{"id":86090,"date":"2018-04-22T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2018-04-22T05:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mini-ponds-for-compact-gardens\/"},"modified":"2018-04-22T12:04:11","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T05:04:11","slug":"mini-ponds-for-compact-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mini-ponds-for-compact-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini ponds for compact gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nBring a small plot to life with a water feature \u2013 however tinyOf all the ingredients that make up a garden \u2013 trees, boundaries, seating areas, planted beds, lawns \u2013 in my experience there is nothing that captures the interest of the visitor time and time again quite like a water feature. Place one in any plot and it is hands down the first thing our eyes are drawn to and the one we are most likely to wander towards to inspect most closely.This unique ability for water not only to catch our interest but to hold it longer than any other landscape feature is probably something that has been hardwired into our psychology since we wandered the Serengeti. However, in our increasingly tiny gardens, ponds are often thought of as an impossible dream, something only for those with rolling lawns and acres of space. But get your planting choice right and anyone can have a stunning piece of nature in a container as small as 60cm wide, which will fit into little patios, backyards and roof terraces. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2018\/apr\/22\/mini-ponds-for-small-gardens-james-wong\" target=\"_blank\">Mini ponds for compact gardens<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Bring a small plot to life with a water feature \u2013 however tinyOf all the&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-moy","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36988,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardens-lawns-without-grass\/","url_meta":{"origin":86090,"position":0},"title":"Gardens: lawns without grass","date":"December 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Four glorious ground-covering alternatives that will give you a floral carpetWith our increasingly frenetic lifestyles and shrinking plot sizes, lush, grassy lawns (and all the space and maintenance they entail) can be impractical. 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