Water Features, Ponds & Garden Ornaments

Retailers of water feature kits and supplies for domestic and commercial applications.

In landscape architecture and garden design, a water feature is one or more items from a range of fountains, pools, ponds, cascades, waterfalls, and streams. Few additions to a garden are more spectacular or rewarding than a water garden or water feature. Modern water features are typically self-contained and re-circulatory. This means that they do not require water to be plumbed in but instead the water is recycled from either a pond or a hidden reservoir, known as a sump. The sump can either be contained within the water feature, or buried underground in the case of an outdoor water feature.

An artificial waterfall is a water feature or fountain which imitates a natural waterfall, these can installed either indoors or outdoors. Some of the benefits of waterfalls are considered to be their production of white noise, humidity, negative ions, as well as naturally peaceful feelings engendered among onlookers. Many modern water features are derivations of waterfalls, however on a smaller scale and using less water. These stone water features have a shallow blanket of water flowing over, usually, the front face of the stone.

Many modern water features are able to be used even in periods of water restriction. If you are uncertain about how water restrictions affect water features and ponds, you should contact your local government water authority for advice.