1950S Garden Fountains, Gardening Center Near Me

1950s Antique Fountains and Water Features

Old Limestone Standing Stone set in

This beautiful Westmoreland Limestone status Stone, was purchased through DANDELION from a Cumbrian farmer in 2008. The standing Stone, or giving it its accurate name, a droop, is probably over 250 years antique, and changed into firstly hewn from a natural, oblong-shaped limestone slab by way of a late 18th century farmer to form certainly one of two gate posts inside a dry stone wall, encircling a sheep pasture on the steep fell sides above the River Leven, that flows via Haverthwaite.

DANDELION supplied the Limestone status Stone to a well-known Gloucestershire-based totally author and artist for his domestic. in advance, the purchaser had created the maximum beautiful massive pond or small lake within his garden. At one stop was a large mound of rock, gravel and clay - useless for growing something! It changed into however, the ideal spot for mounting the Westmoreland Limestone slump or standing Stone.

The floor works have been done by the customer's contractor. Dandelion delivered the status Stone of their Fiat Van. Their consumer became simply delighted upon seeing the slump, and moreover, genuinely as soon as it changed into perched atop the mound

Old York Stone Trough as a Planter

This large, lovely weathered old York Stone Trough, with cute herbal color, was in the beginning bought by way of DANDELION from a Nidderdale farmer. Set excessive upon the barn changed into a stone pill displaying the date whilst constructed: 1786. both the farmer and Alan McEwen agreed that the cute old York Stone Trough probable hailed from the past due 18th century.

DANDELION supplied the trough to miss R, a Northamptonshire-based totally extreme collector of old York Stone Troughs, Millstones, and various vintage Yorkshire stone artefacts. The girl's fantastically manicured gardens are complete of such treasures. DANDELION had the one thousand kilo plus antique York Stone Trough brought by crane-mounted lorry, the driver positioning the trough onto the York Flagged courtyard. leave out R. quick filled the trough with compost after which planted it out with colorful plant life and grasses. maximum thrilled, she sent us images, and has currently bought more vintage York Stone artefacts from our backyard.

Stone Trough incorporated into a water feature

This small, but exciting hand-carved old York Stone Trough is a creative addition to a patron's water function performing as a very last trickle down into the pond. This changed into furnished to a Huddersfield based totally purchaser.

DANDELION had formerly purchased the trough at a farm sale in Wharfedale. Alan McEwen delivered the antique York Stone Trough into the rear garden area of the client's Huddersfield home, and after a bout of huffing and puffing, hooked up the trough at the bottom of a water cascade, which fills the trough, making an interesting 'babbling brook' sound.

Standing stone for a garden in Monterey, California

A delightfully lovely oval-formed, vintage York standing Stone which DANDELION supplied to William McClintock of Monterey, California.

Dandelion had at the start bought the large, heavy (850 kilos) status Stone from the proprietors of a semi-derelict farmstead, high at the fells above picturesque Ribblesdale. Californian Willie McClintock, upon viewing the big, appealing status Stone on line determined to buy it.

Over the following couple of days Alan McEwen constructed a huge, extraordinarily sturdy pallet crate from salvaged pallet timber. The standing Stone, with not a touch effort became cautiously, lifted by way of the firm's fork-carry truck into the crate. The lid was then firmly screwed down.

DANDELION used a expert Accrington-primarily based haulage corporation to sort out the 6500 mile long delivery journey. After the lorry took the status Stone pallet crate all the way down to Southampton Docks, it changed into then loaded onto a ny destined container ship. After de-shipping in new york, the old York standing Stone travelled some 3,000 miles across the good sized united states, in the end arriving within the Monterey domestic of our customer, some 11 weeks after leaving our yard. William McClintock, a maximum affected person chap, turned into over the moon, and quick had the status Stone installation in his semi-tropical lawn.

Standing stone as a garden centrepiece

A stunning, vintage York standing Stone which became dug out of a muddy, steep Pennine meadow via DANDELION co-proprietor Alan McEwen, and acquired off a friendly West Yorkshire famer, who informed, it had been one in all two gate 'Stoops', and likely dating returned to the early nineteenth century, when the Ryburndale farm residence changed into built.

DANDELION's Worcestershire customer Reginald, bought the vintage York standing Stone via the internet site. It changed into delivered in a strongly-built timber pallet crate to the patron's Worcestershire's home, and turned into later set up within the middle of a newly created York Flag courtyard via nearby builders who indeed, made an remarkable activity.

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