Build water features for the garden yourself

The calming yet invigorating sound of rippling water, the sunlight that breaks in the small waves and reflects into the surroundings A “bank atmosphere” that creates even the smallest water basin in the garden - you can do all of these things by building small water features on your own property create. You don't need a lot to do this, and it's not particularly difficult either!

Water features are created from a few "ingredients"

1. In suitable vessels of your choice, e.g. B. inexpensive mortar or masonry buckets from the hardware store or slightly larger, round or angular ones Mortar bucket, put a small fountain pump in each case (also in the DIY store or garden center available). If you have a nice, old stone trough, a zinc tub or a metal bucket, this is of course particularly nice. Equally suitable and more “Mediterranean” in effect are larger, empty cans with imprint, e.g. B. of olive oil.
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2. Set up the water features in the same place where they will later remain. Because once filled, they are very difficult to transport.
3. Fill in gravel or grit around the pump so that it stands securely and does not fall over or float. Let the connection cable come out at a point over the edge of the container, which will ideally be "at the back" later on. is covered by decoration.
4. You can position the water outlet opening of the pump so that it is either just below it later located below the surface of the water or protruding beyond it and surrounded by decorative stones and so on is invisible.


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5. Now fill the vessels with water to the desired level. The suction openings of the pumps must of course always be below the water level.
6. Now you can loosely layer pebbles of different sizes and colors in the water so that at the end the upper stones are half below and above the water surface. rise towards the outlet opening and cover it.

The decoration of the "water landscape" comes from the garden

• You can achieve a special effect if you step into the spaces between some of the water features "Scatter" glass marbles or nuggets between the stones, in which the light is particularly beautiful breaks.
• You don't need to “hide” a decorative vessel, of course! However, you can hide a simple or even ugly bucket, for example by opening it. B. "Wrap up" with straw mats, arrange flower tubs and pots around them or place it in the background and the Set up other, more decorative water features in front of it - you will certainly find other solutions when setting up a!
• The end result should be something like a small "water landscape", which consists of different sizes, staggered in height and with flowers and z. B. Roots, tree trunk sections and other things that can be found in your garden, loosened water features.

Finally, connect the pumps and set them in the various vessels in different strengths, so that a harmonious "overall picture" results. Also pay attention to a nice "background noise"! Too much or too loud splashing can be annoying instead of calming!