Make a Splash With a Garden Fountain

Garden Fountain

There's a reason most spas incorporate garden fountains into their decor: The sound of moving water is calming and promotes tranquility. Adding a garden fountain to your home's exterior can help to create a sanctuary where you can relax at the end of the day, while beautifying your landscape, cutting down on noise pollution, attracting wildlife, and discouraging pests. Splashing water attracts birds and other wildlife, from herons to raccoons, while cutting back on the proliferation of mosquitoes, who prefer still water. Meanwhile, if installed in a pond, a garden fountain encourages the flow of oxygen, which is good for fish and other pond life.

A garden fountain can come in any size or shape, from a small tabletop variety to a hanging wall fountain or a large sculpture that takes up a prominent section of your patio or pond. The beauty of a fountain is that you can make one yourself in a couple of hours, with nothing but a piece of pottery you like, a pump, internal housing, and a few rocks. Solar-powered varieties are also available, which are not only more energy efficient, as they draw all their power from the day's sunshine, but they are also more convenient and attractive because they don't use electrical cords.