Pond Maintenance and Conservation Update

If you have visited the pond recently, you will have seen our team hard at work carrying out essential seasonal maintenance. Following advice from the Environment Agency, we have completed a comprehensive clean-up of the pond and its surrounding vegetation to protect local wildlife and keep the area safe for everyone.

Over the past few weeks, we focused on clearing back overgrown weeds, trimming the willow tree, and removing excess duckweed from the water’s surface. Left unchecked, thick duckweed blocks sunlight and stops photosynthesis, starving the water of oxygen. This can harm aquatic plants and wildlife, cause foul odours, and hide the water’s edge—creating a serious hazard if a dog or wild animal falls in. By opening up the water and cutting back the willow, we are allowing much more natural light and air to reach the pond.

We are pleased to share that we’ve removed all debris and duckweed from the water. Rather than letting the cut-backs go to waste, we put all the trimmings through our shredder and recycled them as natural mulch to protect our plants from frost over the winter months.

Take a look at the gallery below to see our team in action and the results of the clean-up. Thank you to everyone for your patience and support while we carried out this important work.