Incorporating Fountains in Your Landscaping Design

Water fountains can be stunning and dramatic additions to any yard, garden, or grounds.

Whether your property has a natural pond or you want to create a pond to enhance the beauty of your garden, the beauty of water in motion can enhance and create a sense of serenity, romance, and beauty. However, before you add a fountain to any pond, whether natural or man-made, there are a couple of technical matters you need to consider when selecting the type of fountain you need.

The first thing in which you should consider has to do with aesthetics. There is no right or wrong when dealing with personal taste. However, it is best if the shape, height, and width of the spray from the fountain are balanced harmoniously with its environment. In other words, you do not want the fountain to be too small for the pond that it is not lost within the pond, nor do you want it so big that it over shadows the pond. To help with this, there are several different types of spray heads, which control the height, width, and radius of the fountain spray, changing the looks of the fountain completely.

Spray Head Patterns for Landscaping Fountains:

There are several different types of spray head patterns one such is the three-tiered spray head, which creates a multi-dimensional set of arched water, which almost resembles a flower bloom opening. Three-tiered spray heads are perfect for many large, open ponds, or scaled down to fit a fountain whose dimensions are wide as it is long and tall. For windy locations, you may wish to install a geyser spray head. This produces a narrower jet of water, which rises vertically from the center. This reduces the chance of a person enjoying the area around the fountain getting sprayed when a strong winds blows.

These are just two of the many other types of spray heads available. Each different spray head can produce an arc or arcs of different heights and intensities depending on your desire. In addition, lights can be added to your fountain with lighted spray heads to create the perfectly illumination for nighttime viewing. It may
be more convenient and cheaper to use area lighting, however once you see the beauty of a fountain glowing from underneath and within you may wish to install the fountain lights. Some can even be programmed to change colors to suit the occasion, and ones that are more expensive can be programmed to flash in time with music.

The last yet, most important part of a fountain is the pump. There are two basic types of fountain pumps available, which are clean water pumps and trash pumps. There are an extremely limited number of ponds that are suitable for clean water pumps. Trash pumps, despite their name are the better pumps. These are designed to work with water that can contain debris. They will keep your pond beautiful, cleaner, and last longer than clean water pumps. In short, trash pumps offer more for your money.

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