Landscape Elegance: Garden Water fountains

Stone and metal are most common elements employed to make garden wall fountains even though they can be manufactured from other materials as well. The most suitable material for your water feature depends completely on the style you choose. It is important to purchase hand-crafted, light garden wall fountains which are also simple to put up. The water feature you choose must be easy to maintain as well. Even though installing certain fountains can be hard, the majority require little work because the only parts which demand special care are the re-circulating pump and the hardware to hang them. Little effort is needed to liven up your garden with these types of water features.

Contemporary Garden Decoration: Fountains and their Beginnings

From the onset, outdoor fountains were soley there to serve as functional elements. Water fountains were connected to a spring or aqueduct to supply potable water as well as bathing water for cities, townships and villages. Until the late nineteenth, century most water fountains functioned using gravity to allow water to flow or jet into the air, therefore, they needed a supply of water such as a reservoir or aqueduct located higher than the fountain. Artists thought of fountains as amazing additions to a living space, however, the fountains also served to supply clean water and honor the artist responsible for creating it. Animals or heroes made of bronze or stone masks were often times utilized by Romans to decorate their fountains. During the Middle Ages, Muslim and Moorish garden planners incorporated fountains to create smaller variations of the gardens of paradise. Fountains enjoyed a significant role in the Gardens of Versailles, all part of French King Louis XIV’s desire to exert his power over nature. The Popes of the 17th and 18th centuries were extolled with baroque style fountains made to mark the place of entry of Roman aqueducts.

Urban fountains made at the end of the 19th century functioned only as decorative and celebratory adornments since indoor plumbing provided the essential drinking water. Gravity was replaced by mechanical pumps in order to permit fountains to bring in clean water and allow for amazing water displays.

Contemporary fountains are used to embellish community spaces, honor individuals or events, and enhance recreational and entertainment events.