Where did you buy your large and small stones / rocks for your pond from?

[NettieNat]

I see smallish rocks for sale at garden centres at £5 each! Where can I get small and large rocks from that don't cost a fortune? I'm going to need a lot.

You either buy them or take them from the local river or beach.

Builders merchant usually let you buy them in bulk.

I got some from B&M.

I got a job lot from ebay, from someone getting rid of a pond! I was so happy, filling up my boot with rocks 😂

You can't take stones and rocks from beaches in the UK, it is illegal.

@NettieNat you sometimes see rockery stones on Freecycle or Marketplace, and quite often on Ebay fairly cheap. People are doing a garden makeover and just want to get rid of them.

Just take care with the sort of rock it is though as some types such as limestone are no good in a pond, they make the water too alkaline.

So don’t tell anyone and make sure no one is looking, obviously.

Also while it’s illegal to remove from beaches in the UK it isnt from rivers. They are subject to local rules and regulations.

We bought a small trailer load direct from a local stone quarry.

The skips round our way are usually full of stones. Are you in a stony area?

Fibrous No not in a stony area

I gave a load away on Facebook when I was redoing the garden - they guy collecting them was happy as larry.

Worth looking/asking on local facebook groups.

How many do you need? Builder's merchants would be a better place than garden centres.

We did this too - there must have been an old rockery or something in the past as when I was digging to lay slabs for a shed base there were loads. Offered them for free on Facebook and a chap collected them for his own garden.