Water Features Add Character to Tulsa Outdoor Living Spaces

Decorative water features bring character and life to your Tulsa outdoor environment. These elements create an area of added serenity and beauty for your outdoor living space. In a survey conducted by the American Society of Landscape Architects, decorative water elements were predicted to be in high demand for home landscapes. There are a variety of different decorative water features that can be added to an outdoor space.

Some of the more familiar ornamental water features include fountains, ponds, and streams. Fountains add an interesting focal point to your landscape. Fountains can be built in ponds and with streams of water spraying from them. There are also wall fountains that can be attached to buildings or other garden structures that bring a soothing sound of trickling water to the outdoor living space. Fountains can be created using a variety of materials like stone, concrete, marble, and tile as well as in an array of colors. They can have lights attached to them to produce a romantic nighttime glow and bring out the subtle beauty of flowing water.

Waterfalls and grottos bring life to a custom swimming pool and landscape. These features that can be made to resemble natural caves offer culture and depth to a landscape, especially a pool, creating a focal point for the body of water.

Waterfalls can also be built in connection with ponds and streams. Imagine listening to a cascading waterfall in your outdoor space, reading a book by the koi pond and stream. Waterfalls not only create an amazingly soothing atmosphere for your outdoor environment, but they are also a practical addition for your decorative pond. In keeping water moving, these elements help to keep the pond’s water clean, free from algae, and help to add needed oxygen to the water for plants and fish to thrive. Designing a waterfall can be very tricky in deciding how high the waterfall should be in relation to the surrounding elements. The landscape design experts at Oklahoma Landscape can help design the perfect waterfall and decorative water features for your Tulsa outdoor space.
Water runnels are a linear channel that carries water through the landscape. These can help retain rainwater and move it through the landscape in an aesthetically engaging and practical way.

Other water features include splash pools and water bubblers, as well as ornamental pools. These all have their own unique features that can bring creativity and flare to your outdoor environment, as well as add value to your home and property.

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