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quick projects | outdoors | How to Make a Water Garden
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Make a Water Garden: Materials

No space for an in-ground water garden? Never fear. You can still enjoy your own aquatic haven by crafting this miniature water garden in a box.

Water Garden Materials:

  • Wood
  • Water sealant
  • Plastic liner
  • Water plants (We used Japanese sweet flag, arrowhead, common duckweed, broadleaf, stonecrop, houseleek, deer fern, and blue-eyed grass.)
  • Potting soil
  • Pea gravel
  • Gazing ball or other ornament

Water Garden Tools:

  • Handsaw or circular saw
  • Hammer and nails
  • Drill
  • Wood screws, screwdriver
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