Moving water provides exciting effects and creates a tranquil atmosphere. A fountain, tumbling stream, or waterfall all provides the tinkling sound of moving water. Water-garden centers, television gardening programmers and specialist water-garden books, provide inspirational ideas on ways to use moving seater bore novel ideas include vertical falls of water which stream down light-reflecting backdrops, and slow-drip bamboo pipes, as well as the meter traditional tumbling streams and gullies. 'You will need CO install a pump for moving seater features.
There are innovative fountain heads using almost any shape or material through which a pipe can be threaded, as well as specially produced animals, heads, figures, shells and flowers Fountains These are the simplest moving-water structures to he and usually suit a formal area or formal pond best. A fountain can be an independent feature of single or multi-storey bowls where water falls from a head at the top to ever-larger dishes set one below the other. In this case no extra work is needed except to site the Fountain and set sup the electricity required to power it and recirculate the water. A fountain added to a garden pond can be positioned centrally in the pond or placed at the edge. Bear in mind that it will look most effective if it is in scale with the pond. A large ornament and wide-spreading jet of water will look incongruous in a small pond and vice versa.
According to the head you choose, water from a fountain can appear has a wide number of shapes from a single spout to multi-tiered sprays, whirls, bells, fishtails and geysers. Fountain kits are available which include a fountain jet, a flow adjuster to alter the speed of the water, and a submersible pump. The pump should be positioned on to form a wigwam with the cane tied together.
A series of interlocking ponds creates a stunning water feature. Ponds can go from one side of the garden to the other, provided a safe method of crossing the water is included in the design.
Ornamental timber bridges are the traditional method used but flatter concrete or timber walkways on a level with the pond edges, or stepping stones of slabs, provide a less obvious route.
