Make a Water Fountain for Wildlife (How-To)
Make a Water Fountain for Wildlife (How-To)
Water features in the garden can be calming, decorative, and beneficial for wildlife. Bees, butterflies, birds, and many other garden creatures will benefit from a garden water fountain. Building a water fountain for wildlife in your garden helps create a healthy and vibrant garden ecosystem. Gardener Scott shows how he added a simple and easy water fountain in a new garden area. (Video #163)
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Thanks…got me thinking about one. How do you winterize this?
I love it when my neighbor turns on his fountain at night,
it puts me right to sleep.
I want one of my own but they seem SO complex to install.
But two simple piece? I’m game!
I got so many birds in my garden this year that I really want to provide them some local water source.
It gets so hot that I have to go inside every 20-30 minutes for a bit and drink loads of water to stay regular.
I can’t imagine the stress on my local wildlife.
3:30 Excellent tip to remember to bury it slightly raised accounting for soil build-up and mulch!
6:30 Good looking out for those smaller critters who still need to top off
I’m actually super excited for this project for next week!
I wanna build like 4 of these now though haha!
Thankyou for doing this video on this topic. Going to put one is now.thankyou
I love the pond . That looks so easy to do. I will have to make one . Thanks for the great idea. I Think that would add a wonderful touch to the garden area . I love birds too .
Can I dump bird bath water into my compost? Poop, bugs, and all?
We might need to take up a collection for Scott to get some new boots. Or a roll of duct tape. I guess it depends on if those are still his comfy favorite boots?!?!
How would you clean a fountain like this?.. I have a bird bath that I have to clean every day because birds basically have pool parties in it 🙂
Very good project. It’s pretty, it’s easy to do and easy on the budget too.
I believe you’ve got a cat, so I wouldn’t plant anything higher than 8-10 inches around. From experience I know my late Boris wouldn’t have missed a single bird.
Is it safe for cats?
Spraying this water isn’t the greatest idea where the conditions are perfect for legionella.
Shared this video with my wife. She ordered a basin and I dug the hole. Lot of fun and 2 frogs have already moved in :). Thanks for the video.
Looks great, but how do you clean it?
Our birdbath gets pretty gross after a few days.
Looks good and it will look great when you’ve planted flowers around. Another good thing is that the birds, hopefully, wont pick on your tomatoes. Cheers
Good job! Scott. Thanks a lot for sharing it.
Great project, Scott, though you did not address the obvious ongoing maintenance of cleaning and re-filling. It will still get funky like an unkempt bird bath.
I have heard that the reason birds eat tomatoes is because they are thirsty and if you provide water near the garden they won’t eat the tomatoes. I have been planning to build a water feature before the tomatoes are mature.
That’s really nice. I have some water for my bees with rocks to land on but I may try this too.
I love the idea and want to do it. I have had bird baths in the past and within a few days the water gets dirty. Would your fountain basin need to be cleaned every week or so. Thank you for the video.
My wife & I have been wanting to have some kind of a water feature. This is a tremendous inspiration, so simple & inexpensive to do. The solar fountain is genius, it’s key to making it happen. I hope it’s available here. Thank you so much Scott🙏🙏
I’m very excited about this new project – where do you get the solar fountains? I don’t see a link for it…thank you!
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Love this idea!!
What a lovely, simple idea…..I love it!! Thanks Gardner Scott. I really enjoy your videos. Keep ’em coming. 🙂
How do you clean it? Any algae problems?
Thank you Scott! So sweet! I am considering this for my garden.
Great video…what part of Colorado are you in?? I’m really glad I found your channel. I really appreciate that you give links on where to buy your pumps etc. and I hope you do get commissions!! Stay safe, healthy & happy! Happy Memorial Day!!
I love water features, but every project I’ve seen has been complicated, so I still don’t have one. This project looks like something I can do. Thanks for the great idea and the information on where to get the parts.
Love your channel, I don’t garden but your videos are knowledgeable and relaxing
I love how much you consider the animals 💜. I garden mostly for wildlife myself. The fountain looks lovely!
Scott, you are the Bob Ross of gardening.
Scott, this is something I’ve been planning in my head for months. Until then, for fun, just been using a large plastic planter tray. It gets filthy with bird poop almost daily. I have to tip it over and hose it out a lot, which is fine. I don’t see how you will easily clean this. What do you anticipate doing? Thanks
Cute pond but I’m sure I’ve seen very shallow pans with marbles for the bees to land on. I don’t know if they’d be able to get a drink leaning in from the rock.
Hi G.S, Great idea for the garden. I like the idea of it being solar operated as well. Nice video.
You made it look beautiful Scott. That big rock is really pretty. Your wildlife will have a hydrated summer thanks to you.
This is awesome. I’ll definitely be building one for my garden.
This was so helpful. How do you keep your pond clean for the wildlife, without using chemicals?
I built one like that a couple years ago and it was really relaxing listening to the water. The birds wouldn’t use it as a bird bath til the water got down to an inch or less. I’ve have since made one that uses a reservoir with a shallow tray on top to hold the water and the birds like it. There are videos on YouTube showing how to make them- maybe I should make a video next time I make one. The bees don’t mind the deep water, they just land on the rock and go up to the edge of the water and drink.
Thanks Scott for your service to your country & thank you for dedicating your life to teaching others the joys of gardening. I live in Australia as I’ve mentioned before 🦘🦘🦘. I didn’t know these solar fountains existed. I will have to see where I can get one. You make it look so easy. I used to have several small trees around my garden, but they were cut down (not by me), where the small birds could fly from one to the other on their way to be hand-fed by me & when I had my set sprays going it would give them cover. Big THUMBS UP.
Very cool idea, thanks for sharing.
That bird stopped by to say thanks Scott. God bless
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ur right shoe is worn out xD
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Wonderful idea . Up until now I had no idea that there was such a thing as a solar fountain .
I also like your idea of the plastic tub for the reservoir . Neat .
Thanks , yet again , Scott
I had a beloved horse pass a few years ago. I planted some aspens in the area now I’m going to put in a fountain. Thanks for the idea.
Its great! I have been thinking out adding a water feature. I love the solar fountain! I live in Eastern Washington and have lots of sun! I can’t wait to see what your fountain looks like with the plants you pick!
Great video, I built this today and just finished it, minus the solar fountain- it’s a couple weeks out, I loved the idea so much
This looks like something I can do! But I don’t see the link to the solar fountain. Am I just missing it? Thanks!
Did I miss the link to the pump?
I’d love to see how wildlife will be using it. Would you please do a follow up video on it? Also I would imagine maintenance and periodical cleaning. Thank you.