The Affinity Pond Pillar Review

Listening to water is often instantly calming and the affinity pond ensures that I can hear water when sitting in the garden or even in the living room.

We decided to have a patio built in the garden, somewhere nice to sit and relax and watch the children playing.  Lee and I then said having a water feature would be another great touch.  Who doesn’t like the sound of running water?  

Almost as soon as we had finished saying that it was something we would do next year, an invite to review dropped into my emails from Swell. Swell has invited bloggers to encourage their children to learn more about aquatics, ponds and water life. I knew the children would love this and we decided to review an affinity pond. The pond arrived just before our holiday.

Putting Together the Affinity Pond

I won’t lie putting the affinity pond together was a challenge, once or twice we might have even sworn when the kids were not around.

It looks straightforward, you simply line the sides and base up and screw together.

The problem is that once the sides are put together you add the liner and have to screw it in almost blind. You can’t see what you are doing. Lee gave up but thankfully I persevered with the liner whilst he looked at the pump! Once together it is really sturdy and looks impressive.

Getting the pump operational was really quick and easy.  Dylan had become especially keen to get some fish and I am sure this has been heavily influenced by the hands-on approach we have had with nature whilst on holiday.  I wanted some lillies as I always think they look beautiful but I didn’t realise the roots sit on the bottom, therefore they were not practical with the depth of this pond.

Therefore Dylan took control by choosing the fish and now with feeding them.  We also bought the plants to add colour and life to the affinity pond. We really like having the window and back door open so we can hear the water.  This has been a great addition to the garden and I am now one step closer to getting my oasis of calm!  Erin enjoys watching the fish through the pond windows.  I feel this is an especially good pond purchase when you have toddlers as they cannot fall in.  It is a very safe, obviously toddlers still need to be supervised near the pond.

Disclosure: We were gifted the affinity pond for the purpose of the review, the thoughts, opinions and pictures are all my own!

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