Blog
Garden design ideas, fountain care guides, and news from the workshop.
18 October 2026
Choosing a Stone Finish: What Each Option Actually Does Outdoors
Some of our finishes are the natural colour of the stone mix and never need anything doing. Others are paint, and one of those has a lifespan worth knowing about.
18 October 2026
Easter Island Heads in a British Garden: Scale, Siting and Grouping
A moai-style head is one of the few garden ornaments that gets better the more plainly it is used. Bare stone, tall grasses and no company at all.
18 October 2026
Chinese Foo Dogs and Stone Lions: Pairs, Placement and Which Way They Face
Guardian statues are one of the few garden ornaments with rules attached. Most of them are worth following, because a pair placed properly looks deliberate rather than decorative.
30 September 2026
Winter Care for Stone Fountains: Frost, Pumps and the Autumn Jobs Worth Doing
Our cast stone is frost proof and can stay outside all year. Standing water is what does the damage. Here's what to do before the first hard frost, how to look after the pump, and why draining matters more than covering up.
30 September 2026
Garden Fountain Pumps: Flow Rates, Running Costs and Keeping One Clean
What LPH actually means, how to work out what a fountain costs you to run, why a pump usually stops for a reason that isn't the pump, and the ten-minute clean that prevents most call-outs.
30 September 2026
What Is a Sump Fountain? How Sump Water Features Work
A sump fountain hides its reservoir below ground, so the sculpture appears to rise straight out of the paving with no pool around it. How they work, what installing one involves, and the six in our range.
30 September 2026
Lighting a Water Feature at Night: LED Rings, Underwater Lights and Spots
A lit fountain is a different thing after dark, and it doubles the hours you get out of it. The three kinds of light we supply, where each one goes, white versus colour changing, and getting the power there safely.
30 September 2026
Wall Fountains for Courtyards and Small Gardens
When there's no floor space to give up, the water goes on the wall. What a wall fountain needs behind it, how to deal with sound in an enclosed courtyard, and the range from a small Tapas mask to a six-foot Niagara.
14 September 2026
Garden Urns on Plinths: Pairs, Proportions and Planting
Stone urns are one of the oldest devices in garden design. When to choose a pair or a single urn, how to match an urn to a plinth, where they look best, and what to plant in them through the year.