Tabletop Fountains: Miniature Water Gardens for Indoor Charm

Create a charming "water garden" on your table with river rocks in a glazed saucer—unglazed terra-cotta leaches water. Use as a condiment tray with flower blossoms.

Simple Saucer Fountain

What You Need

• 11-inch glazed terra-cotta saucer
• 19-inch glazed saucer
• Smooth stones
• Water
• Freshly clipped flower blossoms

Instructions

1. Place small saucer inside large one.
2. Fill small saucer with smooth stones.
3. Add water, tuck in flower blossom with stem in water.
4. Place small potted plants and tiny condiment saucers in large saucer.

Miniature Pump Fountain

Small pumps ($15–$35) allow fountains almost anywhere. Options: indoor/outdoor, battery packs, lighting.

What You Need

• 8½-inch clay pot
• Heavy plastic bag
• Small pump
• Extra pot/saucer for elevation (optional)
• 8½-inch plastic saucer liner
• Small decorative rocks

Instructions

1. Line clay pot with plastic bag. Place pump in bottom. Run cord through bag at top, between pot and bag, down through drainage hole. Elevate on inverted pot/saucer; run cord through its drainage hole.

2. Add several inches of water to bag. Fit plastic saucer liner to top of pot. Punch holes: large for tubing/cord, small for drainage. Place liner over pot, trim excess bag. Heap liner with decorative rocks.

3. Trim fountain tube to just above rocks. Turn on pump; adjust rocks and tubing for gentle flow. Water drains through holes back into bag for recycling.