How much looking after will a small pond need?

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I'm so excited we're having a garden make-over! A local firm have done some lovely drawings and quoted a reasonable price.

They haven't included a pond (because I didn't ask them to) but I would really like one. I've read they should be in a garden to encourage wildlife. I don't want fish, just a small pond which after time might attract a frog or something. DH is reluctant because he thinks maintaining it will be a lot of work. Will it?

We have a snall pond (1msquare ish). We don't do much with it other than tidy up the plants a couple if times a year. I love watching the frogs & tadpoles.

Make sure you have a cover on if you've got kids though.

hmmm, if you are in London, please pm me with who they are....

Pond is some maintenance if you have fish. Otherwise, I suspect not. (ours have fish)

Three neighbours have tiny ponds. One in a barrel, the other two in flowerbeds one of which is raised. Hardly any work, I'd say.

A tiny bit of clearing weed. Lots of gazing at frogs and news.

A bit of weeping over the goldfish that didn't like the frost.

And engaged rage at the now neighbourhood heron that perches on our shed.

Newts. No-one knows how they got there.