Garden Ornaments

I don't want the Seven Dwarves, pink flamingos or a parade of whirly-gigs, but I do like the occasional garden ornament.  The random animals throughout the garden might verge on tacky, but hopefully everything's spaced out and neutral enough to blend in with the landscape.  I'll take a walk around and point out a few.

 

⇡North

I have four fountains--one north, south, east and west.  The first is in my driveway as you enter.

Two vintage concrete fruit baskets frame the entry to my front door. 

⇢East

Walking East, the living room chimney is highlighted with a old iron architectural find. 

In the garden are three staddle stones (see 6/8/24 post).

A bench and two pyramidal trellises define the end of the lawn.  

Gooseneck Loosestrife is happily blooming through the slats of the bench.  

An owl overlooking the garden wall, and a few squirrels here and there.

Three marble ducks float in the reflecting pool. 

Another bench and planted birdbath nestle in a shady alcove.

I had two old iron panels with my initials made into a garden gate.

In the meadow I configured a fountain from antique French limestone troughs and a tower. 

Bird houses, bird baths and bird feeders are scattered about and see lots of activity.

I salvaged this heavy granite object as a base for a sundial and excuse for a small bed.

Two old urns frame the doors to the sunroom.

A rabbit's foot fern grows up and out of an upside-down pot, the fuzzy roots clinging.

An old hand-chiseled granite table top has a newer base.

A majolica shell pot.

A half French bakers's rack holds pots under the shade of a birch tree.

⇣South

The south terrace doors are flanked by a pair of old English salt-glazed clay chimney pots. 

A table made from a leftover slab of the Indiana limestone that covers the house.

A door knocker, owl box, and a pot of roses smothered in ground cover.

Down the massive stepping stones is a cement toadstool.  

A large Asian bowl and old millstone I had configured into a fountain 

draws the most wildlife--from bees to deer to Barksy. 

In the woodland is a faux-bois (false wood) tree trunk chair and faux basket planter. 

The base of a fountain is planted as a small woodland.

The vegetable garden has a metal mushroom stool and a small collection of old watering cans.

Two pots softly illuminate the front of the greenhouse at night, with a chicken on the stoop.

  Hovering over the vineyard is a hawk kite to keep birds from nibbling on ripening grapes.

More faux-bois and a succulent-filled, re-purposed metal chair.

By the fire pit we get a peek at a raccoon hiding in the base of a tree trunk.

⇠West

Carved Chinese granite frogs cohabit my back door (the larger is a dog water bowl). 

A Japanese granite "Tsukubai" (water basin fountain) from my mom's garden.  

Traditionally the water spout is bamboo, but she found a steel version.

A frog mister in a bird bath and a dogs-head andiron used as a boot scraper.

This antique stone "Maneki Neko" (Japanese beckoning cat) guards the cottage.

An old mossy top of a birdbath from my parents' house, is now another dog water bowl.

Angels on my deck.

And my two favorite garden ornaments move around the garden daily.  

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