Large Garden Water Features Really Make An Impact

If you have a large yard or garden, an outdoor space at your office or business that you wish to make inviting, or a large patio, make sure your decorative elements and stylistic flourishes match the size of the space. Otherwise captivating and interesting objets d’art will be dwarfed by the size of the space if you’re not careful— diminishing their impact and making them seem as though they aren’t fully integrated with the space. Just as you would never place a small, unmounted postcard in the center of a large, bare wall, it’s important that focal pieces placed out of doors have the same relationship with their surroundings as they do in interior design.

Large garden water features are an ideal focal point for this kind of significantly sized space because they arrest multiple senses. Since they’re obviously large, beautiful objects, their size and construction is enough to draw initial interest. Have you ever been in a waiting room or some other place and found yourself watching television just because it happened to be on? Research has shown that the human gaze is instinctively drawn to things that move. The water cascading down and through the garden water features, then bubbling out again is irresistible to the eye, and the calming, instinctively reassuring sound of running water puts people at ease.

If you’re thinking about large garden water features in an open or relatively public space, you can also use your fountain for good: if it’s in a place where customers will be around it, or employees will take their lunch breaks, add a small sign stating that any coins tossed in to the fountain will be donated to charity. Everyone loves making a wish as they throw a penny into a fountain, and it encourages reflection and calm thoughts. Additionally, your employees, customers or clients will be impressed by the thoughtfulness of your decision to encourage charity donation, which will foster goodwill between you and them. Plus it’s just a good thing to do!

As you can see, there are a wide variety of reasons that large garden water features are the perfect focal point for any large, outdoor area that requires additional visual interest. Larger fountains also engage multiple senses, as people take in the motion of the water, the sound of its circulation and the smell of fresh water permeates the air. It can also be a force for good in your business or organization, and a simple tradition can be a powerful form of charity.

Polly Godwin has been an expert on outdoor water fountains since 1998 and is the owner of DesignerFountains.com, a company specializing in the highest quality garden water features.