UK Water Features Blog

This weekend saw the end of Tatton Park Flower Show which runs each year for the last week in July. Many gardens at the show incorporated water features. Envirolink North West’s Futureproof garden features a simple 100cm square galvanised grid placed on top of a pre-built raised bed. Inside the pool a water feature pump has been placed, we would suggest using a Libel 900 Water Feature & Fountain Pump to create the bubbling effect seen in the photos. Several larger peb...

The use of natural slate garden features over the years has been somewhat over looked and you may find it a little hard to find much information on slate water features and their origin. Slate is commonly used in many well known items such as roof slate. In fact one of the most common uses of slate is in some unique designed water features. Many of the water features that are made from natura...

Today sees the day where we launch our largest giveaway yet. Join us on Facebook to enter this months fantastic prize giveaway. Over the past few months we have had some brilliant competitions run through our Official Facebook page and our Twitter page where some lucky winners have walked away with some simply beautiful prizes. One of our most popular water features, the 50cm Stainless Steel Sphere was up for grabs last month for the lucky winner. This month we are...

We wanted to show you how easy it is to install one of our self-contained water features. It seemed to make sense to install our best seller from Kelkay; the Friendship Fountain looks fantastic in both the traditional an...

When it comes to high quality craftmanship, many people turn to the specialists known as Haddonstone. Now if you are unaware of who or what Haddonstone is then you may find these short paragraphs very interesting.Haddonstone was established in 1971 to produce high quality decorative cast stonework. At first they had a small range of just seven cast stone designs to offer during the first year of business. Over the...

Kelkay is one of the most respected names in the garden features market, and when they announced the launch of the Kelkay Easy Fountain many suppliers across the UK were extremely eager to get on board. With everyone now a days having such a busy and hectic schedule, we tend not to have that much spare time to sit down on the weekends and build a water feature from either scratch or from some lengthy instruction man...

We are all familiar with the more commercialized barbecues such as gas and charcoal but have we even heard of a masonry bbq and the overall benefits of owning one? A masonry bbq is a striking feature that can basically be added to any garden.Buschbeck Read More

Having a water feature in your garden can create a relaxing and tranquil atmosphere where you can sit and enjoy your lovely garden. If you are one of those hands on people, who prefer to get the satisfaction of starting from scratch on a project to achieve a sense of accomplishment with the outcome then creating your own water feature is actually not that tough.The concept of flowing water...

If you are looking to add a little extra to your garden or patio area this summer then why not add some beautiful decorative garden aggregates to a flower bed or at the base of a garden water feature. These simple additions really do add so much to a small space. Simply enhancing the base of water feature for example with some decorative chippings or garden pebbles add to the overall look of the feature an...

So you have noticed something green in your pond or water feature, expanding to the sides, and maybe even a discolouring of the water. What is it? It is a common underwater plant species called algae. Contrary to beliefs, algae is beneficial to ponds, as it provides a food source for fish. However, algae poses several problems, too. One thing is for sure though, algae is not the prettiest of things to look at and in many cases most people tend to reduce...