A Small Garden Space? You Can Own a Water Fountain too!
A Small Garden Space? You Can Own a Water Fountain too! Since water makes a reflection, small spaces will appear larger. Dark materials increase the reflective properties of a fountain or water feature. If your purpose is to highlight your new feature at night, underwater lights in various colors and shapes will do the trick. Eco-lights fueled by sunlight can be used during the day whereas you can use lights to jazz up your backyard at night. The comforting effect created by these is oftentimes used in nature techniques to alleviate anxiety and stress. Your backyard vegetation is a fantastic place to blend in your water feature. Turn your water feature such as a pond, artificial river, or fountain to become the central piece of your backyard. Small verandas or large gardens is the perfect place to install a water feature. The right accessories and the best location for it are worthwhile if you want to enhance the atmosphere.
Where did Large Garden Fountains Begin?
Where did Large Garden Fountains Begin? A fountain, an incredible piece of engineering, not only supplies drinking water as it pours into a basin, it can also propel water high into the air for an extraordinary effect.
Pure functionality was the original purpose of fountains. Cities, towns and villages made use of nearby aqueducts or springs to provide them with potable water as well as water where they could bathe or wash. Up until the 19th century, fountains had to be more elevated and closer to a water source, such as aqueducts and reservoirs, in order to benefit from gravity which fed the fountains. Acting as an element of adornment and celebration, fountains also supplied clean, fresh drinking water. Roman fountains usually depicted images of animals or heroes made of metal or stone masks. To replicate the gardens of paradise, Muslim and Moorish garden planners of the Middle Ages added fountains to their designs. King Louis XIV of France wanted to illustrate his superiority over nature by including fountains in the Gardens of Versailles. The Romans of the 17th and 18th centuries manufactured baroque decorative fountains to exalt the Popes who commissioned them as well as to mark the spot where the restored Roman aqueducts entered the city.
Since indoor plumbing became the standard of the day for clean, drinking water, by the end of the 19th century urban fountains were no longer needed for this purpose and they became purely decorative. Fountains using mechanical pumps instead of gravity helped fountains to deliver recycled water into living spaces as well as create special water effects.
Contemporary fountains are used to adorn community spaces, honor individuals or events, and enhance recreational and entertainment events.