There may be a point when you’re making an attempt to landscape your yard that you run into a brick wall as far as creativity goes. Perhaps there’s an area of your property that wishes something, but you can’t decide what, for example. These are times when it’s good to stop and step back and have a look at what others have created that may stimulate your own creative energies. In designing a water feature for your yard, you should research differing kinds of water gardens that have been developed over the years to find elements that you can update and work into your own design. One of the searches you can do to find inspiration is to look at photos of some of the lovely Italian water gardens, some of which have brightened the landscape for hundreds of years.
One of the most famous water gardens is Longwood which was created in Pennsylvania by Pierre du Pont, a man who actually liked to design with water. Naturally, you aren’t going to try to copy his garden in your own yard, unless you have lots of additional space, because Longwood covers 1,050 acres, but you can find ideas while looking into the various elements that were incorporated into Longwood. Have a look at the employment of fountains, sculptures, and topiary which turned this normal lawn into a showplace. You can take note of the lavish use of flowers to create carpets of color and see how they were woven into the general design of the property. On the Longwood website you can view pictures of layout and find ideas for such features as a children’s water garden and awood garden of native plants.
Spend a while having a look at the photograph of the Italian water garden at Thanksgiving Point on line . Although you likely can’t build anything this elaborate, you can still get an idea about what a chain reaction fountain can be and the utilization of generous arrays of flowers surrounding it. Another example of a sunken Italian water garden is Higham garden, an especially formal, meticulously maintained garden with sternly clipped hedges and stone walkways.
Any time your creative energies stop flowing while you’re building a water feature in your own back yard, you can turn to net resources to get the ideas rolling again. Though these old Italian water gardens are much more formal and lavish than what we need for personal water gardens at our homes, they can still provide us with the inspiration we want to keep ourselves excited about the project.
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