Water Features for Small Spaces

The Artisan Garden Tour de Yorkshire celebrates the rugged country lanes and urban sophistication of Yorkshire and boasts a water feature focal point made from Corian. The water has been dyed black to enhance the sense of depth and drama in the fountain.

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Rooting for the Home Team

The Artisan Garden Tour de Yorkshire featured at the 2014 Chelsea Flower Show celebrates the rugged country lanes and urban sophistication of Yorkshire and boasts a water feature focal point made from Corian. The water has been dyed black to enhance the sense of depth and drama in the fountain.

Photo: Image courtesy of Ben Rollins

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Water Feature

The King of Beasts ornaments this metal fountain in a French-inspired garden.

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Oasis

The The WellChild Garden at the 2014 Chelsea Flower Show features a meadow surrounding a garden oasis defined by this elegant water feature.

In the distance in the M&G Garden is a sandstone wall carved by designer Cleve West with a pattern of tree roots symbolizing the Tree of Life. In the foreground, a fountain features an octagonall shape and a bench for seating and a rill that carries water away from the garden.

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Carved Wall

In the distance in the M&G Garden at the 2014 Chelsea Flower Show is a sandstone wall carved by designer Cleve West with a pattern of tree roots symbolizing the Tree of Life. In the foreground, a fountain features an octagonall shape and a bench for seating and a rill that carries water away from the garden.

Unconventional but elegant architectural touches like this fountain ornamented by a small frog who looks poised to leap into the water show signs of a distinctive, interesting gardener's sensibility at work.

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Inspired Architecture

Unconventional but elegant architectural touches like this fountain ornamented by a small frog who looks poised to leap into the water show signs of a distinctive, interesting gardener's sensibility at work.

A variety of aquatic plants add visual interest and texture to this Charleston garden fountain.

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Tranquil Pond

This brick pond in Charleston, South Carolina, creates the ideal setting for relaxation and tranquility.

"Paintings a lot of trouble and it's very cerebral" says Dr. Price Cameron, who executed all of the intricate trompe l'oeil painting in his Charleston garden. Evidence of Cameron's painterly skill can also be seen in the cast concrete lion's head that he has painted to give the look of terra cotta.

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Wall Mounted Water Feature

This wall mounted lion head fountain brings color and eccentricity to this Italian themed garden.

Just 27 years old, the RBC Waterscape Garden designer Hugo Bugg is considered one of the rising young international designers to watch. Following the conclusion of the 2014 Chelsea Show, his garden will be donated to improve an urban stretch of London.

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Young Turk

Just 27 years old, the RBC Waterscape Garden designer Hugo Bugg is considered one of the rising young international designers to watch. Following the conclusion of the 2014 Chelsea Show, his garden will be donated to improve an urban stretch of London.

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Ode to an Urn

Drill a hole in the bottom of a terracotta urn and use it as a decorative water feature.

Photo: Eric Perry

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Galvanized Barrel Fountain and Pond

Create a miniature water garden by standing marginal plants, such as marsh marigolds on stacked bricks within a galvanized barrel pond.

Photo: Image courtesy of Ben Rollins www.thebenrollins.com

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Koi Corral

A small waterfall in Atlanta garden designer David Ellis's koi pond uses the sound of water to add to the restful ambiance of this memorable garden space.

Photo: Image courtesy of Debora Carl Garden Design

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Vertical Water Wall Fountain

An intriguing and eye-catching contrast to traditional ornamental fountains, this vertical water wall encased in a white border stone bed is the centerpiece of this garden walkway.

Photo: Image courtesy of Grace Design Associates

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Stone-on-Stone Water Fountain

Blending into its natural surroundings, this unique rock fountain is ideally situated amid a rustic landscape of pebbles, stones, gravel and flowering plants.

13 Water Features for Small Spaces