Ponds Manufactured from New Rubber/Plastic Composite More Durable and Resistant to Wear

Algreen Products Inc., a lawn and gardening company situated in Ontario, Canada, has introduced a new line of flexible preformed pond kits which can fold up and fit inside a box. They have revolutionized the pond industry by becoming the first manufacturer to utilize a novel blend of rubber, nylon, and plastic in their flexible ponds; this unique material makes the ponds extremely durable, resistant to breakage and wear, and easy to unfold.

Traditionally, liner kits have presented many difficulties for the beginner pond gardener. Since every liner pond shape is different, pond gardeners must customize their own pond, ensure that it is level, and ensure that it does not have excessive wrinkling. On the other hand, preformed ponds are large shells, which are extremely burdensome and difficult to transport.

A flexible preformed pond is easy to transport and install. The flexible preformed shell already has a pre-defined shape, and is easily transportable, since a typical folding kit comes in a box that can fit inside a car truck (I.e. it is one-sixth the size of a regular preformed kit). Thus, installation involves merely unloading the kit from the car trunk, removing the pond from the kit, unfolding it, digging a hole, and inserting the pond shell into the hole.

One common complaint of customers in the past has been that flexible pond shells have been difficult to unfold. To address this problem, as of January 2006, Algreen Products has introduced a new line of flexible preformed pond kits which are manufactured from a novel blend of rubber, nylon, and plastic. Using the new rubber-based composite, Algreen’s ponds are now extremely easy to unfold. Because of the flexibility offered by the rubber component, which is supplemented by the stiffness offered by the plastic component, the ponds are also many times more resistant to breakage and wear.

Algreen is currently incorporating the proprietary composite material into their line of folding pond shells and streamlets. The new pond shells and streamlets are being introduced in a black colour, and are currently available from http://www.buypond.com (http://www.gardensupermart.com/buypond/c229211.2.html). Later in 2006, Algreen plans to release a granite line of folding pond kits, manufactured from this new material.

For more information about Algreen's new flexible preformed pond kits, please go to http://www.gardensupermart.com/tips/rubber_folding.asp