The Alnwick Garden

A topiary serpent in holly snakes through the watery Serpent Garden, leading to Torricelli; an interactive water sculpture which slowly fills before ground jets spring to life. Torricelli works with the scientific principle of hydrostatic pressure, and each of the water sculptures held in the serpent’s coils show a different aspect of water and how it can be made to look and move.

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.