Cherie's Place » The Serpent Garden

The Serpent Garden

CherryPie — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 20:03:07 +0000

In the Serpent Garden, a topiary snake entices you past a series of sculptures, in which water flows over polished stainless steel and creates a canyon through which you can try to squeeze without getting wet.

There is also a mushroom-shaped structure on which surface tension and viscosity overcome gravity. The display culminates in the Torricelli Fountain, where shrieking children become temporarily trapped in a ring of water.

PhotoHunt – Circular

CherryPie — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:22:09 +0000

Vortex…

For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out Whistlestop PhotoHunt.

Alnwick Garden – Last Glimpse

CherryPie — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:45:39 +0000

Before we move on, I share a last few pictures of the Serpent Garden.

Alnwick Garden – Torricelli

CherryPie — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:39:42 +0000

Torricelli is another water feature in the Serpent Garden. The water slowly creeps up the tubes and eventually bursts out in a cascade of fountains which slowly diminish. Kids are fascinated by this one and love to explore the feature first hand

Alnwick Garden – The Serpent Garden

CherryPie — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:33:13 +0000

The garden is named the serpent garden due to the topiary that snakes it’s way through this garden feature:

A topiary serpent in holly snakes through the watery Serpent Garden, revealing a different water sculpture hidden in each of its coils.

The water sculptures have been created by William Pye, one of the world’s leading water sculptors, who brings art and science together in his work. Each one is made from mirror-polished stainless steel.

The Vortex is one of seven water features that are part of the serpent garden. I do have a really good video of this which I will share with you later, I need to work out how to convert the file format so I can upload it to YouTube

I will post some pictures of more of the water features in the next few days.

Quotes taken from the Alnwick Garden website.