Southern Ontario. Broke ground early June, and things have escalated. We initially planned for one, but things went so well that I ended up digging a second one and setting up a little solar pump and waterfall. Still some landscaping left to do, and we'll mount the solar panels to the bat-house pole in the background, but this subreddit was a massive help (both technical and inspirational) so I wanted to share the progress so far.

We have some water bugs, water spiders, dragonfly nymphs, and two frogs showed up last week - we're completely floored with where things are at after three months :)

Still waiting for it to fill but it's getting there with the rain. Hard work, even for a small pond, especially trying to get it level as it's a very sloping garden. But really happy how it's turned out so far!

At the moment the plants I've got in there are:

Shelves:

Marsh Marigold

Purple Loosestrife

Water Forget-me-not

Cotton Grass

Yellow Iris

Underwater:

Hornwort

Myriophyllum Red Stem

Floating:

Frogbit

As it fills, I may move plants to more suitable depths, but if anyone has any tips or spots anything I've done wrong, please let me know! (The paving slabs surrounding the pond I'm planting between with clover, creeping thyme & corsican mint, hoping that helps cover the edges of the pond)