if youo for natural wild life pond then provided it has the correct oxegating plants it will look after itself and you wont need pumps/filters etc. you wil get frogs, newts and other things but it not really meant for fish. Ive just built one - or dug one i should day. You can buy liners but I did it the old fashioned way with a hole the size i wanted - a layer of old carpet to protect from roots, a layer of sand then a covering with the thick black plactic sheeting for ponds. make sure that the black plastic is protected from teh sun at teh top of the pond ( where there is no water) as it will go hard.
at the moment you can be planting out seeds for flowers or buy them already started,.
Planters look good but do need a regular watering. you can buy specail water absorbant crysltals which you mix in with the compost as you plant. If there is nothing really in the garden its a great time to plan it out - the mistake I made when I bulit my house was that i didnt have the time to plan mine properly so I am not going back to do the job better. I did not have enough ever geren foilage as in the cold & wet scottish winter the garden can looka bit miserable without seasonal plants.
happy gardening ( dancing really put a hold on it for me)
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