The gardening season has just started and we are all hoping for a long and warm summer, which means we will have to water our gardens. Water however is a scarce resource, even in many parts of Europe including the UK. Harvested rain water is free and it takes a little pressure from the main water supplies.
A lot of people want to make a difference and have set up water butts in their gardens to collect rain water. Most of these water butts are not items of beauty, but rather utilitarian in appearance.
Recognising this, the Dutch designer Bas van der Veer took up this challenge and designed A Drop of Water. This butt has an integrated watering can which is automatically filled every time it rains, because it is located directly underneath the drainage tube. When the watering can is filled with rainwater, the surplus will automatically run into the reservoir of the water butt. After the first round of watering you can refill the watering can from the reservoir, and replace it for replenishment the next time it rains!
A Drop of Water is very easy to use and an attractive addition to your garden. The design is user friendly and it enables the gardeners to minimise the use of fresh drinking water for irrigation purposes.
You can find A Drop of Water and more of Bas van der Veer’s designs on www.basvanderveer.nl.