Most garden fountains go up. This one goes across: sixty inches of cast resin shaped as a low river ledge, with water stepping down five tiers along its length instead of falling from a height. The sound is different for that reason — a broad rustle rather than a splash — and it suits a border, a patio edge or the base of a wall where a tall fountain would look stranded.
A horizontal fountain shows any slope immediately — water runs to one end and the far tiers go dry. Set it on a paving slab or a bed of compacted sand and check with a spirit level.
The minimum water line is whatever keeps the pump fully submerged. Running dry for even a few minutes is what kills these pumps, and it is the only common failure.
Evaporation on a hot week is faster than people expect at this surface area. A two-minute check with a watering can is the whole maintenance routine in summer.
Unplug and drain it completely before the first hard frost. Water left in the tiers expands as it freezes and cracks resin at the thin edges — that damage is not repairable.
Pieces from other collections in the same finish family — the pairings people order together.
A white metal twin that converts between a daybed and a corner bed, with removable armrests, folding tabletops and 12.6 inches of clearance.
The modern seven-drawer chest in brown — the finish that survives a room shared by people who do not read the care instructions.
A 32-inch five-tier rock waterfall with four warm LEDs — the small one, for a balcony corner or a doorstep.
Sixty grey 12-inch polypropylene tiles — sixty square feet of rigid drained floor in the coolest colour.
