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We arrived at Alan Galloway’s home in Durrington
where he invited us in to see his pond. This pond was
completely different to the previous two. Alan explained
that he had reduced the size of his pond, goodness
knows how big it was before, now it was 38 feet long,
6 feet deep with a capacity of 14,000 gallons. Right:
Alan has some impressive
Alan’s pond was a long oval shape, clean lines with a Koi in his pond, he believes
very simple modern architectural look. It ran parallel in keeping a low stocking
rate, which really makes
with the house, slightly raised with stylish black brick them grow fast.
capping, gravel and large stones. Along one side of the
Below: pond were masses of arum lilies, bamboo and grasses. Below:
Alan’s impressive oval At one end was a bridge, painted black, to one side of We all stood chatting and
shaped 38 feet long pond enjoyed refreshments while
was six feet deep and had a this was a vegetable filter with bulrushes and other we admired Alan’s Koi and
capacity of 14,000 gallons. water loving plants thriving in the nitrate rich water. impressive garden.

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