Relocating a pond within a meadow near Bury St Edmunds
Our team created a new pond in a meadow at a client’s property in Sicklesmere, on the outskirts of Bury St Edmunds. The project brought together excavation, liner installation, planting and a three-in-one filtration system, with plants from the original pond replanted in the new location.
The client wanted the existing pond infilled and a new pond created elsewhere within the property. We marked out the new pond in the requested area of the meadow and lifted the existing pond plants, keeping them in a safe location ready for replanting.
We transported our 2.5-tonne excavator, fitted with wide steel tracks, to site. Soil excavated from the meadow to form the new pond was used to infill the old pond. Once the required shape and depth had been achieved, we created planting shelves.
A key trench was excavated around the pond’s perimeter, and laser levels were used to check that the banks were at the correct level.
We supplied and installed new underlay and an EPDM liner, positioning the liner’s upper edge in the key trench.
As the pond filled with water, we adjusted the liner to remove wrinkles. Once it was correctly positioned, we secured its upper edge in the key trench, then backfilled the trench with soil and compacted it.
Plants from the original pond were replanted alongside irises and marsh marigolds supplied by our team. We also supplied topsoil and hand-raked it around the perimeter of the pond area.
To complete the installation, we supplied and fitted an 8,000-litre auto-clean, three-in-one filter, pump and UV system.
The new pond was filled, planted and fitted with its filtration system, and the old pond was infilled using soil from the excavation. After checking that the system was operating correctly, we arranged for the machinery to be collected and left the immediate work area as neat and tidy as possible.
