Lockdown project: ‘How-to’ create a pot water fountain in a few easy steps
YOU CAN now create a water feature in your outdoor space using a new simple free step-by-step ‘how-to’ video guide available online thanks to one of the UK’s leading water garden product companies.
The video, which is part of a series, shows how to create a pot water fountain, which is a self-contained water feature, using either a purchased or home-made receptacle.
Development Manager at Blagdon, Andrew Paxton explained: “Using our easy-to-install new Liberty 200 mains-free, solar-powered pump you can make the water feature you’d like, anywhere in your garden, whether a petite country garden or a modern city balcony.
“The Liberty 200 pump, which has no running costs, is easy to set-up and eco-friendly. It uses a high-performance, long-lasting, solar re-chargeable Lithium-ion battery and a high-powered 2.5w solar panel.
“So, you don’t need mains power and therefore you can site it anywhere you wish in your outdoor space and the only thing that will hold you back is your imagination!”
The video goes through what you’d need to create the water feature, what the Liberty 200 pack includes, how to successfully seal your pot, so there are no leaks and how to attach the pump to circulate the water to create the fountain.
There is also clear guidance on siting the solar panel to ensure optimal sunlight, for example, it needs to be at a 45° angle from vertical, facing as close to due south as possible, kept clean and not shaded by any plant growth.
There are further visual instructions for the flexible timer function, so you can set the fountain to come on when you wish, for four hours within a 24-hour period, for example in the evenings after work.
To add to this, it has an LED light ring, which lights up after dark, creating additional ambience while dining or entertaining outdoors.
The pump was conceived, designed and tested in the UK and as such, unlike some other solar devices, is fully compatible with British weather conditions.
The product’s solar and battery technology means there is no need to add mains power to an outdoor area to create a water feature and that it can be situated wherever you wish.
The Liberty 200 has been designed in the UK to be incredibly versatile. Its adaptable kit gives the consumer the freedom to create whatever water feature they would like. The pump comes with all the fittings, including a pond float and anchor, and four fountain effects, needed to make a series of different contemporary water features.
Andrew added: “As well as the pot water fountain, the other water features you can create with the pump include a pond fountain, using the float and anchor, and the four different fountain heads provided or a bespoke water feature using, for example, a sink and tap set-up, which we’ve shown in one of our videos.
“We’ve created our ‘how-to’ films for each of these different styles of water feature to help inspire consumers and, also, to provide an easy-to-use, step-by-step guide for them to follow. We hope people come up with lots of other fun and funky ways to use the Liberty 200 too. It’ll be great to see just how whacky some of these ideas are!”
The videos can be viewed here and can be used on social media and on websites:
Pond fountain: https://youtu.be/TTy3n4z81p4
Pot water feature: https://youtu.be/hhwKV6dP1XU
Sink and tap water feature: https://youtu.be/bZMZUASD9Nc
The Blagdon team draws on more than half a century of fishkeeping and water gardening knowledge, combined with extensive R&D and innovative British design, to provide and support gardeners with their ponds and water features.
Its aim is to provide customers with the very best products and treatments to ensure they find success and enjoyment from bringing water into their gardens.
The brand is a market leader in treatment formulation, having already created many patented, flagship formulas. It also continues to produce Blagdon treatments in Britain in its own factory in Surrey.
All Blagdon products are designed in the UK by a British development team and are thoroughly tested in-house at its offices in Somerset.
Each Liberty 200 product pack contains:
• Pump
• LED light ring
• 2.5w solar panel
• Fountain float and anchor
• Four fountain heads
• Flow control valve and extension pipes
• Fitting and mounts
It’s SSP is £69.99
https://www.blagdonwatergardening.co.uk/Products/Pumps/Feature-Pumps/Liberty-Pond-or-Feature-Pump-and-LED-Light
For further details and national stockists, which include aquatic product retailers within many good garden centres nationwide and also online retailers, please visit www.blagdonwatergardening.co.uk.
