How Do You Create A Bog Garden?
Bringing a water feature into the garden opens a realm of planting possibilites. Marshy bog gardens work well with water features helping to create a natural setting, but allowing you to grow a wider variety of plants and flowers. Bog gardens are areas of permanently wet soil that are suitable for growing marginal and wetland plants. The are particularly effective in dry areas of the garden when created by using a pond liner, marginal plants, and a water feature to transform a barren area into a mini oasis. Survey the area. A bog garden is simple to create. Use string or a flexible garden hose to map out the area and shape for the garden. Dig the marsh. Shovel out an area about 8-10 inches deep with straight sides and a flat base. Do not slope edges because later the sides will be slick and lead to accidents. Don’t make the area to small as it will dry out quickly, but the area should be no more than 6 feet across at the widest part, so that you can easily reach the plants in the middl
