Deep water plants may be placed on the bottom of the pond. To acclimatise the fish place the plastic bag containing the fish into the pond and wait 15 -20 minutes before releasing them. The pots were planted with large white bougainvilleas. When planting make sure the plants are at the same depth in the soil that they were in the pot. After planting the entire garden was mulched with pine bark fines to a depth of 50mm.
Plants are readily available at nurseries.
Most other materials are available from large hardware stores, landscape suppliers or garden centres. The vibrating plate compacter and most of the other tools required are available for hire. Reconstituted sandstone pots and benches are available from most large nurseries and garden ornament specialists.