Would you like to share your pond with the world?
Most pond content online shows professional builds with big budgets. I want to change that.
If you’ve built a pond — any pond, any size, any budget, any country — I’d love to feature your story on Ozponds to inspire other everyday people who are thinking about doing the same.
Don’t worry about making it perfect. Just word dump. Tell me what you built, how you did it, what went wrong, what you’d do differently and what you love. A few sentences is fine. A massive essay is also fine. Photos and a YouTube video (even unlisted, even filmed on your phone) make it even better — but they’re not required.
Together let’s show the world what DIY pond builders can actually do.
— Kev
NOTE: This button will take you to a google form (this is the easiest way to share photos and videos, email has limits).
If you don’t want to sign into google to share your pond you can just send me an email: kev@ozponds.com
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How I Built My Dream Pond After a Brutal Canadian Winter
By Alex, Toronto, Canada I’ve been a long-time fan of the Ozponds channel, and your videos inspired me to build my own pond. My wife and I moved from a condo into a house in late summer 2025, and by early spring 2026 I was already planning the build. We had a particularly brutal winter…
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From Bare Dirt to Backyard Pond: A DIY Build in North Texas
A couple of years ago, I decided I wanted a pond in my garden. Before I started digging, I spent about a year watching Ozponds videos and learning as much as I could. Then, this past March, I finally got stuck into the build. I’m located in North Texas, USA, and my total budget came…
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From Recycled Rocks to a Thriving Backyard Pond: Dan’s DIY Pond Story
One of the things I enjoy most about running Ozponds is seeing what people create when they take the basic principles and adapt them to their own situation. Dan from Sydney recently shared his pond journey, and I thought it was worth sharing in his own words. How It Started “I have been watching your…
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Alla’s DIY Patio Pond in Interior Alaska
Hi Kev! I’m Alla from Interior Alaska. Thanks so much for sharing your pond knowledge! Before starting this project, I binge-watched most of your pond videos, along with videos from SerpaDesign on YouTube. Both were excellent resources. This is a 150-gallon Rubbermaid stock tank (amazon link) that my husband and I converted into a patio…
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From Dream to Reality: Scott’s Backyard Pond Story
Every now and then someone sends me a pond story that perfectly captures why so many people decide to build a pond in the first place. This one comes from Scott in Maryland, USA. Here’s Scott’s story, lightly edited for readability. A backyard pond was a vague dream before I found Kev’s videos, but they…
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When Spring Turns Your Pond Green: Al’s Experience with a Bog Filter in the UK
A big thank you to Alasdair from Cheshire, England, for sharing his experience after building a bog filter on his 3,200-litre pond. Here’s Al’s story: I’ve been watching Kev’s videos on YouTube for about two years and last spring I finally took the plunge, ripped everything out and built a large bog filter for my…