water scaping When the aquatic flora and fauna are balanced, an aquatic ecosystem is created that will support sustainable water quality and clarity.

1. FLA 504
Assignment on
Submitted by :
Gohil preeti A.
M.sc (Horti.)2nd sem
Floriculture & Landscape Archi.
Department of Horticulture
JAU, Junagadh
Date of submission : 1st March 2017
Water Scaping
Landscaping and Gardening

2. Water Scaping

3. What is water Scaping
The primary focus is on plants, but they will sometimes also house ornamental fish, in which
case the feature will be a fish pond.
Water scaping that is concerned with growing plants adapted to pools and ponds.
Although water gardens can be almost any size or depth, they are typically small and relatively
shallow, generally less than twenty inches in depth.
This is because most aquatic plants are depth sensitive and require a specific water depth in
order to thrive.
Water scaping, also known as aquatic
gardens, are a type of man-made water feature.
They can be defined as any interior or
exterior landscape or architectural element whose primary purpose
is to house, display, or propagate a particular species or variety
of aquatic plant.

4. Water scaping, and water features in general, have been a part of public and private gardens
since ancient Persian gardens and Chinese gardens.
Water features have been present and well represented in every era and in every culture that has
included gardens in their landscape and architectural environments. from rivers and springs into
the water garden, from which it exited into agricultural fields or natural watercourses.
Historically, water features were used to enable plant and fish production both for food
purposes and for ornamental aesthetics.
Though the term "water scaping" is normally used to describe a particular type of natural or
man-made water feature that is used for a relatively specific purpose, there are many other types,
styles and designs of water feature.

5.  Descripstion
 When the aquatic flora and fauna are balanced, an aquatic
ecosystem is created that will support sustainable water quality
and clarity.
 Elements such as fountains, statues, waterfalls, boulders,
underwater lighting, lining treatments, edging details,
watercourses, and in-water and bankside planting can add
visual interest and help to integrate the water garden with the
local landscape and environment.

6.  Types of Water Features
 A water feature can be as simple as a small reflecting pool or as
elaborate as a waterfall cascading into a fish pond with a fountain.
With so many options to choose from, it is helpful to recognize the
four basic categories of water features;
• ponds,
• fountains,
• waterfalls and
• streams.

7.  FISH PONDS:
• Fish can be added to almost any type of water feature as long as certain life
sustaining criteria are met. Gold fish and Koi are common favorites. They add a
splash of colour in motion.
Koi Pond
 PONDS:
The four basic types of ponds are, reflecting pools,
ornamental pools, water gardens and fish ponds. Each
of these may be any size, shape or depth.

8.  FOUNTAINS:
• An almost limitless variety of shapes and sizes of fountains may be
added to your water feature.
• The sound of water tumbling and splashing on itself combined with
a refreshing mist carried by the breeze is truly invigorating.
 Fountain/Formal Fountain
 Disappearing Fountain
 Tabletop Fountain
 Wall Fountain
 Spitter Fountain
 Bubbler Fountain

9. Formal Fountain Disappearing Fountain Tabletop Fountain
Wall Fountain Spitter Fountain Bubbler Fountain

10. • Like fountains, waterfalls add sound, motion
and vitality to your water feature. Often
created with natural stone slabs or boulders,
waterfalls bring a vertical dimension.
Waterfalls capture your interest from a
distance as they dance and flow.
WATERFALLS:

11.  Stream gardens
• On a constructed stream, placing rocks in the path of the
water makes small patterns, rapids and waterfalls.
• The rocks distueb the waterflow, causing splashing and
bubbles that can make pleasant sounds and micro-habitats
for plants, fish, and wildlife. Well-placed rocks can create
splashing water that adds oxygen to prevent hypoxia: the
more bubbles, the more dissolved oxygen in the water.

12. • Fountain scapes are small decorative water features such as tabletop
fountains, container water gardens, stand-alone fountains, bubbling
urns, spitters, and fountains that incorporate an in-ground reservoir.
Ecosystem Ponds are small or large ponds that include a balance of
aeration, filtration, plants, fish, rock, and gravel. All components must
be present in order to be considered an ecosystem since all
components interact to keep the pond naturally balanced, thereby
minimizing maintenance.
• Advanced Ponds can take the form of a Pondless® Waterfall or
Ecosystem Pond. These large, water features are often found in
commercial applications such as an office complex; a residential
subdivision, shopping center, and more!

13. Pondless waterfall Small waterfall with Pond
Pondless Waterfalls are simply a re-circulating waterfall and/or stream
without the presence of a pond. You can enjoy the sight and sound of
running water without the maintenance of a pond.

14. Iveagh Gardens, Dublin Stream Garden Trengwainton
Singapore Botanic Gardens Scrape Burn, Dawyck
Botanic Gardens
Stepping stones, Tollymore

15. Natural Water Feature Man-made Water Feature Disappearing Water Feature
Bog Garden
Rain Garden
Aquatic Container Garden

16. Tabletop Fountain Wall Fountain
Spitter Fountain
Bubbler Fountain
Water Falls
Lotus pool

17. Shallow Pool Formal Pool

18. Aquatic flora
• Water garden plants are divided into Three main categories: submerged,
marginal, and floating.
• Submerged plants are those that live almost completely under the water,
sometimes with leaves or flowers that grow to the surface such as with the
water lily.
• These plants are placed in a pond or container usually 1–2 ft (0.30–0.61 m)
below the water surface.
• Some of these plants are called oxygenators because they create oxygen for
the fish that live in a pond. Examples of submerged plants are:
– Water lily (Hardy and Tropical)
– Hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum)

19. • Marginal plants are those that live with their roots under the water but the rest of
the plant above the surface.
• These are usually placed so that the top of the pot is at or barely below the water
level. Examples of these are:
– Iris or Flag (Iris spp.)
– Water-crowfoot (Ranunculus fluitans)
– Bulrush (Scirpus lacustris)
– Cattail (Typha latifolia)
– Taro (Colocasia esculenta)
– Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)
– Lotus (Nelumbo spp.)
– Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata)

20. • Floating plants are those that are not anchored to the soil at all, but are free-floating
on the surface.
• In water gardening, these are often used as a provider of shade to reduce algae
growth in a pond.
• These are often extremely fast growing/multiplying. Examples of these are:
– Mosquito ferns (Azolla spp.)
– Water-spangle (Salvinia spp.)
– Water-clover (Marsilea vestita)
– Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes)
– Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)
• Some areas of the United States do not allow certain of these plants to be sold or
kept, as they have become invasive species in warmer areas of the country, such
as Florida and California.

21. • Best water garden in the world

22. Longstock Park, Hampshire
Park of the Leckford Estate, Longstock Park’s extensive water garden was created in the 1940s,
comprising seven acres of garden, with over 40 different types of water lily throughout the two
acres of lakes

23. Stanway House and Fountain, Gloucestershire
This 18th-century garden was probably designed by British landscape gardener Charles
Bridgeman, and is home to the highest fountain in Britain, at 300 ft

24. Westbury Court, Gloucestershire
The only restored Dutch-style water garden in the country, Westbury Court was originally laid
between 1696 and 1705

25. The Peto Water Garden at Buscot Park, Oxfordshire
Designed by Harold Peto, the water garden at Buscot was laid out in 1904 for the 1st Lord
Faringdon, and is surrounded by box hedges, statues and terracotta jars

26. Wrest Park, Bedfordshire
The Long Water at Wrest Park was created as part of the formal woodland garden in the 1680s
and forms the main axis of the grounds of Wrest Park

27. Longstock Park, Hampshire
Park of the Leckford Estate, Longstock Park’s extensive water garden was created in the 1940s,
comprising seven acres of garden, with over 40 different types of water lily throughout the two
acres of lakes