Re: Habitability

I made a tiny sunken washtub pond in my Red Bluff (Calif.) garden adding several stones that  barely reached the surface.  It looked quite Japanese.  Our neighboring California Quail regularly came to drink - charming.  Then one day I discovered 7 or 8 tiny quail chicks floating on top, having followed their mother but trapped in the water.  I wept.  Mama quail never returned.  I have learned to think ahead.
~Maria Guzman

I've been in charge of garden selection for a few garden tours (including native gardens), and gone on many garden tours. The ones I didn't want to leave almost always had the  susurration of a water feature in the background, a bench in  shade or part shade that faced something interesting and that was comfortable to sit on (with a back, not crowded by vegetation, with a quiet backdrop, a bit off the path so I could stretch my legs without blocking the path), and an indirect  route or winding path to get to the bench.

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