Pond swimming

Cool off in these beautiful, sustainable swimming pools -- a.k.a. natural swimming ponds, green pools or organic pools. The chlorine-free water is naturally filtered by plants.

A swimming pond is a water feature that will bring your garden to life with birds, insects and various water creatures and you may use it for swimming. Here are examples.

NATURAL SWIM PONDS WITH NATURAL BOULDERS Welcome to Natural Swim Ponds! It used to be the only way to enjoy backyard swimming was to install a high-maintenance, heavily chlorinated pool with an unnatural liner and boring concrete deck. Well those days are over … Building a natural water feature in your yard – a small… Read More »Natural Swimming Pools with Pond Boulders

There's more to having a pond than having fun. You can learn stuff from a pond too. When Mr. Osbourne asked me to write about the things I've learned from growing up around a pond, I wasn't sure if I could do it.

Guide on how to make a pond safe for swimming, including how to treat & test a pond for swimming and the dangers of unclean swimming ponds.