Yorkshire and North East: Ellicar pools visit

Natural Swimming Pools, a whole new world!

Dive into the world of natural swimming pools! Learn about their benefits, design features, construction techniques, and insights into living pools, wildlife ponds, and more.

Come along to connect with industry experts to elevate your landscaping projects. Learn how they create from concept to reality whilst taking in the stunning setting. If you are feeling brave in the moment, why not even enjoy a swim at the end of the day?

Having won four BALI Awards including a Special and Principal award in 2022, join Ellicar’s natural pool experts Will & Sarah Murch for an unmissable taster day.

On the day

• 12:00pm: Arrive, Coffee
• 12:15: Presentations on Natural Swimming Pools: Benefits function, biological filtration, design considerations and construction methods, planting, maintenance, client expectations, costs Additionally: Living Pools, Wildlife Ponds, Biological Filtration of water features
• 1:30: Lunch and opportunity to explore the gardens
• 2:30: Practical sessions at Ellicar’s own award-winning Natural Pool – looking at the layout, design, planting, in and around the water, maintenance equipment demonstration
• 3:15: Afternoon tea by the pool and opportunity to swim – Please bring warm clothes and a towel

About Ellicar

Ellicar is an award-winning Accredited Contractor specialising in natural pools. The team are renowned for designing and installing some of the world's most beautiful natural swimming pools surrounded by biodiverse, naturalistic gardens.

"We've been creating natural pools, wildlife ponds and gardens for over 20 years, and it all started with our own award-winning pool in our family gardens, Ellicar Gardens."

- Sarah Murch, Landscape Designer & Natural Pool Specialist

Whether a natural swimming pool, wildlife pond or garden, they are designed to suit individual lifestyles, blend with the surrounding landscape, and complement architecture.

Designing biodynamically, and constructing as sustainably as possible, they work with nature to create natural swimming pools, ponds and surrounding gardens that enrich their clients’ lives, increase biodiversity and improve the planet.

Ellicar has a talented design team that creates effortlessly natural-looking pools and gardens from concept plans and 3D visuals.

Every member of their established team is handpicked for their engineering expertise, technical skills, plant and specialist water knowledge and love of wild swimming. Being industry-renowned BIOTOP biological filtration experts, their clients enjoy wild swimming in sparkling clear, chemical-free water all year round.