| Garden-fountains are provocative. They
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| | and plants placed at random around the
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| can be as noisy as a cascading waterfall
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| | edge of a garden-fountain make a
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| or as serene as a water lily sitting on
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| | naturalistic coping for gardens that have
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| its surface. It might be a playfully
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| | a woodsy, informal look. Bricks or
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| bubbling garden-fountain or a mysterious
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| | fieldstones laid in a pattern give a more
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| black pool reflecting the silver moon.
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| | formal effect.
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| Its moods are elusive as it ripples,
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| | Some people keep their small pools simple
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| rushes, gurgles, splashes, drips, leaps,
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| | and unadorned. Others add motion with a
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| babbles, trickles, roars or simply lies
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| | small jet garden-fountain placed on the
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| still and quiet.
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| | bottom to spurt water into the air
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| Some admirers think water is as
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| | anywhere from a few inches to many feet.
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| compelling as fire and a lot easier to
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| | A small "bubbler fountain" might take the
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| control. Water can be introduced into the
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| | form of a lead water lily with a hidden
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| garden in a variety of ways, ranging from
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| | jet that bubbles the water over the leaf
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| simple birdbaths and small fishponds to
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| | and into the basin or pool. Water lilies,
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| lavish garden-fountains and ambitious
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| | some powerfully scented, others with huge
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| manmade waterfalls.
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| | fanciful leaves, add floral interest.
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| Getting Started Planning a Stunning
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| | Fish add color and keep the water clean,
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| Garden-Fountain
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| | while statues and underwater lights
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| The quickest way to introduce the
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| | increase the pool's beauty.
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| garden-fountain into the landscape is to
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| | Installing a rock garden with a small
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| set out a simple concrete birdbath. This
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| | garden fountain and waterfall or perhaps
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| immediately brings a bit of reflection to
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| | a small, trickling stream is a huge
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| the landscape, and it adds action and
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| | project. The most common mistake is to
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| life as birds begin splashing and
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| | try to set the waterfall in the middle of
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| flickering around their newly found
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| | a flat lawn. The result usually looks
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| source of fresh water. This is especially
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| | like a guard tower at the local prison. A
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| so during dry periods, when birds are
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| | two foot gradual slope is a much more
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| desperately looking for a drink. A small
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| | natural solution. To get some unique
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| pump may be added to create the
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| | waterfall design ideas visit
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| garden-fountain effect. For more ideas on
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| | It is also difficult to get a man-made
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| garden-fountains visit
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| | stream to look natural. Rocks that create
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| The next step up might be a small,
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| | rivulets and hide any necessary pumps
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| wall-hung fountain of manmade materials
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| | must be strategically but naturally
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| that mimic lead or stone, or the real
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| | placed, a tough balance to find and
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| thing at a considerably higher price.
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| | difficult to change once the heavy rocks
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| These might take the form of a lion's
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| | are placed. In some instances contractors
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| head or a gargoyle that spouts water out
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| | have to bring in rocks by crane.
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| of its mouth into a basin below.
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| | Different Designs of Water Pools and
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| Small Pools Offer Charm as a
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| | Garden-Fountains
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| Garden-Fountain
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| | The design of any water feature should
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| At some point, almost every gardener
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| | echo the general theme of the garden.
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| hankers for a small garden-fountain pool.
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| | Gardens with a Spanish or Middle Eastern
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| There are several ways to go. Those with
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| | look lend themselves to a long, straight
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| a limited budget or very small space can
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| | tile-lined channel of water a few inches
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| try a half whiskey barrel. Fill it with
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| | deep that ends in a small fountain jet or
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| water and add one small water lily, one
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| | a piece of statuary. Informal gardens
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| small bog plant, a bunch of submerged
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| | call for naturalistic features, such as
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| grasses to help keep the algae down so
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| | an irregularly shaped pool in the middle
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| the water will remain clear, and a pair
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| | of a fern glade or a water bog for plants
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| of fantail fish to keep the water moving
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| | that thrive in wetlands. Formal gardens
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| and free of insects. A garden fountain
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| | look best with lead or concrete
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| can be installed to the pool for added
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| | garden-fountains and symmetrical pools.
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| drama.
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| | Japanese gardens are a natural setting
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| Ideally a garden-fountain should be
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| | for streams, reflecting pools, small
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| situated in the sun. Shade tends to lead
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| | lakes (depending on the size of the
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| to moss and algae on stone, cement, and
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| | property) and "dry water" features such
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| bricks, and nearby trees drop their
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| | as "streams" of river rocks or gravel
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| leaves into the pond every fall. Rocks
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| | raked in patterns to simulate waves.
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