The Positive Benefits of installing a garden fountain in Your Living Area

The Positive Benefits of installing a garden fountain in Your Living Area A great way to enhance the appeal of your outdoor living area is to add a wall water feature or an exterior garden fountain to your landscaping or garden design. Historical fountains and water features have sparked the interest of contemporary designers as well as fountain designers. You can also strengthen the connection to the past by including one of these to your home's interior design. Positive Benefits installing garden fountain Living Area 3526286461.jpg

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The water and moisture garden fountains release into the atmosphere draws birds and other creatures, and also balances the ecosystem, all of which contribute to the advantages of having one of these beautiful water features. Flying, irritating insects, for instance, are scared away by the birds congregating around the fountain or birdbath.

The area necessary for a cascading or spouting fountain is substantial, so a wall fountain is the ideal size for a small yard. Two options to pick from include either a freestanding type with an even back set against a fence or wall in your garden, or a wall-mounted, self-contained type which is suspended on a wall. Adding a fountain to an existent wall requires that you include a fountain mask as well as a basin at the base to gather the water. Since the plumbing and masonry work is extensive to complete this type of job, you should employ a professional to do it rather than attempt to do it alone.

The History of Landscape Fountains

The History of Landscape Fountains Pope Nicholas V, himself a learned man, reigned the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 to 1455 during which time he commissioned many translations of old classical Greek documents into Latin. He undertook the beautification of Rome to make it into the worthy capital of the Christian world. Restoration of the Acqua Vergine, a ruined Roman aqueduct which had transported clean drinking water into the city from eight miles away, began in 1453 at the bidding of the Pope. A mostra, a monumental commemorative fountain built by ancient Romans to mark the point of entry of an aqueduct, was a tradition which was restored by Nicholas V. The architect Leon Battista Alberti was directed by the Pope to construct a wall fountain where we now find the Trevi Fountain. The Trevi Fountain as well as the well-known baroque fountains found in the Piazza del Popolo and the Piazza Navona were eventually supplied with water from the modified aqueduct he had reconstructed.