 Articles tagged: garden fountains
<< previous page 1 next page>> written by Rudy Silva
Add excitement to your home by having a garden fountain. Garden fountains can add soothing running water in your backyard. You can choose a single or tier level water fountain. Get one that is made of fiberglass. You can get one made from real or artificial stone. Before you buy one, read this article to get some buying tips. written by Rahul Rungta
There are grand, traditional fountains out there but many modern water fountains are lightweight and multipurpose. This article from Serenity Health reviews the options. written by Rahul Rungta
What’s a fountain pump’s “head?” How do you know what kind of pump works on your garden fountain? Fountain experts at Serenity Health have provided the following rough guide to outdoor fountain pumps. written by Rahul Rungta
Using their extensive experience in the field, the staff at fountain retailer Serenity Health offers decor advice to anyone interested in adding a wall water fountain to their home or office interiors. written by Rahul Rungta
If you live up north, snow’s starting to blow, so thoughts of springtime may be furthest from your mind. If you own a garden fountain, however, now may be the time to think of the steps you’ll go though to set it back up once the weather is right. written by Linda Cain
Article on the Ideal Gardening Gifts for the Bird Watcher. written by Denny Soinski
Making or purchasing decor for your garden will help counterbalance the many negative events in the daily news. Not only this, but garden accents will help gardeners create meaning, wonder, and inspiration in their lives as they decorate their gardens in a way that is in concert with their deepest thoughts, feelings, and aspirations. written by Sue Quaranto
The use of water fountains can be traced back to the days of ancient Egypt, where diagrams of these manmade cascading springs were drawn upon the tomb walls of only the most prestigious Egyptians. written by Robert Erickson
English gardens had degenerated into meaningless repetitions of French and Dutch fashions by the end of the seventeenth century. written by Robert Erickson
Above all, the pleasure garden was intended for the diversion of the chatelaine. As early as 1250 we learn from a contemporary record that Henry III, to gratify Eleanor of Provence, ordered his bailiff at Woodstock "to make round about the garden of our Queen two walls good and high with fountains so that no one can enter, with a well-ordered herbary befitting her position, near our garden pond, where the said Queen may roam about freely." written by Robert Erickson
The Crusades had a marked effect in developing the gardens of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. In the peaceful intervals of their stay in the Holy Land, Crusaders were often kindly received by their adversaries and given many opportunities to study Oriental luxuries and add them to their bare homes in England. written by Robert Erickson
The Anglo-Saxon ways of living were greatly altered by the advent of the Normans in the latter half of the eleventh century. In architecture, as well as horticulture, the Normans excelled the Anglo-Saxons at the time of the Conquest. But, until the Normans had subdued the entire country, home life was an impossibility, and there was no occasion for domestic architecture or decoration. written by Robert Erickson
The Cistercians, following in the footsteps of the Benedictines, did much to further the progress of horticulture and decorative gardens on the continent and in England. Their monasteries, lush with flowing water from large fountains and dramatic statuary, stood in contrast to those gardens as conspicuously bare of decoration as those of the Benedictines. written by Robert Erickson
Alexander Neckam, an Augustinian monk living in the twelfth century, is the earliest English writer on fountains, statuary, and gardens. In his De Naturis Rerum, he describes the herbs, trees, and flowers growing in a noble garden, flanked by flowing water from statuary fountains. written by Robert Erickson
Garden Sculpture & Fountains added much to the decorative effect of the Roman garden. Carved balustrades, benches, tables, bas-reliefs, and statuary were considered the most important part of many gardens, and were beautifully designed. written by Matt Iselin
Wall fountains are also known as single face or façade fountains. It is not possible to ascribe the invention of wall fountains to an individual. << previous page 1 next page>> |
מאמרים 
Free Articles