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Water has been a feature of garden design since the early centuries of the first millennium BCE, when Persians dug thousands of subterranean tunnels to transport water from the mountains of Iran to the plains of Tehran. In doing so, they uncovered a way to irrigate their crops, shape the growth of urban settlements
and draw attention to the pure aesthetic joy of water.
Ancient cultures knew that even a sheet of water could mimic a reflecting pool and create a sense of dynamism in a garden. Later, gardeners incorporated fountains, jets, mains water and electric pumps but, as we are coming to realise, some of the most sustainable innovations of the past have the best lessons for the future. ....

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