The garden fountains They are ornamental elements suitable for those with a very large courtyard and love to keep it cared for and ordered. Having a very large outdoor space is certainly a great advantage, but at the same time a great commitment. In fact, it is not at all easy to maintain a large garden, especially if you are lovers of plants and you have a large quantity.

When you have a very large external surface, a way to make it order and cared for it is the insertion of various ornamental elements, including garden fountains.

In this, as in many other cases there are really many models to choose from, characterized by different materials, shapes and styles that would give your garden a different design in each of the cases listed.

For this reason, you will be that you will have to choose the mood to give to your garden, opting for the most congenial model to your tastes. In the next paragraphs, we will help you in this choice, proposing various different models each with its peculiarities.

Materials and types for garden fountains

First of all, you will have to evaluate which material suits most to the type of garden you have chosen for your property, in fact the garden fountains are built with a vast range of materials, which makes them suitable for any type of garden, let's see together some example:

·       Stone;

·       Marble;

·       Steel;

·       Iron.

As you can see, these are extremely different materials that approach different styles in one way or another. In fact, the style of the fountain that you will buy is not only given by shape or color, even the material plays a fundamental role in design.

Certainly the most popular fountains are marble or stone ones, as they are decidedly more resistant to the weather and are ruined much less than those in steel, but above all to iron ones, subject to rust.

Once the material is chosen, you will have to choose the type of fountain that best suits the spaces you have available, in fact, among the various models on the market, it is possible to identify two main varieties:

·       From the ground; 

·       By wall;

While the former are suitable for very large gardens framing a larger surface, the latter can also be inserted in slightly smaller courtyards, since they do not occupy useful space for the insertion of other elements, such as a table or a garden sofa . Of course, the choice must also be weighted according to the actual dimensions of the fountain, for example, a stone -ground fountain has, generally rather extensive dimensions, which make it perfect for very large gardens, on the contrary a steel cylinder fountain or in Iron, although from the ground it is characterized, in principle from smaller dimensions, thanks to which it also adapts to smaller surfaces.

Style and design for the garden

Now that you have clear ideas regarding the material and type of fountain you need, you will have to think about the style you want to give to your garden. Currently, for example, the Zen gardens are very popular. A calm and relaxing atmosphere represents a truly suggestive mood.

If you have enough space available, to give this type of courtyard design you could choose a stone fountain on several floors, the classic fountain that is located in the meditation areas of the large gardens of the Buddhist monks. Of course we are not talking about fountains of that dimensions, it would be unthinkable to face such an expense just to put a fountain in the garden, we refer to products made on that model but decidedly smaller. The Zen style is not the only one that a garden fountain can accentuate, in recent years many fountains have been designed with a modern design or, on the contrary, suitable for vintage -style gardens.