So, The Garden Gates has been working around the clock updating our website to make it more user friendly. We started with changing the background and it just kept going from that point. You may find it interesting that we were going to have someone make the modifications for us but Marc( Garden Gates website manager) decided that it would be easier to just do it himself. He is really talented and is the brains behind all the television commercials that Garden Gate now produces.
Please let us know if we can do something to enhance your experience with The Garden Gates or make it simpler. In the end, we just want you to have the same experience on the web as in our store. Let us know at info@thegardengates.com
One day I needed to order the fountain heads for a pool I was building and I started my google search as I typically do with everything today. I didn’t realize that you needed to google water spitter to find a wide range of water features. I ended up ordering 3 different styles of water spitters and ended up not finding any that worked.
So we were buying some pottery in the South of France and notice that the potter made really nice water features. Beth and I ordered a lot of different colors and styles. I didn’t realize that the fountain heads were so nice until they arrived. I quickly came up with a simple design and built a display to show people how they can be mounted and used.
I used cinder blocks and portland cement to build a basin and mounting wall. We used a large liner to hold the water and finished the exterior with a portland/stucco rub. If I would have thought about it a little bit more, I would have mixed a color into the portland cement. The plumbing was really simple. A few fountain pumps, some pvc pipe and a few miscellaneous fittings and we had flowing water.
front and rear of fountain wall
