Water in Garden Design

Water Features

Grow your own fruit and vegetables

Water features are a popular element of modern garden design.  They comes in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, and can even be purchased as a circulating unit so they require very little construction. Read more »

Posted 12/8/2008


Fountains

Apartment Gardening

Fountains are often found in very grand, formal gardens, but they can also form an important part of the design of small courtyard garden designs and urban garden schemes.  Wall mounted fountains do not take up a lot of space, but can be a useful way to disguise the sound of traffic or noisy neighbours!  Read more »

Posted 24/9/2008




Ponds

Plants for your garden

There are two main types of pond in garden design, formal ponds and natural ponds.  Formal ponds are usually designed to a geometric shape. They can be designed to provide a reflective mirror like surface, or to contain a fountain or water feature.  Read more »

Posted 9/9/2008




Irrigation

Plants for your garden

When planting a garden, you always want to plant as much of your scheme as possible so that it can tap into the water table.  This reduces the need to put in a costly irrigation scheme.  Where it is neccessary to irrigate, the main choice between leaky, porous pipe and pop up irrigation.  Read more »

Posted 9/9/2008