Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

Garden ponds are increasingly becoming popular among homeowners. The scramble for ponds can be attributed to their aesthetics, growing appreciation for wildlife and environmental awareness. As ...

Make your backyard pond into a refreshing focal point by adding features such as seating and a waterfall. Keep koi fish and welcome wildlife to your pond to lend a sense of tranquility and movement to ...

This incredible water-lily pond and footbridge is so picture perfect, it's practically a Monet! A balanced ecosystem is created by adding koi, which thrive with proper care in deeper backyard ponds.

These mesocosms are simple: no water circulation and no electrical power. That means you have to manage them wisely. For example, you can only add about half a dozen small goldfish, and you can’t feed ...

This gorgeous giant backyard koi pond built by @pond_koi_turtle_ started with four koi fish and four turtles. Within a few years, 40 turtles and hundreds of giant koi called it home — and all were ...

Vanessa and Richard Crisler designed a pond in their Betton Hills backyard, not for fish, but for frogs, dragonflies, and other wildlife. It is shallow and includes a sandy, gravelly beach along one ...

These landscaping and styling tricks can turn the area around your backyard pond into an idyllic staycation spot. Make your backyard pond into a refreshing focal point by adding features such as ...

When Joan Doyle was a little girl, her Lakeview home featured a fish pond so large and elaborate that she and her siblings named the house after it. “When my sisters and I talk about our old family ...

About this time of year, Lee Neiman walks outside to his backyard every morning and impatiently counts the days. It’s not until late March or early April that the backyard paradise at his Pittsburgh ...