The vogue for statues and fountains of contemporary rather than classical figures extended through the end of the century. In 1599 Cioli went to Carrara to obtain the marbles for four statues and matching fountains: two dwarfs (a Morgante and a Mar-gutte) and two peasants (a digger and a vintager). As the sculptor died before the year was over, and he could complete the fountain; the figures were continued from his models by his nephew Simone Cioli, and the fountains were fin…
Mother Nature’s Housing Crisis
There is a serious housing crisis going on across the planet. You have the ability to help change this situation. Your garden needs bird houses! Advancing human development is leading to shrinking wildlife habitat and is creating a housing crisis for native and migrating birds across the country. More and more birdhouses are needed to enhance and aid wild birds in the continuing need for homes. Even tiny gardens can support several birdhouses for a variety of nesting birds. W…
Water Features Can Transform Your Backyard
Do you find your backyard less than breathtaking? Consider adding a water feature for a dramatic landscape.
Fountains – The Ultimate Garden Experience
There’s nothing that creates that soothing, calming “garden oasis” and sanctuary-feeling than garden water fountains. Here you’ll find inspiration, available types and styles, and ideas to help you choose the best garden fountain for your home.
Transform You Home With An Indoor Water Fountain
Few accessories can transform your home as magically as indoor fountains. Not only do they create a mobile work of art in your home but they also pleasure your senses with the sound of running water and infuse your atmosphere with energizing negative ions.
Water Fountains as a gateway for relaxation
Looks into how water fountains can increase your relaxation at home.
The Fountains of Bellagio : A Little Piece of Europe
The heart of the Strip, in Las Vegas is home to one of the America’s most ambitious and striking water features; the Fountains of the Bellagio Hotel. With perpetual motion and nightly water shows accompanied by lights and music, the Fountains of Bellagio entertain and charm its visitors into coming back for more. The fountains offer an extremely modernized version of the traditional light and water shows in Europe.
Feng Shui: Water And The Cycle Of Life
The spiritual connection to the physical world is about harnessing the positive energy that surrounds us through the ancient Chinese art of placement, arrangement and connectivity known as Feng shui (pronounced fung schwee). Feng shui literally means wind and water in Chinese. The connective flux or the constant state of change between all five elementsfire, earth, water, wood, and metalurges us to be in balance and in harmony with nature. There is no greater pathway of…
Orchards in English Pleasure Gardens
The orchard in the Middle Ages was practically indistinguishable from the garden or pleasure garden. The orchard in those days contained, besides a variety of fruit trees, herbs for medicinal and culinary purposes and a few flowers, also fountains, seats, and the other architectural features of the pleasure garden.
Plants in English Tudor Gardens
The intermingling of ornamental with useful plants continued to be common in Tudor gardens. As an innovation, Andrew Borde recommended that there be two divisions separated by a broad-hedged alley.
Pleasure Gardens in the Age of Queen Elizabeth
The fruitful age of Queen Elizabeth brought both the planning and the planting of the loveliest English gardens very nearly to perfection. When the other arts of the Renaissance had reached their maturity and were on the verge of decline, garden making began to develop rapidly.
Sprucing Up Your Garden With Solar
Fountains are a popular addition to most landscaped yards. Solar fountains give you the benefit of traditional fountains without running up your electrical bill every month.