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Sophia Gold Member Offline Posts: 8504	Garden ornaments/decor/waterfalls and scissorhands Aug 8^th, 2020 at 5:37pm Photos taken from various areas and from overseas.
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Sophia Gold Member Offline Posts: 8504	Re: Garden ornaments/decor/waterfalls and scissorhands Reply #1 - Aug 8^th, 2020 at 5:40pm Changi airport (Singapore)
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Jovial Monk Moderator Online Dogs not cats! Posts: 47267 Gender:	Re: Garden ornaments/decor/waterfalls and scissorhands Reply #2 - Aug 8^th, 2020 at 5:44pm That second picture—oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow!
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Sophia Gold Member Offline Posts: 8504	Re: Garden ornaments/decor/waterfalls and scissorhands Reply #3 - Aug 8^th, 2020 at 5:44pm View from a Vineyard restaurant Lush foliage, an old seat and rusty shed
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Sophia Gold Member Offline Posts: 8504	Re: Garden ornaments/decor/waterfalls and scissorhands Reply #4 - Aug 8^th, 2020 at 5:46pm Jovial Monk wrote on Aug 8^th, 2020 at 5:44pm: That second picture—oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow! Is that the very second pic...that was street garden in Shanghai.
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Sophia Gold Member Offline Posts: 8504	Re: Garden ornaments/decor/waterfalls and scissorhands Reply #5 - Aug 8^th, 2020 at 6:01pm Victoria, Canada... 100 year old Butchart Gardens...
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Jovial Monk Moderator Online Dogs not cats! Posts: 47267 Gender:	Re: Garden ornaments/decor/waterfalls and scissorhands Reply #6 - Aug 8^th, 2020 at 6:10pm Water features add SO MUCH to the beauty of a garden! Is why I want a pond connected to a fountain or waterfall.
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Gnads Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 29658 Gender:	Re: Garden ornaments/decor/waterfalls and scissorhands Reply #7 - Aug 9^th, 2020 at 9:18am Tell me why these artificial material water features are so damned expensive? My wife wants one for our pergola area that now has a new epoxy coating on the concrete. Anywhere from $300 to $1500 for a half decent one.
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Jovial Monk Moderator Online Dogs not cats! Posts: 47267 Gender:	Re: Garden ornaments/decor/waterfalls and scissorhands Reply #8 - Aug 9^th, 2020 at 9:28am Algae will grow in the water so you need a good filter to keep it out of your fountain (or whatever) and that likely is the expense. Plus an electric pump working under water.
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Reply #9 - Aug 9^th, 2020 at 9:40am

Water features add so much to a garden or outdoor setting and the sound of a gentle purling of water is relaxing. A practical use of ponds—frost protection for frost tender plants. You can make a pond better with the right plants: water lilies—make sure your fountain does not make the tops of the water lily leaves wet and no current around them—and Louisiana swamp iris can make spectacular flower displays. The iris can escape the pond but who cares, you just see a few more of the flowers. Can use plantings around the ponds to increase the effect.

The play of the sun in the pond during the day, the use of lights above and below water level etc etc all maximise the effect. Some native fish in the pond and any mosquito larvae get gobbled up—and fish can be another whole experience, fun feeding them, movement in the pond etc.

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sherri Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 746 Melbourne, Australia Gender:	Re: Garden ornaments/decor/waterfalls and scissorhands Reply #10 - Aug 9^th, 2020 at 11:12am Fantastic photos, Lols. The sad thing is I can't see any of us being able to travel for a very long time. Even when borders open, travel insurance won't pay out for covid related illness so it will just be too risky. We'll have to travel vicariously through your photos instead.
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Reply #11 - Aug 9^th, 2020 at 5:02pm

You can make plants the highlight—topiary etc, zero interest: all that work and what do you get? A poor copy of a bird or whatever.

Can make trees the highlight AND get fruit from them—a tunnel of fruit trees:

Roses or other flowering climbers can be made quite a highlight—growing over an arbor:

Can make trees the highlight AND get fruit from them—a tunnel of fruit trees:

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Setanta Gold Member Offline \/ Peace man! Posts: 16612 Northern NSW Gender:	Re: Garden ornaments/decor/waterfalls and scissorhands Reply #12 - Aug 9^th, 2020 at 7:59pm Water features are a breeding ground for mosquitoes unless you have fish to eat the larvae.
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Jovial Monk Moderator Online Dogs not cats! Posts: 47267 Gender:	Re: Garden ornaments/decor/waterfalls and scissorhands Reply #13 - Aug 9^th, 2020 at 8:02pm Setanta wrote on Aug 9^th, 2020 at 7:59pm: Water features are a breeding ground for mosquitoes unless you have fish to eat the larvae. That is probably why I said: “Some native fish in the pond and any mosquito larvae get gobbled up”
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Reply #14 - Aug 9^th, 2020 at 8:28pm

Jovial Monk wrote on Aug 9^th, 2020 at 8:02pm:

Setanta wrote on Aug 9^th, 2020 at 7:59pm:

Water features are a breeding ground for mosquitoes unless you have fish to eat the larvae.

That is probably why I said: “Some native fish in the pond and any mosquito larvae get gobbled up”

I didn't read that. My bad. Perhaps too distracted by pics to see all the text between them.

Edit: I'd add that people in more northern climes than Sydney need to learn what Cane Toad eggs and tadpoles look like. Perhaps you would like to post that information.

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