Using Garden Art In The Garden
Using garden art in the garden is a nice feature to have outdoors. It gives you something else for the eye to rest on besides just plants and flowers.
Sprinkling whatever you consider garden art is limited only by your imagination.
It seems that everything is growing fast now on the patio. Jade, the gingko biloba butterfly tree, is leafing out beautifully.
She is the queen of the patio. Well, aside from Abi, that is!
I love her Jade’s butterfly-winged leaves. It almost looks like there are hundreds of butterflies landing on the tree branches.
Sedum Planted In The Driftwood:
I’ve been digging up and relocating some of this crazy growing sedum.
They say keep an eye on mint because it will take over a garden. Well, I’ve never had mint take over like this sedum does.
Color abounds. What a wonderful time of year in the garden!
I hope you gardeners out there have been able to get to work. Surely winter is over most everywhere by now.
The Roosters:
There are two roosters that oversee things out here. One is blue and rusty. The other one I named Rusty the rooster. He’s in the above photo.
My roosters stand amid the container plants and keep order.
I used to have metal chickens on stakes that went into the ground in my raised garden beds. They didn’t hold up well in the weather.
I wish the roosters could keep the squirrels from digging in the pots. And dissuade the ants from crawling all over my rose bush!
Using Garden Art In The Garden Is Fun:
It’s fun to scatter garden art around the patio. Slip a little something in between the plants to add a bit of whimsy to your garden.
And what is considered garden art, you might ask? I consider pretty stones and metal birds garden art.
Garden art can be a whole range of objects. Signs, old vintage garden memorabilia, driftwood, etc.
This also includes containers like galvanized tubs as well as buckets. And vintage water cans and gazing balls.
The beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So if it’s funky and cute and looks like something that would go outdoors, consider it garden art!
Driftwood is a nice addition too. The weathered texture is so lovely. I plant in the crevices of my driftwood.
As you know, anything that is capable of holding something else can be a planter. And that goes for a big piece of driftwood with little pockets in the wood.
I love gazing balls too, but don’t bother with the thin ones that break. Buy the stainless steel gazing balls. They last forever.
I broke quite a few before I discovered my nearly indestructible gazing balls.
You can find them by searching online. I’ll warn you: they’re not as cheap as their breakable counterparts. But that’s the whole point.
I may need to repaint my stainless steel gazing balls soon. They’re looking kind of scratched up after years of being outside.
Your garden is gorgeous! I have a garden in pots as well and I love it.
It’s all so pretty. Love the piece of driftwood. I’ll have to remember to look for a nice piece when I go to the coast again, hopefully sometime in May. I love a whimsical garden too…. you have such a knack for it all.. and Miss Jade is lovely! I kind of just buy plants willy nilly.. according to what catches my eye.. then put them together in pots to coordinate with each other. I used to “companion” plant, but don’t anymore.. just plant what is fun and pretty. Be glad you don’t have earwigs! They ate up everything last year and don’t know if they’ll come back this year or not. I think they came in with some shasta daisy’s that we got from a neighbor.. so I’ve pulled those all out and will keep them out as the earwigs ate everything in sight! Marilyn
You have just the right amount of garden art! I see some homes that have just way too much stuff and it’s too distracting from the actual gardens! Does your Jade tree flower? I think I asked you that before. For some reason I don’t see an email when you reply to comments any more….I don’t know why.
No, Jade does not flower.
Your garden looks great. Mint is wild. It took over so many times I got tired of dealing with it I don’t plant it anymore. My go to herbs are rosemary, sage, basil and thyme. Your roosters add nice whimsy and your flowers are doing so well
Cindy
Your plants are so beautiful. We FINALLY have warm enough weather where I can finally start planting flowers. Only I haven’t been to the garden centers just yet because I need to carefully plan what I’m going to buy, otherwise I just start grabbing everything I think looks pretty, lol. I can’t wait until I have my patio all set up with containers of flowers!
Your patio looks so inviting!!
Love that cute little rooster in the garden. Adorable.
Have a great day.
Kris
Your patio is looking so good! The garden art enhances the containers. It is obvious that a gardener lives there and loves her space!
I have a tall metal rooster in the garden and it has an open mouth. The garden lizards use the mouth as their lookout point; it is fun to see them peering out of the mouth — looks like the rooster is sticking out its tongue.
You always do the most amazing job of creating pretty little vignettes in your garden. Love the art.
I love how much you are able to cram into your garden space. It all looks just lovely- you really have a green thumb and I know it gives you great pleasure to retreat into your own little garden world. Just lovely! xo Diana
Do you treat your driftwood from the elements? I have a beautiful piece but afraid it will disintegrate in the yard.
No, I don’t do anything to it.
I had some sedum like that in some long pots, and it was great despite the sun and came back for several years. But it went kaput this year. Maybe the soil is exhausted. I need to replace it.
I love the roosters! My kitchen has a rooster theme. Such a beautiful, majestic animal.