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Yay! The fountain is in!

February 2, 2011 By Christiane Holmquist

(Cont’d from http://www.cholmquistgardens.com/2010/12/not-your-everyday-fountain/  )

 cor-ten steel fountain What excitement when the fountain was delivered, after a few weeks of anticipation and faith that the fabricator would “get it” this time.  It’s all we had imagined:  Gracefully curving, it echoes the lines of the house and is of a material that complements its modern character: Cor-ten steel that is formulated to rust naturally and to provide a garden sculpture that works well in this landscape.  Water gently flows over all sides and disappears in the gravel bed underneath (that hides a sub-terranean reservoir from where it is pumped up again). 

This low-volume, water-conserving feature provides constant entertainment as the homeowner sees it from her kitchen window, and will be even more attractive to the grandchildren that can step up closely and play with the water (anticipating this we placed a sitting area next to it.)cor-ten steel water feature in modernistic landscape design

Nothing of these few words reveal of course some “hick-ups” that the landscape contractor had to overcome first (and that are not un-usual in the landscape field):  Tweak the water flow so it sheets evenly over the edges; wait a few days until the water started to clear up after the first rapid rusting which left the water murky.  Now the water is almost clear, and in a month or so it should have completely cleared up.

It’s almost perfect:  Just wait and see it when all the plants are “in” and also the (low voltage) landscape lights that will illuminate it at night; I think it will be beautiful.

cor-ten steel fountain left to rust naturally

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Christiane, your design is beautiful. Viewers love the design and color. Thank you so much for all your support while the project was being developed. It would have been more stressful for me had you not held my hand regularly.

Rachel Michel

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