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The French garden furniture of today draws from a rich and diverse history that resulted in many different styles. From 1715 onward, as the formal French gardens began to yield to the free design of landscaped gardens, people began to enjoy new forms of social leisure at more intimate and beautifully organized "Rococo" garden-parks, distinguished by its naturalistic lattice and leaf pattern at the back with a honeycomb pattern pierced seat that was usually produced in cast iron. The French garden furniture of this time was created from the dreamy park scenes from French painters Antoine Watteau and Fran?ois Boucher.Today as in the past, the part of the garden that is closest to the home was considered in an architectural sense like an extension of the house. During the eighteenth century, the garden was perfectly organized with geometrical compartments, formed by shrubbery and gravel walks or stone paths. In the famous garden of Versailles these compartments were called "parterres de broderie" for their resemblance to fine embroidery. French garden furniture did not begin to become present in the garden until after the reign of Louis XIV when the landscape garden became more popular.For others a more delicate design was preferred .. more »

If you are looking to give your garden a new look you will need to consider adding a few outdoor garden fountains to the mix. You will find that it is easy to think of fountain to add to your home, it is also easy to come up with a theme for your garden, but it is not all that easy to find outdoor garden water fountains at a good price. This is why you will want to spend a few days looking around to find a good deal on your new outdoor garden fountains.Before you go out to buy your new fountain you want to make sure that you know what you are going to do with your garden. You need to have a plan, you need to have a theme and you will need to have a layout. You will find that if you try to drop the fountain in place the day it gets delivered, that it may not look very good and that you will want to move it.What you need to know is that water backyard fountains are really heavy and it will be a bit hard for you to move it from place to .. more »