16 Waco-area backyard ponds open in tour
From staff reports
The Peterson pond features goldfish and koi, along with lilies and other aquatic plants.
The Heart of Texas Water Garden and Pond Society will sponsor a tour of 16 backyard ponds this weekend, including a Saturday night viewing of some illuminated ponds.
The tour Saturday and Sunday is self-guided, allowing people to choose which locations to visit and when.
Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday for all the ponds. Some ponds are viewable from 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday.
Tour tickets have driving directions, with a picture and brief description of each pond.
Tickets cost $5 per person with children under 6 free. The tickets are good for all locations on both days of the tour.
Profits from ticket sales will be donated to the Cameron Park Zoo.
The pond built by Harv and Georgia Peterson in their backyard will be among 16 open to the public during this weekend’s pond and water garden tour.
Harv Peterson photo
Tickets are for sale at the following Waco locations: Bonnie’s Greenhouse, (254) 799-7909, 5198 Orchard Lane; Cameron Park Zoo Gift Shop, (254) 750-8400, 1701 North 4th St.; Landscape Supply, (254) 753-7900, 1900 W. Loop 340; North Waco Tropical Fish, (254) 754-2718, 1521 North 15th St.; Skate World, (254) 772-0042, 401 Towne Oaks Drive; and Wild Birds Unlimited (254) 741-9630, 1507 Wooded Acres.
Members of the Heart of Texas Water Garden and Pond Society share an interest in the care and feeding of fish, water plants, and the beauty of the water garden.
Fore more information, e-mail uffdaharv@hot.rr.com.
MORE IN LAWNS & GARDENS »
Tips from Master Gardeners
- Garden Q&A: Vegetables, garden drainage, fertilizing lawn
- Garden Q&A: Gardens, perennials, trees and more
- Garden Q&A: Hard for trees to recover when roots grow into limestone
- Garden Q&A: Grubs, begonias, Cypress trees and weedy lawns
- Garden Q&A: Dying pansies may be result of pill bugs
- Garden Q&A: Fruit trees need deep watering to be revived
- Garden Q&A: No escaping need for water
- Garden Q&A: Don't worry about bark loss on crape myrtles
- Garden Q&A: Weed control will help fight stickers
- Garden Q&A: Holly leaves will drop if over watered
- Garden Q&A: Yellow leaves mean blight
- Garden Q&A: Finding grubs normal as spring starts
- Garden Q&A: Exotic plants can have it rough
- Garden Q&A: Wrapping palms not enough when cold spells last too long
- Garden Q&A: Should trees be planted in high or low land?
- Garden Q&A: Is goat manure safe?
- Garden Q&A: Careful when trimming near crape myrtles
- Garden Q&A: Careful when prepping roots for planting
- Garden Q&A: Why didn't amaryllis bloom?
- Garden Q&A: When pansies are wilting
- Garden Q&A: Trimming crape myrtles won't hurt growth
- Garden Q&A: Christmas cactus is tricky to water
- Garden Q&A: Don't fertilize plants during winter months
- Garden Q&A: Box elder bugs little more than a nuisance
- Garden Q&A: Now is the time to give lawn a winter feeding
- Garden Q&A: Scaly flakes on stems bugging area gardeners
- Garden Q&A: Fall's first frost
- Garden Q&A: Fungal disease afflicts tree
- Garden Q&A: Cotton root rot strikes
- Garden Q&A: Mushrooms ugly but harmless
- Garden Q&A: Grassbur headache in lawn
- Garden Q&A: Crape myrtle seed pods
- Garden Q&A: Problems with new sod
- Garden Q & A: Crape myrtles and aphids
- Garden Q&A: Trees for Central Texas
- Garden Q&A: Burning does not control viruses
- Garden Q&A: Dig a few inches to check water needs
- Garden Q&A: Season for cinch bugs
- Garden Q&A: Crape myrtles blooming beautifully
- Garden Q&A: Nursing caladiums through summer
- Garden Q&A: Getting rid of perennial vine
- Garden Q&A: Holes in plant leaves
- Garden Q&A: Aphids or mites could cause cedar problems
- Garden Q&A: Lemon, orange trees can grow in containers
- Garden Q&A: Seek tomato plants suited to temperatures
- Garden Q&A: More on tomato plants, pruning, plant sickness and soil tests
- Garden Q&A: Tips to keep tomato plants strong
- Garden Q&A: Clean sand best to level lawn
- Garden Q&A: Fungal disease is difficult to eradicate
- Garden Q&A: Ridding flower beds of poison vines
- Garden Q&A: Pruning live oaks
- Garden Q&A: What can I grow well in the shade?
- Garden Q&A: Did winter kill off date palms?
- Garden Q&A: When is the right time to plant caladiums?
- Garden Q&A: Shrubs, getting rid of dallisgrass and weeds, soil tips
Ask a Master Gardener Help Line
Spring gardening brings many questions, such as when should I fertilize my lawn, or which are the best vegetables for Waco? Get answers to these and other questions by calling the Ask a Master Gardener Help Line at 254-757-5180, 1-4 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.
