Concrete Lawn Ornaments Nursery Landscaping Guide
Concrete Lawn Ornaments Highlighting Areas Of Your Yard
By Joel F Mornigstar
Concrete lawn ornaments help to improve the landscape around
your yard. You may have a few miniature fruit trees, a small organic
garden and even a stone walkway. But placing an ancient Greek
statue, or a water fountain adds an artistic statement to your
yard. You want to say to the visitor of your home, that you like
to decorate your yard with art.
Decorating your yard and decorating your home with art, indicates
you love your home sweet home. You are not taking your home for
granted, you like to state this is where you live and the yard
is part of you. By placing artistic ornaments around your yard,
you are highlighting areas of your yard.
Ancient Greek Statue Inside Your Garden
For example, you may look at placing an ancient Greek statue
inside your garden, you may even place statues of dogs around
your yard, to scare strays away from your yard, as they may think
the competition is too much in this yard. The ornaments highlight
your garden and your yard, drawing the eye to interesting parts
of your yard.
Green garden, green lawn, green leaves on the trees. Placing
ornaments in an area where the colours are the same, brings out
the contrast. By thinking about your yard, you can improve the
colours by looking at ways to decorate your yard with concrete
lawn ornaments.
Adding Elegance To Your Garden
We are justly proud of our gardens and want our little bit of
territory to be a peaceful haven, away from the outside world.
Concrete lawn ornaments have become very popular in recent years.
They can add elegance, fun or humor and the selection is very
wide. Using concrete, as opposed to other materials, makes it
affordable.
Statues, made from concrete, resin and brass, can fit in with
any theme. They come in all shapes and sizes, some classical and
some more contemporary. Animals or birds, such as flamingos and
dolphins are firm family favorites. There are maritime subjects,
including bearded sea captains, mermaids and lighthouses, all
popular with coastal properties.
Religious And Sports Statues
Great religious themes are explored in concrete lawn ornaments
and many cultures are represented in Oriental statues, Italian
statues and Greek goddesses. Oriental subjects are particularly
sought after, especially Buddhas and Japanese pagodas. Statues
of children and sports themes are favorites too. Sports include
golf, hockey, and baseball.
Native Americans are represented as chiefs and braves. Fishing
scenes, with a grandfather or young boy holding a fishing rod,
look good at the site of water features. Figures of authority
are represented by fire fighters and police officers with props
such as fire hydrants.
Concrete Is Better Than Plastic
There is a long tradition of garden gnomes and their owners become
very attached to them. Gnomes make terrific concrete lawn ornaments
as a change to the usual plastic variety. Gnomes are seen relaxing
under mushrooms, fishing or playing the accordion. The fantasy
theme can be extended with statues of fairies. Concrete vegetables,
such as pumpkins, can set the tone.
Gargoyles bring a Gothic atmosphere into the garden, perhaps
suitable in a shady corner. A walled garden can make use of wall
plaques with motifs like the sun, moon, flowers and angels.
Decorating Your Lawn With Stepping Stones
Stepping stones not only mark out a path but can also be a decorative
concrete lawn ornament in their own right. They come in all sorts
of shapes with scenes of birds, flowers and zodiac signs. They
can also be in the style of tree bark.
Fountains made of concrete, resin and brass adds to the attraction.
They come in one to four tier versions with different themes.
Some of the most popular include cherubs, Belgium Boy, Lion Heads,
and Oriental Dragons.
Greek subjects include King Neptune and the goddess Venus. Some
people prefer a concrete lawn ornament to be more contemporary
and there are fountains of abstract shapes.
Bird Baths In Your Backyard
Bird baths are another option for concrete lawn ornaments, to
attract birds to your backyard. You may have some birdfeeders
near trees, but having a bird bath close to your garden, adds
another dimension to your backyard.
You may not have room for a large Greek statue or a Pagoda to
guard your garden, but you can always decorate your garden with
a bird bath. You may even place a water fountain nearby, to keep
the birds entertained.
Then you can sit in an area where you cannot be seen by the birds,
under the shade and be entertained by the variety of birds coming
to your backyard, fascinated by your concrete lawn ornaments.
About the Author:
Joel F Morningstar has written a number of articles on gardening
and landscaping including Backyard
Landscaping, Miniature
Fruit Trees, Pepper
Plant, Coffee
Plant, Front
Yard Landscape, Fast
Growing Trees, Big
Backyard, Deck
Ideas, Swing
Set Backyard, Backyard
Fountain, Patio
Garden, Lawn
And Garden, Design
Landscaping, Lawn
Care, The
Landscape, Lawn
Garden.
Keep a lookout for more of his articles on this website.
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