Things you can do with your Pond

Have friends over for an evening near the pond.

Visiting Grandma, Ramsey, MN

Things you can do with your pond:

• Host an evening of fun around your pond: dinner, snacks, drinks etc. 
• Use the event to raise money for your favorite charity.
• ”Name my fish” contest. Donate funds to charity
• Have friends and neighbors over on night to unite. Ponds make great meeting places. They are so relaxing!
• Take photos of your pond, flowers, and animals. Post them on social media. Use the pics for cards, an email signature, or wall hanging
• Sit with your kids near the pond. Teach them how to listen and observe nature.
• Train your fish to come when you tap on a rock. They can learn to eat out of your hand. (It works best if this happens at the same time each day.)
• Rest your sore feet in the cool water after a walk or run. 
• Open your window at night so you can hear the water flowing.
• Tell your neighbor to open their window too.
• Invite a graduating senior to take their senior pictures near your waterfall or pond.
• Hang a bird feeder near your pond.  Create a list to see how many different birds visit your pond.
• Put lights in the pond.  Stay up and watch who visits the pond in the evening. (Racoons and cats visited ours.)
• Take photos of your pond.  Have them framed. Donate the pictures to a silent auction or bring them to a senior residence or nursing home to help decorate the walls.
• Use photos of your pond to create puzzles.  Give the puzzles to someone who is sick or shut in.​

Author

by Becky Chudek, lead horticulturist for Minnesota Waterscapes