Do It Yourself

Just Add Water
You will find it easy to install a water garden in your landscape using the Aquascape® pond kits that are available at Milberger's Nursery. Do-it-yourselfers will find pond and pond-less (waterfalls and streams) installation quite intuitive and Milberger kits include step-by-step installation instructions. With our pond kits water is circulated and recycled using a pump and flex-pipe hose.

Milberger Pond Kits
There are 20 steps in water garden installation and 20 component parts in the
Aquascape®install-it-yourself pond kits available at Milberger's Nursery

Milberger Pond Kits
Aquascape® pond kits are available at Milbereger's Nursery where you can also get advice from our pond experts and attend our free seminars. Milberger's also provides the individual pond components, water plants and fish for your water garden.

The 20 Steps to Pond Construction

1) Mark pond area
2) Place Skimmer and BIOFALLS® filter
3) Lay out plumbing hoses
4) Attach filter to BIOFALLS®
5) Excavate pond
6) Install liner and underlayment
7) Hook up water skimmer
8) Rock in the pond borders
9) Position underwater lights
10) Wash the stones with water hose
11) Fill pond with water
12) Lunch break
13) Place stones for waterfall and stream
14) Add top soil to border
15) Build retaining wall with stones
16) Tweak waterfall for desired flow
17) Trim the liner so it does not show
18) Add mulch to the berm
19) Clean up
20) Enjoy your water Garden

Essential Components

The  20 Pond Kit Components

1) Skimmer.
Clears surface debris and breaks the surface tension for a cleaner pond.

2) BIOFALLS ® filter
Guides the waterflow over a waterfall and provides habitat for beneficial bacteria.

3) Pump
High efficiency electrical pump for circulating water.

4) Check Valve
Allows easy pump removal for maintenance.

5) PVC Flex Pipe
Easy to work with for water circulation.

6) Liner
Fish safe liners that give the pond bottom it's shape.

7) Underlayment
Padding for the liner that allows gasses to escape.

8) Underwater lights
Includes transformer and different color filters.

9) Bacteria
Necessary to sustain your pond as an Ecosystem.

10) Waterfall Stone
A perfectly sized flat stone for your waterfall.

11) Skimmer lid
Naturally camouflages the skimmer.

12) Filtration Media
Allows beneficial bacteria to colonize and clean the water.

13) Skimmer Basket
Catches and easily removes debris.

14) Filter Support Racks
A Base for the filter material.

15) Bulk Head Fitting
Forms a tight seal for the skimmer overflow and filter hook up.

16) Liner Pad
Water-tight patch seals accidental holes in the liner.

17) Expanding Foam
Seals cracks between stones and filter parts.

18) Silicone
For water-tight seal between filer, skimmer and liner.

19) PVC Glue/Primer
Bonds PVC Flex Pipe to filter.

20) Installation Instructions
A step-by-step guide to installation.

The pond kits do not include the rocks used for the borders, pond plants and plants for the edges, fish for the pond, the shovel necessary to dig out the pond or the water. Except for the water all of these other non-kit items are available at Milberger's.