this... Agree with so many others how this video wasn't all that helpful. Basically the most important or unique thing about this they just gloss over.
Steve Soper contact a company named Floating Island International in Shepherd Mt. if calling there their number is on the site ask for Bruce Kania pronounced "Con ya" he is owner.. he would be happy to help you.
This is zero help because no one knows where to get one of these. An internet search yielded no results.
We have the 3 foot island, but our mandarin ducks are destroying it. They are pulling the plastic fiber material. I do not think they are eating it. From time to time I will find traces of the material in the filter trap. Anyone have any idea on how to prevent the ducks from destroying it? And do not say, "get rid of the ducks" lol
Bettina Yanez #firstworldproblems -_-
Animal life may try to eat the Styrofoam and it's petroleum based so I advise against it
What happens to all the dirt in the water? Do the plants start to grow hydroponically then?
Settles out eventually.
TY for the 2 seconds of unfocused video at the end actually showing it work.
That compost is going to kill that pitcher plant in a month
Very interesting plans for something like that I have found on the Stodoys website.
what do you do with them in the winter just let them float or take them out before the pond ices over.
Use a plastic pallet, the kind found at Target..
oh yeah, this is exactly what i was searching for when typying "how to create a floating island in Unity" in Google.
I want to make one - from scratch! Perhaps it can be made of styrofoam with holes for plant pots?
they had saved fish fry lake,Billings Montana with huge floating platforms in same idea to my knowledge.This deserves to be studied on to be perfected.
duck of growing wisdom all you want is money
Plastic contaminates environments, so what’s so good about your product?
@Astronautical123 sigh.. yup.
Fantastic idea.
thumbs up if you came hear from the video of the plastic bottle island