inert perforated metal or plastic tray unique features will include 1 weighted perforated curtains to provide stability on ponds with moderate wind and some wave action 2 a transparent plastic riser to prevent fish from jumping into the gardens and minimizing wave effects with a conventional greenhouse dome possible as an accessory attachment 3 for buoyant pads a below the flotation indent a truncated cone with its base at the bottom of the pad for holding suitable hydrophilic or aquatic bulbs held in place up against the pad indent by an elastic mesh 4 a means for holding seeds or transplants in place and add slow release fertilizer on the floating garden modules using reclaimed home carpeting or using a specially fabricated loft fabric material to wick water up from the water body and sandwich the plant between 2 high pile layers that press enough against the plant to hold it in place particularly when roots fill irregularities in the surface between two fabric layers enough to add stability u2014 while having gentle enough pressure to allow roots and stem to adventure along the face rather than through the media 5 a water surface device with a deep narrow perforated metal or plastic insert or shaped rugged and aquatically inert fabric bag with a rigid collar for holding soil or a soil equivalent suspended well into the water column to increase deep interactive surface area and also allow hydrophytic plant roots to remove nutrient exchanged from the water column to the soil rather than only what they would take up directly from the water 6 an metal or rugged formed molded plastic insert that sits upon and partly encloses a buoyant member of.