• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
DIY & Crafts
  • Home
  • Repurpose
  • Crafts
    • Cricut
    • Kids
    • Paper
    • Winter
  • Holidays
    • Valentine's Day
    • Easter
    • Halloween
    • Christmas
  • Fashion
    • Sewing
    • Beauty
    • Hairstyles
  • Gifts
    • Baby Shower
    • Father's Day
    • Mother's Day
  • Homemade
  • Home
    • Furniture Makeovers
    • Lifehacks
    • Decorating
    • Organization
    • Parenting
    • Gardening
    • Health
  • Food
    • Recipes
  • Knitting & Crocheting
menu icon
go to homepage
  • Decor
  • Repurpose
  • Paper
  • Crafts
  • Kids
  • Cricut
  • Fall
  • Fashion
  • Father's Day
  • Baby Shower
  • Food
  • Beauty
  • Recipes
  • Furniture Makeovers
  • Gifts
  • Hairstyles
  • Health
  • Holidays
  • Christmas
  • Easter
  • Halloween
  • Home
  • Gardening
  • Parenting
  • Homemade
  • Kids Crafts
  • Knitting & Crocheting
  • Lifehacks
  • Mother's Day
  • Organization
  • Party
  • Sewing
  • Spring
  • Upcycling
  • Valentine's Day
  • Videos
  • Wedding
  • Winter
  • Woodworking
search icon
Homepage link
  • Decor
  • Repurpose
  • Paper
  • Crafts
  • Kids
  • Cricut
  • Fall
  • Fashion
  • Father's Day
  • Baby Shower
  • Food
  • Beauty
  • Recipes
  • Furniture Makeovers
  • Gifts
  • Hairstyles
  • Health
  • Holidays
  • Christmas
  • Easter
  • Halloween
  • Home
  • Gardening
  • Parenting
  • Homemade
  • Kids Crafts
  • Knitting & Crocheting
  • Lifehacks
  • Mother's Day
  • Organization
  • Party
  • Sewing
  • Spring
  • Upcycling
  • Valentine's Day
  • Videos
  • Wedding
  • Winter
  • Woodworking
×

Home » Home

How Make An All-Natural Swimming Pond (Magical Outdoor DIY)

Modified: Jan 17, 2023 by Angela Davis · This post may contain affiliate links · 15 Comments

Instead of a regular old swimming pool, how’d you like to have a large natural pool that looks like a pond, complete with plant and animal life?

swimming ponds

You get to enjoy that lovely bond with nature as if you were out in a jungle somewhere, when you’re actually in your very own back yard (and you don’t have to worry about what dangers lurk beneath).

Jump to:
  • DIY Swimming Pond Video:

I’ve seen a lot of posts and shows lately about people getting companies to transform pools into gorgeous ponds like these, but here you can learn how to make this natural transformation yourself… and save a lot of money doing so.

DIY Swimming Pond Video:


Video by David's Natural Swimming Pools.

Apart from the breathtaking visual impact and the serene sense of nature, this type of pool has a lot of other benefits:

  • A pool in 2 parts: the deeper swimming zone, and the shallower surrounding plant zone
  • No chlorine or other chemicals in the water – the plants and animals filter and oxygenate the water naturally, thus keeping it clean and clear
  • A solar-powered circulation system (this should also keep the mosquitoes at bay)
  • An animal-friendly pool filter built from scrap materials

The brainchild behind this project, David Butler, has a DVD for sale on Amazon: Natural Swimming Pools: A Guide to Designing & Building Your Own. This guide will take you through the steps so that you, too, can enjoy such a marvelous natural swimming experience.

Similar Project:  50 Photos of the Netherland's Biggest Gardens - 7 Million Blooms

If you like the idea but need it on a much, much smaller scale, then go for this stunning pond garden feature that’s actually made from old tires.

More Home

  • Household Plants to Avoid if You Have Cats
    8 Household Plants to Avoid if You Have Cats
  • tin can windsock hanging on tree
    Colorful Upcycled Tin Can Wind Sock Decoration
  • white planter with a green cactus candle on top being held
    Painted Pinecone and Upcycled Tin Can Planter
  • denim pocket garland hanging in front of bookshelf
    DIY Denim Garland Using Upcycled Blue Jeans Pockets
172.8K shares

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 12,165 other subscribers

Reader Interactions

Comments

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

  1. Judith Foster

    July 30, 2015 at 3:33 am

    looks like a neat idea.

    Reply
    • Judith Foster

      July 30, 2015 at 3:34 am

      It is 10:35 p.m. central time here.

      Reply
  2. Marci Strode

    July 30, 2015 at 9:50 pm

    Looks absolutely gorgeous, but not sure if it would pass muster with our building codes for "pools"; of course if you just called it a pond, you could maybe skate--they'd never know the "fish" were human. Did you run into any issues with this?

    Reply
  3. Diana

    July 30, 2015 at 10:27 pm

    Me and hubby are planning on building one this year. These at really cool and seem to be getting more popular.

    Reply
  4. طراحی سایت

    March 12, 2016 at 4:18 pm

    good idea , i like that

    Reply
  5. Laura

    September 14, 2016 at 10:06 pm

    When the pool is natural, has it to be cold?

    Reply
  6. Debbie atkinson

    April 23, 2018 at 3:10 am

    Have you got any ideas for transforming existing pools without of liner.

    Reply
  7. Caro

    February 21, 2019 at 2:24 pm

    Great idea if you want to swim in “swamp” like conditions that attract snakes, bugs, mosquitos if water is allowed to get stagnant and alligators if you live in the Gulf Coast region! No thank you!

    Reply
    • Chris

      April 30, 2019 at 8:50 pm

      The water is specifically not allowed to become stagnant. It may attract wildlife, however, but no more that a typical lake. Around here (Seattle) lakes are great for swimming.

      Reply
    • Smartypants

      May 25, 2019 at 1:44 pm

      The alligators will leave if you feed them on your neighbors property ?

      Reply
    • Erin stevenson

      July 26, 2019 at 2:37 pm

      Like my mama always said.... if you don’t have something nice to say, say nothing at all. Do your research before you speak.

      Reply
  8. Char

    June 16, 2019 at 10:04 pm

    I love this idea and am planning one myself! So beautiful

    Reply
  9. Katie

    June 17, 2019 at 5:22 am

    I am hoping that we can do this. It looks like so much fun

    Reply
  10. Valerie Metzger

    February 09, 2023 at 9:30 pm

    I have been planning on doing this exact thing. I have a large, mostly deep pond that will receive a lot of runoff down the property. I would like to have koi and lots of plants, with a sandy beach. I have a lot of rock around the property. What is the suitable for putting in the bottom that won't cost a fortune?

    Reply
    • Jo Dick

      March 22, 2023 at 1:36 am

      We have the same type of pond. Wondering how to transform from pond to pool.

      Reply

Primary Sidebar

DIY n Crafts Avatar

Hi, I'm Leah! I started DIYnCrafts long ago to spread crafts and happiness. Currently, we have thousands of easy crafts and tutorials, making us the biggest crafty site on the internet.

More about the team → and me

Recent:

  • love sign made of matches
    Framed Love Sign Made of Matches
  • purple and white heart shaped box on table by coffee mug
    DIY Heart-Shaped Gift Box from Upcycled Plastic Bottle
  • woman in pink holding red paper butterfly
    Simple DIY Paper Butterfly Kids Craft
  • gold jewelry stand on black table with jewelry on top of stand
    Upcycled Plate Earring and Jewelry Holder

Pages:

  • About Us
  • Be Featured
  • Contact Us
  • Email and Push Notification Subscriber Settings.
  • Privacy Policy

Categories

Footer

↑ back to top

About

  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us

Contact

  • Contact

As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Copyright © 2022 DIYnCrafts LLC.

172.8K shares
  • 15.9K