The Grace of Simple Garden Decor: The Water Wall Fountain

The Grace of Simple Garden Decor: The Water Wall Fountain These days you can just put your garden water fountain against a wall since they no longer need to be connected to a pond. Nowadays, you can eliminate digging, difficult installations and cleaning the pond. Since this feature is self-contained, no plumbing work is required. However, water has to be added regularly. Your pond should always have clean water, so be sure to empty the bowl whenever it gets dirty.

Garden wall fountains come in many different materials, but they are usually made of stone and metal. You need to know the look you are shooting for in order to select the best material. Grace Simple Garden Decor: Water Wall Fountain 1682125823576356098.jpg Garden wall fountains come in many models and sizes, therefore ensure that the style you choose to purchase is hand-crafted, simple to hang and lightweight. In addition, be certain to buy a fountain which necessitates minimal maintenance. Generally, most installations are straight forward since the only parts which may require examination are the re-circulating pump and the hanging hardware whereas other kinds of setups can be a bit more difficult. You can relax knowing your garden can be easily enlivened by putting in this type of fountain.

Anglo-Saxon Landscapes at the Time of the Norman Conquest

Anglo-Saxon Landscapes at the Time of the Norman Conquest Anglo-Saxon Landscapes Time Norman Conquest 7885254885778.jpg

Anglo-Saxons experienced incredible adjustments to their day-to-day lives in the latter half of the eleventh century due to the accession of the Normans. Engineering and horticulture were attributes that the Normans excelled in, trumping that of the Anglo-Saxons at the time of the occupation. Nonetheless the Normans had to pacify the entire territory before they could concentrate on home life, domestic architecture, and decoration. Most often constructed upon windy peaks, castles were straightforward structures that enabled their inhabitants to spend time and space to offensive and defensive programs, while monasteries were rambling stone buildings commonly added in only the most fecund, extensive valleys. Tranquil pastimes such as gardening were out of place in these destitute citadels. The early Anglo-Norman style of architecture is exemplified in Berkeley Castle, which is perhaps the most unscathed example we have. The keep is said to date from William the Conqueror's time period. A significant terrace serves as a hindrance to invaders who would attempt to mine the walls of the building. One of these terraces, a charming bowling green, is covered grass and flanked by an old yew hedge trimmed into the form of crude battlements.

"Old School" Fountain Creative Designers

"Old School" Fountain Creative Designers Often serving as architects, sculptors, artists, engineers and cultivated scholars all in one, from the 16th to the later part of the 18th century, fountain designers were multi-talented people, Leonardo da Vinci as a imaginative genius, inventor and scientific expert exemplified this Renaissance master. He systematically recorded his findings in his now celebrated notebooks about his investigations into the forces of nature and the qualities and movement of water. Coupling creativity with hydraulic and landscaping abilities, early Italian fountain engineers modified private villa settings into ingenious water exhibits complete with symbolic meaning and natural beauty. The splendors in Tivoli were created by the humanist Pirro Ligorio, who was celebrated for his skill in archeology, architecture and garden design. Masterminding the extraordinary water marbles, water attributes and water pranks for the various mansions near Florence, some other water feature engineers were well versed in humanistic issues and time-honored scientific texts.

The Source of Modern Garden Water Fountains

The Source of Modern Garden Water Fountains The translation of hundreds of classic Greek texts into Latin was commissioned by the learned Pope Nicholas V who ruled the Church in Rome from 1397 till 1455. Beautifying Rome and making it the worthy capital of the Christian world was at the center of his objectives. In 1453 the Pope instigated the repairing of the Aqua Vergine, an historic Roman aqueduct which had carried clean drinking water into the city from eight miles away. The ancient Roman custom of marking the arrival point of an aqueduct with an imposing celebratory fountain, also known as a mostra, was restored by Nicholas V. The architect Leon Battista Alberti was directed by the Pope to build a wall fountain where we now find the Trevi Fountain. The aqueduct he had reconditioned included modifications and extensions which eventually enabled it to supply water to the Trevi Fountain as well as the renowned baroque fountains in the Piazza del Popolo and the Piazza Navona.