Jim Hedgecoth

Wall-Fountains Bring Tranquility to a Small Garden

Wall-fountains run the gamut from classical Greek figures and wall mounted gargoyles to sleek modern art forms and spouting frogs and fish. A wall fountain usually spills water through--such as a mask or a decorative plaque--into a basin which hides a sma... Read >

Garden-Fountains Can Be Provocative and Calming

Garden-fountains are provocative. They can be as noisy as a cascading waterfall or as serene as a water lily sitting on its surface. It might be a playfully bubbling garden fountain or a mysterious black pool reflecting the silver moon. Its moods are elus... Read >

Garden Water Fountains and Safety for Kids

Just because you have children or frequent visits from children doesn't mean you can't have a lovely garden pool or a water fountain complete with safety for kids. Consider something like a garden fountain surrounded with stones that has no pooling water ... Read >

The Sounds of Indoor Fountains

Indoor fountains bring beauty, harmony, and serenity to every setting. These small-scale projects make great accent pieces for your living room, den, deck, bedroom, or office. The tranquil sound of the water is sure to create a calm feeling, while the dyn... Read >

Starting a Water Garden With a Fountain

Even if you want a big water garden with a fountain, waterfall, stream, and a variety of fish and plants, make a starter garden first. A small-scale project offers experience you'll find helpful when tackling larger projects later. A starter garden bri... Read >

Where to Find Fountain Making Materials

For those of you with a creative spirit, you may be wondering where you can buy the materials to create a fountain of your very own. Most people do not really know where to begin so the following are a few tips on where you can find common water fountain ... Read >

Water Gardens: Today, Yesterday and Tomorrow

You might have only dreamt you could have a water garden, perhaps with a luminous fountain. Now you can easily have one purchasing some or all of the materials. It takes planning and effort, but the end result will transform your backyard landscape into ... Read >

Fountains of Prague

As in many of the older and more historic parts of Europe, the water fountains that were built were originally used as the main source of drinking as well as bathing. People would come to fill their buckets and take water to their homes or consume the wat... Read >

Pleasures and Uses of Indoor Water Fountains

In today's world life seems to move from zero to sixty on a daily basis. As soon as the alarm sounds in the morning it is as if the shot to begin a race has been fired. From the minute we wake until our heads hit the pillow at the end of the day, most of ... Read >

Fountains and Grounds of Peterhof

Peterhof When a king travels, he'll need somewhere to stay -- somewhere nice. One of the most spectacular vacation homes ever built, Peterhof (also "Peter's Court") is the name that collectively applies to the greater complex of gardens, buildings, ... Read >

Fountains of Tuscany

There were two broad classes of Tuscan water fountains known in the fifteenth century: the freestanding or "isolated" type, designed for the center of a piazza, court, or garden; and the "engaged" or wall fountain, placed against a wall at the end of a sq... Read >