Your Garden: A Great Spot for a Garden Fountain
Your Garden: A Great Spot for a Garden Fountain You can perfect your exterior space by including a wall fountain or an outdoor garden water feature to your property or gardening project. Contemporary artists and fountain builders alike use historical fountains and water features to shape their creations. Therefore, in order to connect your home to earlier times, add one these in your decor. Among the many properties of these beautiful garden water features is the water and moisture they release into the air which attracts birds and other wild life as well as helps to balance the ecosystem. For instance, irksome flying insects are usually discouraged by the birds attracted to the fountain or birdbath. Spouting or cascading fountains are not the best alternative for a small backyard since they occupy a great deal of space. Two possibilities to choose from include either a freestanding type with an even back set against a fence or wall in your backyard, or a wall-mounted, self-contained type which hangs on a wall. Adding a fountain to an existent wall requires that you include a fountain mask as well as a basin at the bottom to gather the water. It is best not to undertake this job yourself as professional plumbers and masons are best suited to do this type of work.
The Results of the Norman Invasion on Anglo Saxon Garden Design
The Results of the Norman Invasion on Anglo Saxon Garden Design The Anglo-Saxon way of life was dramatically changed by the arrival of the Normans in the later eleventh century. 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 design, and decoration until the Normans had overcome the whole realm. Because of this, castles were cruder structures than monasteries: Monasteries were usually immense stone buildings set in the biggest and most fecund valleys, while castles were constructed on windy crests where their citizens devoted time and space to projects for offense and defense. The calm method of gardening was unrealistic in these bleak bastions. The early Anglo-Norman style of architecture is represented in Berkeley Castle, which is perhaps the most unscathed illustration we have. It is said that the keep was introduced during William the Conqueror's time. A big terrace meant for walking and as a means to stop attackers from mining under the walls runs about the building. A scenic bowling green, enveloped in grass and surrounded by battlements cut out of an ancient yew hedge, forms one of the terraces.