Garden with luxury swimming pond

How natural is swimming in your own garden?
For this client, one thing was certain: a swimming pond as the main part of the new garden. On the spacious plot, there was plenty of room for that. But how do you let the water flow into the beautiful nature of the Veluwe that surrounds the garden? How do you combine such natural decor with seating and a Jacuzzi, and how do you keep clean lines from taking over?

Preparation
A swimming pond should really suit you. It is not a pool, but a pond. A pond requires different maintenance. We briefed the customer extensively and discussed, for example, power consumption, the desire for heating or no heating, and the presence or absence of fish.

Design
You can filter a swimming pond with plants, pump and filter systems or a combination of both. We told the client the differences in construction and maintenance. The choice was natural filtration via plants, supported by pumps for circulation. In the design, we had a selection of aquatic plants reflected in a separate section (zone) to filter the pond’s swimming water.

Construction
Rome was not built in a day either. Realizing a swimming pond takes time. In addition to earth moving and applying complex techniques, creating the right water balance is something that requires attention. We kept our client well informed during the construction process. We managed expectations, but prefer to call that catching up.

The result
From the wooden decking, the swimming pond is the liquid extension of the garden to the Veluwe nature. A natural connection combining swimming in your own garden with the view of deer drinking from the pond via the shallow outlet. A beautiful spectacle!

This garden was realized by Esselink Hoveniers.