Fountains can be designed in a variety of ways in the garden pond. Fountains, wide-jet water fans or bubble springs can be created using various pump attachments. Here's a brief overview.
Which pond fountains can I use?
There are different types of fountains for garden ponds such as free fountains, water fans and bubble stones. Fountains are suitable for larger ponds, water fans are ideal for pond edges and air stones create natural accents in the ponds.
The added value of a fountain
Surging water has a deeply rooted positive connotation for people and animals: because a natural spring means life, is a gift from nature. That is why fountains have always played a firmly established role in water garden culture. They imitate natural springs in artificially created bodies of water and stage them as part of the design concept.
Depending on the design concept, different types of fountains are also available for different types of ponds in the private garden. Whether you prefer an elegant, high fountain, a chic water fan or a romantic air stone - specialist retailers offer a variety of pond pump attachments (€8.00 on Amazon) for such water features. Of course, you can also get creative yourself and build your own fountain outlet.
Basically the following types of fountains for garden ponds can be differentiated:
- Free Fountain
- Water Fan
- Bubblestone
Technically, each of these types of fountains is best installed with a pond pump placed at the bottom of the pond and a corresponding attachment.
Free Fountain
A free fountain is particularly suitable for larger ponds. On the one hand, fountains have a very stately character, but on the other hand, the height of the jet of water that shoots up must also be in a balanced relationship to the size of the pond area. Of course, you can also keep the fountain height low by using less pump power. And with less pond water volume, less water is pumped up into the fountain jet anyway. However, the effect of this type of fountain then loses a lot of its stylistic character.
A fountain fits best in a large pond with a well-kept, shape-oriented design concept. The greater the depth of the pond, the deeper below the water surface you can place the outlet nozzle and the more water will be transported upwards on the way out. So you also get a high fountain jet.
By the way, you can get a visually more voluminous water jet using a foam bubble nozzle. In addition, a foam bubbler enriches the pond water with valuable oxygen.
Water Fan
The water fan is a slightly more tranquil fountain variant. It is particularly suitable for pond edges and as a starting marker for a stream running into the pond. The wide water outflow creates a very expansive, artistic image. Many essays are therefore designed in an elegant, architectural style.
Bubblestone
With a bubble stone you can add a romantic, natural accent to your garden pond. By allowing the pumped water to flow directly out of a stone, this variant is most reminiscent of a natural spring. Especially if the stone itself is unprocessed. You can even choose a natural stone yourself and have it drilled by a stonemason.
If you like it quiet and tranquil, but at the same time a little chic, you can also choose air stones in a clear spherical shape and with a color-accurate surface structure. In this variant, a small collecting basin at the top outlet usually ensures that the water flows over the stone in an even film.
