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Garden Water Fountains

06 Mar

The Corner Fountain

Water Fountains make great additions to the beauty, peace, and serenity of almost any garden. While they tend to be expensive; depending on the materials they’re made out of, they will last for a long, long time.

You can add a fountain to almost any garden and space fairly easily; and there are all kinds to chose from. We have hand picked a few for you to look at here, and you can follow the link below to get more ideas.

Garden Fountains

Bird Element - $475.00

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Creating a Moveable Garden

15 Feb

Every year, like most people, we retend our garden in the front and back yard. It’s the typical set up, edge with beautiful bricks and last years mulch.

This year, I think we are going to try something different. A movable garden. Do you have someone in your family that each year has you dig up last years plants to make room for this years or they simply want you to move it.

Try this instead. Take your plants, pull them up and replant them in decorative pots. There are tons of variations on the market, you’re sure to find one that meets your theme. Instead of removing and relaying mulch, most of which only comes in three colors, try replacing the mulch with stone.

Stones are low maintenance and will not deteriorate or blow away. Then take your pot plants and redecorate the landscape you have created for yourself. If you feel the need to move them from time to time, simply pick up the potted plant and relocate to the new area. Or you can replace the plant completely. It’s low maintenance, beautiful, and very versatile.

To add even more color, you may even want to try solar pots. They are LEDs with a solar panel and are sure to add color to whatever theme you’re going for.

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Nothing like the sound of a Stream~

12 Feb

Stream Landscaping

Stream Landscaping


Well now that winter is here and imprisoning the majority of us indoors for days to months on end, I figured I would do a write up regarding streams.  There is nothing quite like the tranquility of sound of water trickling over rocks.  I think the imagination is the limit in regards to what you can do in ones yard with some stones and some nice greenery.  If you get creative enough one could even use a pump and some clear hose to recycle the water from the bottom to the top ( for those in states that suffer from heavy drought conditions).

Just to give an idea of a man made gentle rolling brook in the yard I have pasted an image of one below.  This one is in So.Cal and just imagine yourself walking outside and relaxing beside this.

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Patio: Water Features

22 Jun

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Water features such as garden ponds and garden fountains are pleasing additions to a landscape design, because it provides a diversion from just plain plants scenes. Nothing can quite transform a landscape like a water feature. It relieves the monotony of the garden features and provides accent that makes the garden or landscape interesting.

Whether it’s a dramatic waterfall or a quiet pond, water works its magic on any garden, providing a focal point and an area that soothes the soul. Moving water provides delightful background music and masks traffic noise.  The soothing sound of water can mask unwanted noise, making even an urban patio a restful retreat.

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Patio Lights

21 Jun

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Patio Lights

Patio lighting can provide the drama in your garden. Not only does it allow you to spend more time outside at night, but it also gives wonderful illumination for the best parts of your garden. Patio lighting can really create some wonderful effects and make your patio nighttime experience even more enjoyable. Just as importantly, patio lighting can make your patio and yard a safer place to be at night.

Lights can be placed in the following areas, choose from among the popular these days:

  • Deck Lighting – Your deck lighting can be a great tool for highlighting and spotlighting any changes in elevations, drop-offs, or deck-edges. In doing so, you create not only a dramatic effect, but a safer deck, as well. You can conceal the light fixtures beneath railings, beneath benches, or on vertical posts.
  • Step Lighting – This type of patio lighting will allow both you and guests to navigate up your steps and through your yard in safety. Place step lighting beneath railings, on vertical posts, or along the steps.
  • Fountain Lighting - Fountain in the patio can still adorn your garden even during nighttime, thanks to modern lighting ideas. There are many great types of patio lighting that will make your fountain even more beautiful at night. You can have underwater lights that really give a dramatic appeal to your fountain. You can also consider colored lights for even more fun. It is also possible to create a mirrored effect on the surface of the water if you light the area behind the reflecting surface of the water.
  • Shadow Lighting – Use this technique to highlight and interesting shapes that you may have in your garden, including branch structure, sculptures, etc. Place your light fixture in front of the item or plant that you want to shadow, and aim it so that the item will cast its shadow on a surface like the wall of your house. The closer the light is to the item you want to shadow, the larger the shadow will be.
  • Silhouette Lighting - Silhouetting is a type of patio lighting that really highlights the shape of an object. To create the silhouette effect, place a light behind the subject, and shine it up against a vertical surface like the wall of your home.

These are just a few types of patio lighting you cam choose from, however in order to decide which type to use at your home, think of which particular subjects you want to spotlight. Think of which subjects will look best as a silhouette or as a shadow. Then consider also which areas need to be illuminated.

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