- 1). Decide on the location for your waterfall. Since you're building a small waterfall, the location isn't too restricted. However, since you will be digging up soil, it's important to call your local utility company to find out where any underground wires or gas lines are located.
- 2). Outline the desired shape of your garden pond or basin using a garden hose. Create a basin that is at least 2 feet wide. This is to ensure that it will hold enough water for your waterfall to work properly. Use spray paint to mark the perimeters of your basin.
- 3). Dig up the basin with a shovel. The depth of the basin should be roughly 2 feet deep so it will have the capacity to hold at least 10 gallons of water, which is really not a lot for a waterfall.
- 4). Lay down 2 inches of sand on the basin floor. The sand will help keep any twigs or rocks from puncturing the basin liner.
- 5). Place the pond or basin liner into the dug-out pond. Smooth out any wrinkles or creases, and pull up the edges so that they rest just outside the basin. Secure the edges with landscaping rocks.
- 6). Dig out a smaller section just outside of the basin, at least 1 foot wide and 3 feet long. The depth of this section needs to be only an inch or two. Place the pond pump into this section and connect one flexible water line tube to the pump. Lay the tube down horizontally, but positioned upward.
- 7). Place the pond filter into the basin and connect the other water line tube to the filter, and then from the filter to the pump.
- 8). Place landscaping rocks into the dug-out section, from one end to the other. Hide the flexible water line tube with some of the rocks, creating a natural appearance. Be sure that two or three of the landscaping rocks slightly overhang the basin. This is where the water will fall from.
- 9). Turn on the pond filter, prime the pump, and adjust any rocks necessary for the water to fall the way you want it to.
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