A Solar Powered Garden Fountain
A Solar Powered Garden Fountain Do you want to make your personal space just a little more beautiful? Stop looking! Solar water fountains are the perfect solution - they bring elegance to any home and at the same time add financial value to the property. They are the same as electric fountains in that they help with one's overall well-being but they also offer monetary benefits. While you may spend a bit upfront, the savings that you make in the long-run are worth it. Because your fountain will not be fueled by electrical energy, there will be no need to worry about any power shortages.Running water fountains means that your use of electricity will increase and thus your monthly bill. Although short-term expenses might be more substantial than you had predicted, don't forget that your residence is increasing in value.
Higher bills is not the only issue with using more electricity, the environment takes a big hit as well. Solar powered water fountains are fueled directly from the sun thus making them the perfect “green” fountain. Using solar energy to heat or cool your house is much better for our planet.
Less maintenance is a result of adding this kind of fountain. As there is no electrical motor that can get clogged, little cleaning is required. And this means more personal time for you!
Contemporary Garden Decoration: Outdoor Fountains and their Beginnings
Contemporary Garden Decoration: Outdoor Fountains and their Beginnings The incredible architecture of a fountain allows it to provide clean water or shoot water high into air for dramatic effect and it can also serve as an excellent design feature to complement your home.From the beginning, outdoor fountains were simply there to serve as functional elements. People in cities, towns and villages received their drinking water, as well as water to bathe and wash, via aqueducts or springs nearby. Up until the nineteenth, fountains had to be more elevated and closer to a water source, such as aqueducts and reservoirs, in order to benefit from gravity which fed the fountains. Fountains were an excellent source of water, and also served to decorate living areas and celebrate the designer. Bronze or stone masks of animals and heroes were commonly seen on Roman fountains. During the Middle Ages, Muslim and Moorish garden designers included fountains in their designs to re-create the gardens of paradise. To show his prominence over nature, French King Louis XIV included fountains in the Garden of Versailles.
The Romans of the 17th and 18th centuries manufactured baroque decorative fountains to glorify the Popes who commissioned them as well as to mark the location where the restored Roman aqueducts entered the city.
Urban fountains made at the end of the 19th century functioned only as decorative and celebratory ornaments since indoor plumbing provided the essential drinking water. Impressive water effects and recycled water were made possible by replacing the power of gravity with mechanical pumps.
Decorating city parks, honoring people or events and entertaining, are some of the functions of modern-day fountains.