Build a Farm Pond

De Marke Demonstration Farm · Lochem, Netherlands

Two days siting, shaping, and sealing a pond: where it wants to go, how to hold water, and how to bring its edges to life.

Site a pond by reading land and waterShape banks, shelves, and an overflowPlant margins that clean and hold the water

What you'll learn

Choose where a pond will actually hold
Shape and seal a small pond
Establish living, self-cleaning margins

What the land gains

A new farm pond dug and planted
Water storage and wildlife habitat added to the land

The host site

De Marke Demonstration Farm

A 45-hectare regenerative demonstration site

A working demonstration farm showing what regenerative agriculture can do at scale: food forests, edible landscapes, and a campground where visitors learn by walking the fields. There's always a trial, a harvest, or a build underway.

Your teacher

Finn Larsson

Permaculture designer & educator

4.9 · 96 reviews · 14 yrs teaching