Fountain and Pond Inspiration at Morton Arboretum
I've posted a bunch of times about fountains and ponds here on the blog including a look at some designs that I'm documenting to save as inspiration for something that *could* eventually find the way into our backyard. In April, I showed this park pond in Woodridge . And last year, I posted about these bowl-like fountains that I found at Wannemakers . Today, I'm sharing this image that I took at the Fragrance Garden in the Morton Arboretum . It is a kind of hybrid between some of the pond ideas that I've been filing away AND the bowl/fountains that I've posted about, too. This one has a nice round elevated bowl that is perfectly level and lets the water roll off into a concrete bowl that has flagstone ringing it. This is a kind of interesting approach, but I wonder if having something like this that has A LOT of turbulence in it (water fall) limits the fish you can keep in this? Maybe they're smart enough to head to the calm waters? But, I also like