easy to DIY small balcony water feature fountain
Being an urban condo dweller, I try to make my small balcony, my bit of outdoors in the city, an enjoyable space despite my balcony’s size. Over the years I’ve brought together a variety of furniture, planters and plantings from a variety of sources that present a peaceful setting and balcony garden. Yet despite the serenity, I’ve always wanted to do something a little more elegant with my small water feature fountain, to amplify the sound of the traffic-noise abating, trickling water.
So, inspired by this bamboo fountain design, from sources unknown, and since I already had the pump…
I made this easy to DIY balcony water feature fountain.
First, I cut down to size a few 3/4″ diameter bamboo pieces ($0.59 / 5′ length I picked up Toronto’s Chinatown) that I bound together with gardening twine (nabbed from my mother’s gardening supplies).
I then drilled a 3/8″ hole in the bottom of a bamboo artist brush cup/holder (about $4.00 on sale at DeSerres art supplies) and inserted a length of 3/8″ outer diameter flexible clear hose. I bought a number of different diameters of clear hose (available by the foot for about $0.55 – $0.89 per foot in the plumbing department at Lowe’s and Home Hardware) and combined them to create a graduated ‘adapter’ at the pump nozzle as my particular pump didn’t include an adapter.
Finally, I fixed the bamboo cup on its side to the three bound lengths of bamboo, connected the pump (that I concealed with river rocks from the dollar store) and have been enjoying the relaxing sounds of the more audible stream of water ever since.
Update: Click on over to an updated version of this DIY water fountain that repurposes a bamboo tiki torch…
So cute! I bet it sounds lovely.
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Where did you get the beautiful container?
It was an end-of-season purchase a few summers ago from Bowring – http://www.bowring.com/
Where can I buy the bamboo sticks to make the water fountain?
A lot of garden centres or dollar stores sell bamboo poles for staking plants up.
how cute and easy thank you for sharing
Thanks. And easy it is indeed!
What kind of pump did you use? Thank you for the great idea.
Thank you! I’m glad I could help inspire a project for you.
The pump I picked up in the water feature section of a big box store years ago. It is a small pump designed for use in an ornamental fountain such as this.
it is submersible pump
I love the look of this fountain and the ease of putting it together. I’d love to make a fountain using this idea.