Charlie Dimmock has featured on a plethora of gardening programmes over the years, including Ground Force and, most recently, Garden Resc...
Charlie Dimmock has featured on a plethora of gardening programmes over the years, including Ground Force and, most recently, Garden Rescue. The 54-year-old from Hampshire has enjoyed gardening since she was a child and often shares her passion with viewers. In The Great British Garden Revival, Charlie showed viewers how to create their own garden pond.
However, to get the liner to fit, Charlie said gardeners need to know three key measurements.
“The maximum width, length, and depth so that your supplier can calculate the total area of liner that you’ll need,” she said.
Charlie warned fellow gardeners that there would be plenty of overhang from the liner onto the outskirts of the pond.
However, she said although it may be tempting to cut the overhanging liner, you mustn’t do it until the pond has been filled completely.
Once the water is in there, you can pull the liner against the weight of the water to neaten it up and get rid of some of the wrinkles.
The gardening pro said it’s unlikely you’ll get rid of every fold in the liner but that it’s unlikely you will notice them when the pond is filled with plants and wildlife.
She added: “The good thing about the folds is that they are great little hiding places for aquatic wildlife.”
Garden Rescue with Charlie Dimmock airs today at 3.35pm on BBC One.
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