{"id":157,"date":"2015-10-18T13:57:28","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T20:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=157"},"modified":"2015-10-15T09:44:51","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T16:44:51","slug":"creating-a-fountain-in-the-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/creating-a-fountain-in-the-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a Fountain in the Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-158 aligncenter\" title=\"fountain\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/fountain.jpg\" alt=\"fountain\" width=\"425\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/fountain.jpg 425w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/fountain-300x249.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Fountain in Oxford Botanic gardens.<\/p>\n<p>One of the best ways to enhance a garden is through the addition of a water feature. Water brings a new element to the garden. In this photo the sunlight has caught the spray from the fountain, lighting up the picture.<\/p>\n<h4>Benefits of Adding Water Feature to garden<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Water helps create interest<\/li>\n<li>Creates a focal point in the garden<\/li>\n<li>Sound is reassuring soothing; it adds an extra element to the garden<\/li>\n<li>Children will love them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Downside of Fountains<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Moving water can damage plants. Water lilies prefer\u00c2\u00a0 still or slow moving water.<\/li>\n<li>There is a cost of running and maintenance of a fountain.<\/li>\n<li>You need to keep an eye on safety<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fountain in Oxford Botanic gardens. One of the best ways to enhance a garden is through the addition of a water feature. Water brings a new element to the garden. In this photo the sunlight has caught the spray from the fountain, lighting up the picture. Benefits of Adding Water Feature to garden Water helps create interest Creates a focal point in the garden Sound is reassuring soothing; it adds an extra element to the garden Children will love them&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/creating-a-fountain-in-the-garden\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}