Building a Newt-Friendly Pond

A newt-friendly pond is not about perfect landscaping.

It is about shelter, safety, plant cover, clean water, and quiet edges.

Useful features

• Shallow shelves.
• Dense marginal plants.
• Oxygenating plants.
• Stones, logs, and planting around the outside.
• No fish.
• A way for animals to climb in and out.
• Some areas left messy.

The key idea

Do not think of the pond as a bowl of water. Think of it as a habitat connected to the rest of the garden.