Hmmmm... I will probably be making one soon too. I am just about to finish an actual water fall, made from hypertufa boulders I assembled into a waterfall, but I also want to make a water fountain. You can make all sorts of water fountains, the key thing is to hunt for the right molds. You can make a mold out of just about anything. I'm think about using those zip-lock containers. As for the lily, it's very hard to reproduce with Hypertufa, given you start out with a muddy substance, but you can always use a couple of nice leaf castings. I've reproduced the adobe-like look of terracotta by adding concrete dye (powder added to the mix). I buy mine from Olde World Stone, they have quite a selection and are very good with delivery. The only downside is the smallest size they have is 1/2 lbs., quite a bit for a water fountain. Hope this helps

I have gotten several emails asking how to make the fountain, and while I can't take credit for the original concept, I can tell you how I made mine. Here is a list of what I used and how I constructed it: 1 Strawberry pot 1 large terra-cotta bowl (needs to be at least tall enough for azalea pot to be under the height of the bowls rim because when the bottom bowl is filled with water, the water should be able to flow into the slits on the azalea pot so the pump has water access.) 1 azalea pot (get the kind with the drainage slits on bottom side edges to save some work) 1 table top fountain pump and appropriate sized tubing long enough to reach through top of strawberry fountain. ( I bought 3 ft and cut to length) 1 terra-cotta saucer (must fit snuggly into top rim of strawberry pot) 1 drill bit larger then your water supply hose. ( I found a concrete bit worked best for the terra-cotta) a drill and GEII silicone. Assorted pebbles or rocks. (I used river rocks) water plants etc... First I ground a notch in the top outside rim of the azalea pot big enough for the pumps cord using the drill and bit. I also needed to drill a whole in the middle of the saucer making sure my water supply hose fit through it. Then I laid the pump with the water supply tubing already attached into the center of the large bowl, then turned the azalea pot upside down, and placed it over top the pump, feeding the hose up through the drainage hole. While making sure to match up the notch over the cord, so it was not pinched by the weight of the fountain. Next I fed the hose up through the drainage hole of the strawberry pot, and set it directly on the bottom of the azalea pot. Then I applied the silicone to the entire rim of the strawberry pot. After feeding the water supply hose through the center of the saucer I set it into the silicone on the rim of the strawberry pot. I also applied another bead of the silicone on top and smoothed it into the crevice for a good watertight seal. I let it dry until the silicone was cured, and then added my small pebble stones into the top saucer, I then cut the water supply hose to length. Put the rest of the stones in the large base bowl and added water to cover the slits in the azalea pot.

This is the only one of the three yard fountains I am making that is not my design but I really liked it. The reservoir is also cast concrete. I used Quikrete concrete color in "Buff" it can be purchased in Buff, Red,Brown,Charcoal, and Tera Cotta. Hints: When making the mold for the ball, the ball will want to keep moving up and out of the flower pot so hold it down in there tight when you tamp the drywall compound around it to get air bubbles out. I would also make full corner boards for the pillar mold and clamp them in place. I found that the weight of the concrete will want to push the mold apart. I had to rush to clamp boards on mine after I filled it with concrete. I found it best to cut the foam board on a band saw. You will get kick back on a table saw and it is difficult with a circular saw. I hope others make this fountain it is really nice. It is a challenge the first time around. It would be a lot easier making one again after going through it the first time. Enjoy...McDuff Here is a link that might be useful: Full fountain instructions

ok, here it is kinda hard to see as I was takin pics at dusk, but you can get the general idea, my pump has a one inch outlet on it, so was easy to fit everything straight from the hardware store, it is a threaded end, a piece of pipe, another threaded piece, then a cap that my hubby drilled holes for the water in,,and only 4.70$,,an about 2 mins to thro together,,,