Decorating Ideas, Styles And Designs For Water Gardens...Minimalist City Water Garden
There are a lot of methods you can use to find creative, decorating ideas, styles and designs for your water garden and I am going to show you some methods in this article. I am going to cover designs such as minimalist city water garden, willow pattern water garden, Japanese water garden and many more.
A Minimalist city water garden...
This water garden design is quiet smart and crisp. The clean water garden style has white walls, white furniture and zinc, copper, glass and stainless steel material. A minimalist city water garden has got shallow crystal clear water - which gives life to the grasses, ferns and palms. A minimalist city water garden does not require heavy maintenance because you do not need to mow lawns or cut-back trees. The containers need to be polished from time to time but generally a the garden looks clean all the time.
There are 3 design options for this garden style. You can have a waterfall type design which will need a large pump to power the waterfall. The second type involves sinking a pond in the ground thereby diverting attention to the surrounding plant designs. The third option which is my personal favorite is having a rill or canal ending in a cascade onto pebbles. This design is very eye catching indeed.
Design components for the minimalist city water design
The components used to create this design are based on geometrical shapes like rectangles, cylinders - angles and very smooth surfaces. A good friend of mine once said to me "this is an all-or-nothing style - either go for everything or select a different style..."
How do you know this decorating idea for your water garden is what you want?
"This design looks wonderful...but is it right for my garden?". This garden design is perfect if you do not have children and pets. Its meant for adult pleasure, reading and relaxing. The minimalist city garden style will never remain neat if children and pets invade it. Keep dustbins, brown earthenware flower pots and desk chairs from this wonderful tidy garden.
It is possible to have this design in the countryside as well. You can have it in a high walled area...
How to create a minimalist city water garden
- Draw up a sketch of the design - then make a detailed diagram taking into consideration the house, boundaries, structures and large trees. Drains also need to be noted.
- Get rid of all unwanted plants - give them to your friends if you do not want to destroy them.
- All side walls need to be rendered
- Build the pond
- Fit a pump which has a basic fountain spray
- Paint the walls white and pastel
- Wasted boulders need to be carefully arranged
- Get some white containers such as glass, cubes, metal boxes and cylinders
Care and maintenance
A minimalist water garden needs to be cleaned at all times. Remove any litter lying around and do not live tools in the garden. All dead leaves and damp mould need to be removed at the start and end of every season.
The water condition depends entirely on the pump and the filter system. These two mechanisms need to be removed at regular intervals to clean all the mobile parts. Plants need to be irrigated regularly and checked for any signs of pest attacks and diseases. All the furniture in the water garden needs to be kept in a dry place during the winter months.
Below are the water garden styles that you can use...