Easy Water Feature Without the Cost

Easy Water Feature Without the Cost

Using a bit of improvisation, I built an effective water feature from items found in our shed and around the garden.

Luckily, I had an old pump and some pebbles but these items would be much cheaper to buy than buying a ready made water feature.

I have posted this video to inspire people get creative and turn what they may see as rubbish and clutter into great garden focal points.

50 Comments

  1. Emma Bingham on October 25, 2021 at 10:14 am

    This is great food for thought and the duck absolutely makes it πŸ™‚



  2. Nicks on October 25, 2021 at 10:14 am

    Question…what type of plug are you using? Water feature turned out very lovely 🌻



  3. Garette Scarlssen on October 25, 2021 at 10:16 am

    love this. beautiful



  4. Susan Pratt on October 25, 2021 at 10:16 am

    We get the gist. Love the gate swinging closed! Thanks for showing the principles and how simple it can be.



  5. lyricwritertoo on October 25, 2021 at 10:16 am

    I think its a good start! I’m looking to disguise a flat basin for a humming bird bath and I have tons of rocks round my yard! I will use this idea and expand on it! Thanks! I’d rather have this than some fake cement fountain. It’s also called improvisation. Some people dont have a whole lot of money to spend like on some posts keep telling people to get a diamond saw and use ceramic pots and on and on? For all that money you can buy a permanent one! Every one is critical. You give it a try and lets see what you do?!!



  6. Ana Nunez on October 25, 2021 at 10:19 am

    Wow, great idea!! I love it. Β So simple and great for my small garden.Β I can do this. Thanks for sharing.



  7. tt on October 25, 2021 at 10:20 am

    Now thats what im talking about



  8. Crazy House on October 25, 2021 at 10:24 am

    He took his neighbors rocks



  9. Sam and Rhys fishing on October 25, 2021 at 10:26 am

    Good vid



  10. ponnii holloway on October 25, 2021 at 10:27 am

    Cool I like it cheers



  11. hardz70 on October 25, 2021 at 10:29 am

    easily mistake that feature for fly tipping



  12. nickyms on October 25, 2021 at 10:30 am

    Pretty



  13. NewGuy 24 on October 25, 2021 at 10:32 am

    What a whopper



  14. 10TOES on October 25, 2021 at 10:32 am

    Good job, just add some potted plants & maybe a garden angel and a solar light. Gives me an ideal of what to do with the same style of large pot, now just to find a crate for the top or even yet i may add a water lily.



  15. C Meade on October 25, 2021 at 10:33 am

    It’s a nice clear explanation thank you. The thing I like about this video is that it is the most basic possible version and it can inspire you to do something with whatever you have. You could mess about with the basic principle to make your own version.



  16. sosweetbaby4 on October 25, 2021 at 10:36 am

    Lmao 🀣 the comments 🀣 someone said looks like the neighbor taking a piss from the other side πŸ€£πŸ€£πŸ€£πŸ€£πŸ’€ is trueeee tho 😭 but honestly is a great idea needs more things like flowers n plants but he did the job πŸ‘πŸ’ͺ



  17. my tunes on October 25, 2021 at 10:38 am

    Neat water feature, on the budget side πŸ™‚



  18. Patricia Nunez on October 25, 2021 at 10:38 am

    Thank you! I just bought a new pump and the water hose idea is great. I’m going for more of a bubbling Brook sound but love the basics you gave us.
    I appreciate it,
    Pat from southern Indiana, USA



  19. Neil A on October 25, 2021 at 10:38 am

    Looks geat dude



  20. λ„νŒŒλ―Ό on October 25, 2021 at 10:38 am

    honestly i need more videos like this.



  21. Chlexie L. on October 25, 2021 at 10:39 am

    Love this guy!!



  22. allon33 on October 25, 2021 at 10:40 am

    Cheap, just the way I like it πŸ™‚



  23. Lorena USA on October 25, 2021 at 10:43 am

    He is SO creative!! Love the duckie ! Lol



  24. tipwo on October 25, 2021 at 10:44 am

    Amazimg



  25. MrCharlieFarnsbarns on October 25, 2021 at 10:45 am

    My god that’s shite



  26. Indiana Rose on October 25, 2021 at 10:47 am

    Fantastic!! Thank you



  27. Per Shop on October 25, 2021 at 10:48 am

    That’s not quite fair because we may not be able to find an old pump in our shed. However, at least the other things may be stuff from around the yard….though I was surprised to see you just cut your water hose!



  28. 6lr6ak6 on October 25, 2021 at 10:50 am

    A good cheap no fuss water feature.



  29. Peter Wyatt on October 25, 2021 at 10:53 am

    Thank you so much for this really clear & easy guide to making your own water feature! We took your basic ideas & tweaked them a bit, and now have a really effective and attractive water feature in our garden in Norfolk, all for less than Β£30 – brilliant!



  30. CheapShot Mike on October 25, 2021 at 10:53 am

    lucky you remembered the duck. it tied the whole thing together



  31. Shane McCaughley on October 25, 2021 at 10:54 am

    Class Job Well Done



  32. Melinda Wolfe on October 25, 2021 at 10:54 am

    Thank you, Dawstopper. You helped us know how easily we could do our own water feature.



  33. Arulmary Irudayam on October 25, 2021 at 10:55 am

    Awesome 😎 πŸ‘πŸ» … getting it done in my new place.. Thank you 😊



  34. LuckyPowPow on October 25, 2021 at 10:57 am

    Clever – you’ve given me some ideas as I’m trying to add a water feature to my front yard and want to save a few dollars in the process.



  35. Renee Kellems on October 25, 2021 at 10:59 am

    Perfect , thank you .



  36. MoreMike on October 25, 2021 at 11:00 am

    I want to try this it would be so cool if instead of putting it through a tea light holder make it more of a cliff look and have the water running over the rocks so it would look like a real water fall



  37. Leilani Canlas on October 25, 2021 at 11:00 am

    πŸ‘πŸ‘ŒπŸ‘πŸ‘ŒπŸ‘πŸ‘β€β€β€



  38. Gina Cable on October 25, 2021 at 11:02 am

    Great thanks even I can try this.



  39. BurnRubberRC _ on October 25, 2021 at 11:02 am

    1:06 It sounds he says "F$#@ it"



  40. Francesca Green on October 25, 2021 at 11:04 am

    What a waste of water. I assume it just overflows all over the mud,washing that away and looking a nasty mess?



  41. INTERNA9 on October 25, 2021 at 11:04 am

    LOVE it!!!!!



  42. tipwo on October 25, 2021 at 11:05 am

    Oh wow



  43. Christine Jones on October 25, 2021 at 11:06 am

    Love it!



  44. Maria Lucia Gomez-Greenberg on October 25, 2021 at 11:07 am

    Great job! Thank you ;–>



  45. Amar Marjun on October 25, 2021 at 11:09 am

    Awee.. pump. I thought it will pump itself like a water cycle.



  46. Paul Conti on October 25, 2021 at 11:10 am

    Awesome job. Thanks so much for sharing



  47. mia samsung on October 25, 2021 at 11:10 am

    really cute and practical



  48. richard randell on October 25, 2021 at 11:10 am

    Nice plug into a 230 socket outside lol



  49. TaffytheGreat on October 25, 2021 at 11:11 am

    It’s funny how you just happens to have lying around. A Sieve that fits the bucket. Well you’re right, it is cheap. It’s nice the sound of running water although there’s no real feature πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘



  50. Odds and Windsocks on October 25, 2021 at 11:13 am

    Nice job,