Your Garden: An Ideal Place for a Wall Fountain
Your Garden: An Ideal Place for a Wall Fountain The area outside your home can be polished up by adding a wall or a garden fountain to your landscaping or garden project. A myriad of current designers and fountain artisans have found ideas in the fountains and water features of the past. As such, integrating one of these to your interior is a great way to connect it to the past.
In addition to the wonderful attributes of garden fountains, they also generate water and moisture which goes into the air, thereby, attracting birds as well as other creatures and harmonizing the environment. For example, birds attracted by a fountain or birdbath can be helpful because they fend off bothersome flying insects. Wall fountains are a good alternative if your yard is small because they do not require much space in contrast to a spouting or cascading fountain. There are two types of fountains to pick from including the freestanding model with a flat back and an attached basin set up against a fence or a wall in your yard, or the wall-mounted, self-contained version which is suspended directly on a wall. Both a fountain mask located on the existing wall as well as a basin located at the bottom to collect the water are equired if you wish to add a fountain. Be sure to work with a professional for this type of job since it is better not to do it yourself due to the intricate plumbing and masonry work needed.
The Outcome of the Norman Conquest on Anglo Saxon Gardens
The Outcome of the Norman Conquest on Anglo Saxon Gardens The introduction of the Normans in the second half of the 11th century irreparably transformed The Anglo-Saxon lifestyle. At the time of the conquest, the Normans surpassed the Anglo-Saxons in building design and cultivation. But yet there was no time for home life, domestic architecture, and adornment until the Normans had conquered the whole realm. Monasteries and castles served different purposes, so while monasteries were large stone structures built in only the most fruitful, wide dales, castles were set upon blustery knolls where the occupants focused on learning offensive and defensive tactics. Gardening, a peaceful occupation, was unfeasible in these unproductive fortifications. The early Anglo-Norman style of architecture is portrayed in Berkeley Castle, which is most likely the most untouched sample we have. It is said that the keep was introduced during William the Conqueror's time. As a method of deterring assailants from tunneling underneath the walls, an immense terrace encompasses the building.
One of these terraces, a charming bowling green, is covered grass and flanked by an old yew hedge trimmed into the figure of crude battlements.