How to build a drainpipe rain garden for wildlife | WWT
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- Опубліковано 23 кві 2019
- Do you wish you had a pond, but don’t have the space? At WWT we have large wetland reserves, but it’s not only the large wetlands that have value for wildlife.
Here’s a great idea to turn your drainpipe into a mini pond and floodplain with built in water supply - you’ll have your very own wetland reserve that will attract wildlife, save water and look fantastic. And unlike a large wildlife pond, it’s virtually maintenance free. In this video we’ll walk you through step by step how to create your own mini wetland.
Full instructions and more hints and tips from our experts can be found on WWT’s website:
www.wwt.org.uk/discover-wetla...
I love this! Don’t consider this a bug hotel, but an insect spa and resort!
Thank you... Really love all your videos. I'm under s native white oak canopy that is constantly dropping debris and fills any water with tannins, leaves etc. but Also have some underground water that may be more suited to enhance bog conditions. It really wants to fill up with noxious ranunculus so maybe i can get something else to take over... Anyway thanks for all the great ideas and supporting biodiversity.
I have a downpipe from the garage guttering which just runs off onto the ground. This is a great idea. Yet another project for the garden on my list.
Absolutely LOVE this idea. I am thinking this will be great alongside our greenhouse with the run off from that. It has quite a large roof. Could build a permanent one which could run through a bog garden then in to our pond. Notes made! Looking forward to planning this!!
@@AngelFish007 unfortunately not yet. It is in the planning stage. Other things went to the top of the 'to do' list..
Amazing idea. That drain from one pot to another, should have been the same diameter, otherwise when it rains heavily, the rain will not go down the drain but spill over. That could eventually cause a damp area at the side of the house, causing damp on the walls inside.
What a great idea....
Great idea! Will make one soon!
Such a great idea.
So neat👏👏👏👏
Awesome idea...)
Very clever.
Impressive
I have watercress growing in abundance in my rainwater butt from a supermarket cutting. Also have a lot of water snails. I heard somewhere, another YT channel possibly, that it wasn't safe to eat the watercress, even washed. Something to do with the snails and contamination etc.
This is *very* good. I like the simplicity and design.
Would the pond need oxygenating plants like hornwort, or would the constant throughput of water be enough to stop the pond stagnating? Also, if we're hoping to attract amphibians, would something like hornwort help in a pond this size?
(My guess is that the pond might be too small for hornwort which might end up taking over the pond)
Do you reckon this would work in an area such as the Pacific Northwest, USA, where we often have snow and melted snow running through the drain pipes?
Can this process be started around winter time?
Of course, nothing different except you won't see many flowers until later in the year.
Is this setup can live through winter? The fact that it is not underground and protected from the cold, I am not sure the plants will survive. Am I wrong?
Hi, yes the plants will survive if they are potted, as they would do in a ground-level pond that could equally freeze-over.
Could you do a drainpipe barel pond
Watch this space...
Where does the excess water flow to?
Thanks for the question, see at 00:50 we cut a hole in the base container - for the water to eventually flow into the drain.
i cannot agree on attracting spiders, no way no how, sir
Spiders are our friends. They eat mosquitoes and other small annoying flying insects. Spiderbro for president 2020.
Disliking spiders is somewhat ignorant, still understandable, but frustrating.
it is just that they creep me out a bit still appreciate the fact that they eat flies because I hate them