Spruce up your garden with ornaments

GARDEN ORNAMENTS
Cottage Living Magazine


Marion Brenner

Ornaments
In every cottage gardener is the heart of a sculptor working in an ever changing medium. Weeds get plucked and flowers get planted to create order and garden ornaments are the finishing touch to the work. Here, a glass ball in a birdbath add year-round color in a shady spot.




Richard Warren

Create a focal point
A square vessel planted with 'Sum and Substance' hostas reflects the shape of a garden cut into the center of a lawn. The container rests on the edge of the bed like a visual exclamation point. Local nurseries, antique stores, and online sites such as Smith, Treillage OR Two Blonds & Co. are reliable sources for planters pots and ornaments.




Victoria Pearson

Romantic entry point
Every garden needs an entry point. Climbing roses drape over an arbor that draws your eye into the garden towared a burgundy striped flax in an oversized pot.




Michael Hill

Draw a plan
Putting pen to paper will help you evision how garden ornaments will work in a space. Even a simple pencil drawing can help you visualize sight lines and paths that are important in creating order in the garden.




Lynn Karlin

Personalize your garden
Found wooden ornaments like birdhouses or plant shelves weather quickly to add instant age and character to the garden.




Victoria Pearson

Elevate the ordinary
Don't hide necessities such as hoses; celebrate them by putting them front and center in a simple garden pot.




Jane Colclasure

Create a border
For centuries, english gardeners have been weaving branches into fencing known as wattles or hurdles. This bamboo wattle and stone ball mark the boundry of a path and planting bed.




Deborah Jaffe

Add a destination
Every path needs an end. Gardener Michael Kirshmann Jr. created a sitting area under bright orange sedum planted in an aged concrete bowl. The bowl is elevated on inexpensive concrete block. The metal Bertoia Diamond chairs are finished in a durable coating that works indoors or in the garden.




Tom McWilliam

Containers keep it simple
Easy growing boxwoods in a stone vessel and galvanized container flank the entrance to a garden shed. Gardener James Cramer suggests placing a single potted topiary in your garden where you need to "rest the eye," or use them in pairs to frame a gate or bench.


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