Garden Arrangements can make a huge difference in your yardWritten by Johann Erickson
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These larger, display gardens are perfect place to put focal decorations such as birdbaths, or sundials. In a smaller garden, one bird bath would be sufficient, but in a long strip garden, one near each end, with perhaps a sun dial in center, will make an outstanding display.
Gardens that are closer to house, and which are seen from windows, are usually where people choose to add those extra special touches. An herb garden that gives off delightful scents in summer, is made more charming with flat garden stones placed at intervals. These come with pictures, mottos, quotations and even Bible verses.
Another highly popular item to tuck in amongst blossoms, are decorative figurines. The durable construction in long-lasting vinyl or alabastrite, offers years of enjoyment from squirrels, rabbits, fairies, and always amusing, gnomes.
You can also extend your outside décor from house to garden, by matching garden flags to design of flags you have mounted in brackets on your home. These come in seasonal and holiday designs, and can be part of an overall theme that would include things like a lady bug house flag, garden flags, garden stones, and key hider!
Imagination is only key you’ll need to designing a garden that will enhance your property and be a pleasure to work in. When you’re done, make time to sit back and enjoy what you’ve created.
Johann Erickson is the owner of Online Discount Mart and TV Products 4 Less. He is also a contributing writer for sites such as Helpful Home Ideas. Please include an active link to our site if you'd like to reprint this article.
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The effort put into wild gardens is all in beginning. After that, you’ll be able to sit back in your Adirondack chairs under trees, and enjoy sights and sounds of nature. As flowers grow and begin to bloom, you’ll see just what kind of bonuses they bring. And you can increase pleasure, by providing extras for visitors to your garden.
Natural grasses that go to seed will attract birds. A birdbath at edge of your garden, or even further onto lawn will provide water for visitors, and allow them to splash and drink, then return to their browsing in garden. Designs in bird baths have gone way beyond classic Roman column with a cement bowl, and now offer delightful reproductions of fairies, cherubs, angels, and animal figures, such as a squirrel holding a birdbath.
You may find that your yard is suddenly extra popular with all kinds of feathered friends, in which case, you might like to provide further feeding stations for them. Birdfeeders come in a wide variety of shapes, designed for placement at different levels. There are gazebo and stained glass feeders to be hung from tree branches, Pelican or fairy dish-style feeders that sit on lawn for ground feeders, and wasp-proof feeders that can be hung out, or mounted in planters for tiny and charming hummingbirds.
Don’t forget yourself, once you have your “minimal” garden set up to admire. Place a garden swing on your patio, or a patio table and chairs in shade where you can sit and enjoy nature at its best.
Johann Erickson is the owner of Online Discount Mart and TV Products 4 Less. He is also a contributing writer for sites such as Helpful Home Ideas. Please include an active link to our site if you'd like to reprint this article.
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