A constant muse of artists, sculptors and gardeners alike, water has long played an important role in gardens. An essential life-giving source for crops and blooms, over centuries it has become a design tool for individual expression, style and status. From the cool and serene courts of Granada’s Alhambra Garden and the exuberant fountains of the Palace of Versailles to the majestic Grand Cascade at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, water can be manipulated in spectacular fashion. Today, in both town and country gardens, water continues to captivate designers and homeowners alike with its aesthetic possibilities.
WATER FEATURES FOR THE COUNTRY GARDEN
Often generous in scale and enveloped by glorious untamed landscape, a country garden is the perfect setting for spectacular water features. Large pools, ponds and lakes look impressive, but also help embed a garden within its surroundings. Acting as a giant mirror, the reflective water concentrates
