A pond like a small lake

Some gardens come together in a single summer. This one has grown over fifteen years of working together – in stages, in keeping with the house: a restored Art Nouveau villa on the edge of Wackersberg, high above Bad Tölz.

It began in 2007 with the renovation of the grounds: granite paving slabs, small basalt and granite setts laid in rows, edging of large setts – and around 560 hedge plants of hornbeam and copper beech, which give the plot its green walls. In 2012 came the centrepiece: a natural pond with 650 m² of pond liner and 90 metres of shoreline – boulders and quarried limestone frame the bank, and aquatic plants keep the water clear. To be honest: this is not a compact swimming pond, but more of a small lake – for swimming, for marvelling, and for everything that moves in by itself.

The following year came the open areas: 600 m² of sown lawn, 300 m² of wildflower meadow and a planting of grasses that carries the garden through autumn – Chinese silver grass ‘Silberfeder’ and ‘Gracillimus’, switch grass, fountain grass. Right on the shore stands a glasshouse: sit in the middle of the garden, whatever the weather.

What the family told the press about their garden back then can be found as a customer testimonial on our swimming pond page – from the frog the children watch to the garden as an extended living room. More about the types of construction: Water in the garden.

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Photos: Miquel Tres · Thomas Greil