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We take a closer look at eight beautiful water features spotted at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show <\/p>

By Veronica Peerless\n <\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 18 October 2023 at 10:27 AM<\/p>

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A garden water feature<\/a> is practically obligatory in any show garden<\/a> at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show<\/a>, and this year’s show featured everything from gushing waterfalls and water cascading down sleek walls, to tranquil rills<\/a> and still pools<\/a>.<\/p>

Of course, water is a key element in gardens these days, not least for wildlife<\/a>. But it is also a scarce resource that needs to be saved<\/a> and used wisely.<\/p>

Here are some of the water features that caught our eye in gardens large and small, from the main show gardens to the Sanctuary<\/a>, Balcony<\/a> and Container gardens.<\/a><\/p>

Garden water feature ideas for your garden <\/h2>

Boodles British Craft Garden \u2013 the ‘raindancing’ pond<\/h3>
Tim Sandall<\/figcaption><\/figure>

The water feature in Thomas Hoblyn’s Sanctuary<\/a> garden got everyone talking in the run up to the show opening \u2013 just how had a pool that mimics rainfall, with a cycle of raindrops hitting the water\u2019s surface and building to a crescendo as if a storm is passing, been created?<\/p>

The feature is the work of water sculptor, Bamber Wallis, and took almost a year to perfect. Tom told us that it’s a pressurised, black perspex feature that is just 15mm deep and is a complicated feat of engineering that involves hundreds of pinprick holes through which water spurts for one tenth of a second, 100 pipes, solenoid valves and a computer.<\/p>

When still, it acts as a mirror.<\/p>

Horatio’s Garden – water table<\/h3>
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\u00a9 RHS \/ Neil Hepworth<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Water is a key element in all Horatio’s Gardens<\/a>, a favourite feature of both patients and staff, so it was always going to a key part in the Horatio’s Garden<\/a> designed by Charlotte Harris<\/a> and Hugo Bugg. This Best Show Garden winner<\/a> has a gently brimming water table that is within easy reach of a wheelchair or bed. The garden is going to be relocated to the NHS Spinal Injuries Centre in Sheffield, and the feature was inspired by a visit to the Kelham Island Museum there, which explores the cutlery, tool and steel industries that are synonymous with the city. Charlotte and Hugo were especially inspired by the cutlery dies that they saw there, and the way that the light played on the reliefs. Having been lent some originals by cutlers, Chimo, they cast copies and incorporated them into the feature. It animates the garden, adds a further sensory dimension and attracts wildlife.<\/p>

Listen to Charlotte talking about the garden in our Talking Gardens podcast<\/a>.<\/p>

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