Decorating Your Garden

Add Excitement to Your Garden! - Garden Decor -anything from pots, or old kitchen odds and ends, to
ations!discarded tubs and old logs with rotted out gnarled
Most every garden you wander through has it -holes we can fill with soil and grow in. The patio
Garden Decor! There's a garden bench at the end ofgarden is one of my favorite projects because it's
a lovely meandering path, the soothing sensation of anew and unique every year.
waterfall or bubbling water garden fountain, orA scare crow, garden gnome, or a funky bird feeder
maybe a laughable or awe-inspiring garden statue.can all add a sense of whimsy to the garden. I collect
It's decorations in your garden. Non plant elements -garden decor (ations) from garage sales and display
"Garden Decor".then in the garden, moving things around as the
Garden Decor is part of what makes your gardenmood strikes. It's really even more fun than
inviting, comfortable, interesting, enticing, unusual,rearranging the furniture!
perhaps hilarious, soothing, cherished and more!A water garden or water feature delights the birds
There's no place I prefer to be than in the garden. Iand other wildlife providing us with a soothing
work and relax in it, my daughter photographs it. Wesensation of the sound of running water. A water
wander through it, dig our hands into it and wefeature doesn't need to be large. You can add a small
ENJOY it's bounties while we are amazed at it'swater garden to most any garden and do it quite
complex nature and how the garden fills our sensesinexpensively. I have an old bucket that I keep
completely. Sight, smell, touch, hearing and taste asunplanted in my garden. This water doesn't run, it's
well as our spiritual senses are all beguiled in thethere for the animals. We've recently had a family of
garden. Linger with us a bit as we saunter throughfoxes move in and they enjoy a fresh drink in the
the garden.mornings and evenings when the garden is cool and
We walk into a garden and are immediatelyinviting.
entranced by what we see whether it be a formalFinally, as you add garden decor to your garden,
garden design or a cottage garden we delight in thethink of garden furniture, maybe a patio umbrella and
colors, textures and plant combinations we see.seating area or a pergola. Every garden needs to
Garden decor adds additional architectural elementsprovide a "place to be". A relaxing shady spot or a
to the garden. I love walking through a garden gateplace to plop and enjoy the beautiful view you've
or garden arbor filled with blooming roses or danglingcreated.
grapes and then into the gardens beauty beyond.As we've wandered gardens we've also taken
Bird baths, garden statues, seating areas and waterpictures for you focusing on the garden decor. We
features can all add interest and create a focal pointhope you enjoy them as much as we enjoy sharing
in our gardens.them. We also ask that you submit your garden
A quirky collection of containers is always intriguingdecor photos to use so we can share those with our
garden decor. We adorn our patio every year withreaders. We welcome your projects and project
different plant combinations in containers that areideas.