Thursday, July 2, 2009

A fountain for everyone.






How often it is that a garden, beautiful though it be, will seem sad and dreary and lacking in one of its most gracious features, if it has no water. - Pierre Husson


"No matter how dreary the weather may be, how wet our world is we see, just remember the benefits it is to that tree....." ~Me~

Oh, the benefits of water, Where do I begin?

Water has been manipulated for centuries by the Chaldean's of ancient Babylon, the Roman Empire and many more. Every culture throughout the earths lifetime has highly valued water for its power, its sustenance and its grace. In ancient Babylon, King Nebuchadnezzar II built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon not only to show the beauty of the surrounding trees and plants contained therein, but to show the power and beauty of water used throughout the entire garden. Even today water is manipulated and moved throughout many gardens, fountains and displays throughout the world. My favorite water features are all in the gardens of the Villa d'Este Tivoli ,Italy, called "The Oval Fountain" "The Hundred Fountains" and "The Organ Fountain." The sheer awe and brilliance of these marvelous features truly envelopes what a water feature should be.
"The Oval Fountain"
"The Hundred Fountains"

"The Organ Fountain"

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