How to: Garden Statues & Ornaments
How to Select the Perfect Garden Statue or Ornament for your Outdoor Space
Get the Guide: How to: Garden Satues & Ornaments
There is an artful way to select and place statues in the garden. Landscaping with statues can quickly go from elegant and whimsical to overly cluttered. To avoid making your garden look like a yard sale, plan ahead and use these tips to create art in the garden.
Make a plan
Making a plan before buying or placing garden statues can be very helpful. The time you put into a plan now will be time saved later, not to mention money saved on statues that don’t work well in your landscape.
Consider theme
Is your garden naturalistic? Is it a whimsical fairy garden? Is your garden a place to relax or inspire contemplation? While making your plan for including statues, think about the theme and feel of your garden so that the sculptures match it. For instance, if you plant native species, statues of wildlife native in your area would be appropriate.
Think about scale
Your plan should also account for scale. If your yard is large, smaller statues will get overwhelmed and overlooked. If your garden is small though, you’ll need those diminutive pieces to match the scale.
A garden to match a spectacular piece
In some cases, it makes sense to start with the statue. If you have a very special sculpture, something that is large and striking, you may want to make it the centrepiece of your garden. In this case, you’ll place it first and plan your garden around it.
Where to place garden statues
Maybe you don’t need garden statue ideas and you know exactly what you like and want. Knowing how to place those sculptures for maximum effect isn’t as easy as you may think though.
Tips to help you craft you placement plan:
- Surround your sculptures with plants for a natural feel but avoid those that will grow over and obscure it.
- For a more modern style, surround the sculpture with stones or gravel instead of plants.
- Frame a statue with an arbour or row of trees.
- Choose plants to compliment your statues by colour, texture, or growth habit.
- Consider how your placement will look in all seasons.
- Place statues along walkways, next to water features, or even on patios and patio furniture.
At Stone & Water World, we have ornaments and statues to suit everyone's taste. From Buddha and monks to kiwi inspired koru, animals, gargoyles and gremlins.
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