Garden Feng Shui - Energize Your Garden with Feng Shui Fountains

Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement to create a harmonious feel, which can help make your garden a more beautiful and pleasant place to spend your time. Implementing Feng Shui into your garden is simpler than it seems, and adding Feng Shui water fountains is the best way to begin.

Feng Shui literally means 'wind-water'. These two elements are absolutely crucial to improving the positive 'chi', or energy, in your outdoor space. Introduce 'wind' into your garden with some hanging wind chimes. Water represents wealth and heavenly blessings. The water in your garden should be clear and flowing - never stagnant. Garden fountains are the perfect way to bring water into your Feng Shui garden scheme. They create tranquil, musical sounds as the water flows and trickles. The perfect Feng Shui water fountain would be an organically shaped granite fountain such as the Natural Waterwall Fountain (pictured) or the Mizubachi Garden Fountain. The flowing organic shape of this fountain balances the hard, perpendicular lines of your home. Granite garden fountains not only bring contrasting textures, but provide a balance of stillness (the granite itself) and movement (the water). Granite also serves to represent the 'earth' element.

You can also use a water fountain to emphasize the element of metal. Copper water fountains help encourage creative ideas, and balance the 'earth' element. A sprinkler sculpture made of copper, such as the Moon and Clouds Sculpture Sprinkler, is a beautiful work of art which will create a stunning display as it gently waters your garden. This fountain connects to your garden hose, and will twirl around as it creates a beautiful spray of water.

The final element, fire, is best incorporated into your Feng Shui garden using torches or the color red. Red flowers, glazed terracotta pots, or other decorative red accents will do the trick.

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