Pond or fountain

Pond or fountain, even a a water-feature what is the difference and which should you have?

Which you have is your choice. Usually water features are safer when there are small children around. The pictures below are examples of the different options.

Water features

Water features have water coming from an object and follow the water down the faces of the object. Often (best for children) the reservoir is covered by a decorative material so you can not see the water other than that which is running down the faces

Pond

A pond is an area of "open" water that has animal life (usually fish) and plants. If it is a "wildlife pond" chances are it will have no fish, but plants and wildlife (frogs, toads, newts etc)

Some pond owners will add filtration and the "return" of the filter is a waterfall. Others will use a larger pump that supplies a fountain jet or better still have a separate pump for a fountain jet.

Fountain

A fountain is not a pond or a water feature. Unlike a pond a fountain has no livestock or plants, and unlike a water feature the  water has no surface to run down, the water is pumped to a nozzle which is at the water surface.

More information about fountains can be found at Exclusive Fountains