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Indoor Waterscapes: Tabletop Fountain, Part 2 From "Waterscapes" episode DWAT-105

Heidi and waterscapes expert Randall Tate put the finishing touches on the tabletop fountain.

With the ceramic bowls sealed, the bamboo spout assembled and the support system for the fountain complete, work can now begin on final assembly of the bamboo fountain, connecting the pump and decorating with rocks aquatic plants.

Materials

Submersible pump
Clay bowls
River rocks
Aquatic plants (available from nurseries or water-garden suppliers)

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Bamboo Tabletop Fountain: Finishing Touches

• The pump for the tabletop fountain is a completely submersible unit (figure A) with an output of about 140 gallons per hour. Installation of the pump is simple. Simply connect the outlet port of the pump to the end of the flexible tubing. The pump is operational standing upright or on it's side, so orientation is not critical as long as the pump is completely submerged.

  Once the pump is installed an in place in the larger bowl, add water to fill the bowl to a level where the support bricks are concealed (figure B).

  Figure A

  Figure B

  
  

  	Figure C
  	Figure D
  	Figure E

  Once the basin is filled, place some decorative rocks on the support bricks to help hide them and to add a natural touch (figure C).

  Add some aquatic plants in the top basin (figure D) and place some small rocks to anchor the root system of the plants.

  Add some floating aquatic plants to complete the fountain (figure E).
  

RESOURCES :
Create Your Indoor Fountain: Expressions of the Self
Model: 0966710207
Author: Paris Mannion
(October, 1999)
Fountain Book Press
To order this book from Amazon.com, click here.

The Water Garden Design Book
ISBN: 0764153730
Authors: Yvonne Rees, Peter May
Barrons Educational Series
(August 2001)
To order this book from Amazon, click here.

The Master Book of the Water Garden: The Ultimate Guide to the Design and Maintenance of the Water Garden
ISBN: 0821227963
Author: Philip Swindells
Publisher: Bulfinch
(April, 2002)
To order this book from Amazon, click here.

GUESTS :
Randall Tate
Owner, The Water Garden
5212 Austin Rd.
Hixson, TN 37343
Phone: 423-870-2838
www.watergarden.com