Water gardens do require some extra attention and care when it comes to maintenance especially the Japanese water garden. This is because of the huge water bed that you will need to have in the garden with lots of fishes in it and hence requires a huge amount of time and energy to be spent on them. The Japanese water garden will require a dedicated person exclusively allotted for them to maintain them, else it would become wasted.
You will need to change the water in your watergarden ponds frequently so as it looks fresh always. Adequate water cleaning materials should be used to avoid pests and worms being developed on those water beds. Water gardens also had to be adequately spaced out to avoid congestion and the water should be separated well from the garden by way of putting borders around them.
If you want to make your kids play on the water garden, you can add in sandbox kits to add more fun to your water garden. Thus you can keep your kids occupied there and you can thus relax in the garden. These sandbox kits can be brought from your neighborhood garden stores or convenience stores or even online.