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Garden ornaments are an inexpensive way to create fantastic focal points within the garden, or simply to enhance the general feel of the garden.  Read on to learn more about how to use them to their best effect.

Placing Garden Ornaments

In the planning stages, you first need to decide if you simply want to add an accent to the garden or if you wish to add a focal point.  It is important to have an idea of what you want and how it will fit into the landscape.
 
Add your personality to the garden through ornaments.  Choose things that fit in best with your personal style.  Don’t be afraid to choose something “out there” if you really love it – being an ornament, it is likely to be able to accompany you if you move.  It doesn’t have to be a permanent fixture in your garden.  However, try and choose ornaments that fit in with your general garden theme and the style of your home.

Be careful not to use too many ornaments in your garden.  Going overboard will only create distractions and a feeling of chaos and clutter, rather than creating a natural line for the eye to follow and a feeling of harmony.  Use the less is more principle.  One fantastic ornament is better than five average ones.  However, using the less is more principle doesn’t mean that you have to use symmetrical arrangements in the garden.  Group pieces together according to their style.

It is also important to keep the proportions right.  An ornament that is too small will run the risk of looking like an afterthought, or like it doesn’t belong at all.  An ornament that is too large, however, will totally dominate the space and draw the attention completely away from the other aspects of the garden.  A good tip for seeing if the ornament will look right in a given area is to make a cardboard cutout of it, and place it in different locations until you find the one that works the best.  This will save you having to lug around a potentially heavy ornament.

Examples of Garden Ornaments

There are many different ornaments that you could use in your garden – indeed, you are only limited by your imagination – but some examples include:

• plaques
  
• sundials
  
• statues
  
• wind chimes
  
• bird houses
  
• bird feeders
  
• gnome doors
  
• handcrafted toadstools
  
• decorative pillars
  
• water fountains
  
• stone troughs
  
• urns
  
• trellises
  
• sculptures
  
• pedestals
  
• benches

Garden ornaments can be made out of a wide range of materials, including concrete, stone, resin, clay, metal, lead, copper, bronze, and even plastic.