Pondless waterfalls across Middle Tennessee

This is the feature we are asked for most by families with young children, and by anyone who wants water in a front garden where an open pond would be a worry.

The water runs down a course of set stone and disappears into a hidden reservoir, where the pump picks it up and sends it back to the top. Nothing stands still, so there is nothing to net or fence, and the upkeep is close to nothing beyond topping it up in high summer.

Length is mostly a question of fall. A garden with a slope can carry a stream a long way; a flat one gets a shorter, steeper drop, which is often the better sound anyway.