Artificial waterfall

[1] Artificial waterfalls have long been featured in traditional Japanese gardens, where they can serve to highlight a scene or to provide focus.

The classic gardening manual Sakuteiki, written in the mid-to-late 11th century, lists nine different types.

[1] An early American example is Huntington Waterfalls in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California.

In 1896, Gardening Magazine reported that it was the only artificial waterfall in a public park in North America.

Some of the benefits of indoor waterfalls are considered to be their production of white noise, humidity, as well as naturally peaceful feelings engendered among onlookers.