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New garden water feature

image of garden water featureI have installed a new water feature in the garden at the back in the raised bed. Paula and I visted the Ideal Home Exhibition in March where they had several fantastic stainless steel water features outside the show houses. On enquirey it turned out that each was custom made and costs started at £7,000. Nice but meant giving up food for a few years!

Then we came across a stand that did all sorts of twee garden lights but had stunning tubular water features. Three four inch diameter tubes with water cascading down the sides - and at a vey good price (no where near the custom price!!) - we had to have one! I coughed up the dosh and waited five weeks for delivery and I installed the feature last Sunday.

The kit comprised of a normal black bubble pool that you will find in all garden centres these days but with 4 short tubes welded together in the middle. Into these go the three stainless tubes, the centre short tube is for spacing, one four foor, one three foot and the last two foot.

In the pool is a pump - unfortunatly the company had forgotten to pack some of the hose and valves required but a quick trip to Woodcote Green Nurseries Garden Centre and I had all the components needed. I then wired it up and spent a good hour with the long spirit level and short words getting the three tubes perfectly upright. I then filled the pool with water and spent the next half hour re-adjusting the tubes to get the flow right! (More swearing is mandatory!)

I then covered the base with the rounded rocks we had purchased from Woodcote to finish it off and it looks stunning!

I had always envisaged a water feature in this part of the garden but could never imagin how good the tubes look - it sets off so well with the curves and modernism of the garden. Perfect! We had feiends around tonight, with coupious wine, and they all admired the feature (what else can you call it - feature sounds so stupid!!).

They also do a stainless steel deer scarer - I am tempted!

Update!

Update!

We have had quite a few enquiries about our fab water feature and people have been missing my posted comment with the details of where we obtained the feature from so I will repeat it here:

Farmers Cottage Lamps Ltd.
The Blacksmith Shop, Castle Lane, Maxstoke, Coleshill, Birmingham, B46 2RA
01675 464705

www.farmerscottagelamps.co.uk

Posted by Simon at May 26, 2003 7:40 AM

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Comments

1 June 24, 2003 10:22 AM Pandora Anand

Hello,
have spent some time trying to find interesting water features and came across your site. Would it be possible to send me the name and address of the supplier for the 'feature' you have installed. I would like to check out what they have and whether I can afford it. Don't need help with the swearing bit - golf has taught me that already
thanks for your time
regards
Pandora

2 June 29, 2003 10:10 AM Simon

Farmers Cottage Lamps Ltd
The Blacksmith Shop, Castle Lane, Maxstoke, Coleshill, Birmingham, B46 2RA
01675 464705

http://www.farmerscottagelamps.co.uk/

3 July 8, 2003 5:48 AM Bill Dove

Interested in Steel water feature. Am in Manchester. Cant read your page... type too small. Please email details esp if you deliver.
Thanks
Bill Dove

4 August 15, 2003 9:28 AM Gill Boyd

Interesting features. Please forward contact address for leaflet.
Thanks.

5 August 24, 2003 9:13 AM Maggers

Thank you so much for menioning this on your site. I too was a the ideal home show, but being a little more carefull with my dosh I didn't part with my money, instead, a few months of looking and i still had not seen anything like the ones i had seen at the show, i couldn't remember the name of the company that supplied them, couldn't locate them in the show guide and had fruitless searches with "stainless steel" on the internet until i found your page. How much did you pay by the way?

6 August 29, 2003 4:16 AM Maggers

Simon

Thanks for the info you gave me, we ordered the water feature today and are eagerly anticipating its arrival. It was £385 (maybe they have put up the price) but they said it should arrive next week to my work place which I was pleased about.

I can't believe I have just spent best part of £400 on a "water feature"!! I must be crazy!

Thanks again for helping me track down this illusive company

7 September 26, 2003 11:47 AM JT

What size pump do you use to operate the water feature. Does it come with the kit.

8 October 11, 2003 6:28 AM manustain

My self and a pal make these stainless water features to any design so if you looking for a cheap device email us a design. We work from home so the overhead price would not be involved
Only happy to answer all queastins
taa manu

9 October 13, 2003 9:18 AM manustain

Sorry did not supply email address
stain_us@hotmail.com
Thanks again Manu

10 September 15, 2004 7:10 AM David Reist

Hello,
I have been reading your issues on water gardening and have been enjoying it. I own and installed my own pond and also work at a business that deals only with water gardens big and small. We install, service, design, maintain all types of water features and have been doing it all for many years. We sell all the best supplies used for todays pond hobbiest. We just opened up our store online at www.hilltopwatergardens.com and I was hoping that you could link us to your blog or mention us.

Thank You,
Hill Top Water Gardens

11 September 16, 2004 1:27 AM Simon Cox

Unfortunatly Hilltop don't deliver outside the USA. Not much good for me then!