Nice or naff outdoor stuff

PenguinOfDeath

DKLS wrote: »

One of my old neighbours had wind chimes, they drove me nuts, so when they were on holiday there was a terrible storm and they blew away. Oddly the next storm took the replacement chimes as well.

Must have been the same storm that placed an elastic band around our neighbours chimes when they went away!

I must admit I'm not a fan of wall art, ornaments, amusing signs, clocks etc in the garden. Plants and essential paraphernalia, chairs, a BBQ a chimenea and a table for drinks will do for me...

Loolah

Front garden some solar lights and a few stone ornaments, stepping stones under the windows among the plant for easy access when cleaning windows, bird seed hanger and a few planters.

Back garden which is large

Water feature,frog spitting water
Monkey tree (various tatty monkeys dangling from branches)
Budda in front of huge bamboo
Gnome land ( loads Of tacky pound shop gnomes and my lovely zombie gnomes which csn just be seen thru the leaves)
Stone naked classical man with a huge whatsit in the strawberry bedd
Bird table
Plastic parrot in tree above
Family of very life like rabbits in the broad beans
Couple of lambs on the lawn
Squirrels in the woodland bit
Chicken house and run decorated with strings of solar lights, shiny dangly things and colourful wind sock,
Very lifelike owl on the pagoda which lights up
Various slugs and snail ornaments dotted about
Sun plaque on wall along with a gecko and gold flower
Latest addition a mooning gnome. Backside lights up in the dark

Omg sounds horrific but its a big garden and most things arennt noticable until you are very close

Jagraf

kingfisherblue wrote: »

Thanks Jen. The volunteers are coming mid May to transform the garden. In the meantime, my ex is going to paint the guttering and door on the garage this weekend.


My son is so excited, and I'm really grateful that the charity are coming to do this for him. He'll have plug plants to start with, as it is later in the season by then. In the meantime, he has grown cress from seed. He's also grown lobelia, dwarf marigolds and chives from seed, but one of them failed (they were pound shop packs). Unfortunately, he mixed up the labels whilst tidying up (put the four labels into a single pile!), and we're not sure yet which one has failed and which have been successful. Still, it was a learning experience for him.


OP - sorry to hijack your thread. It's really interesting hearing about what others have in their gardens, although I have to admit that I'm not keen on plastic meerkats either!

No worries, sounds lovely x

Jagraf

Loolah wrote: »

Front garden some solar lights and a few stone ornaments, stepping stones under the windows among the plant for easy access when cleaning windows, bird seed hanger and a few planters.

Back garden which is large

Water feature,frog spitting water
Monkey tree (various tatty monkeys dangling from branches)
Budda in front of huge bamboo
Gnome land ( loads Of tacky pound shop gnomes and my lovely zombie gnomes which csn just be seen thru the leaves)
Stone naked classical man with a huge whatsit in the strawberry bedd
Bird table
Plastic parrot in tree above
Family of very life like rabbits in the broad beans
Couple of lambs on the lawn
Squirrels in the woodland bit
Chicken house and run decorated with strings of solar lights, shiny dangly things and colourful wind sock,
Very lifelike owl on the pagoda which lights up
Various slugs and snail ornaments dotted about
Sun plaque on wall along with a gecko and gold flower
Latest addition a mooning gnome. Backside lights up in the dark

Omg sounds horrific but its a big garden and most things arennt noticable until you are very close

A mooning gnome :rotfl: x

GlasweJen

We don't have a garden but my mum has a gnome that's taller than the little niece - he gets called Fred.

Ames

I don't have a garden as such, but the patch of grass in front of my flat is mine to do what I like with. I'd quite like a couple of planters with veg and some herbs, but half the neighbourhood use it as a shortcut and I don't want to annoy people by blocking it off (even though I'd love them to stop doing it!).

heartbreak_star

I have my plastic greenhouse (though I'd love a big glass one), we have a wooden seat (my outdoor reading nook) and some little glass butterflies.

We also have our old toilet and barbecue tucked away near the reading nook, filled with soil and plants! They look great!

HBS x

Gra76

We've got a good sized back garden, mostly used to play football in by my boys, so when we overhauled the back garden last year I wanted to keep it fairly minimalistic.

The borders are barked with tegula blocks as a mowing strip, then we've got a 4m x 4m fan shaped patio area at the back for relaxing on and another 4m (round) dining area. We bought a large L-shaped Rattan sofa set for the fan shaped area and an 8-seater Rattan table and chairs for the dining area. It looks better than I'd anticipated so I'm very happy with it.

The rest of the garden was re-turfed and I'm waiting for slightly better weather before the football goal goes back up for the summer. Other than that there's a shed sitting in one of the corners.

The next job is to strip back the fencing and re-stain it. Not looking forward to that as there's probably a weeks work for me doing that...

Just ordered some solar lights for the borders so that should light things up a little better than they currently are.

Lunar_Eclipse

We have a modern country garden: lawn, patio areas, pond which I hate, shed, greenhouse etc. It's very pretty. In terms of 'decoration': a couple of table and chair sets, some fairy lights and simple bird feeders. We also have a water bath for birds which we inherited and I keep trying to throw away cause it's ugly.

I'm going to get some new outdoor seating soon (recliners, sofa), more outdoor lights and eventually plant some planters.

Beyond that, everything I like in terms of garden art is too expensive, such as some beautiful one off willow pods/sculptures. I've never understood the thinking behind most things I see for sale in garden centres. And whilst I wouldn't have gnomes in my garden, they are so naff they're almost cool...

Alikay

Just plants, lawn, chairs and 3 big wheelie bins in our garden at present. If an heir hunter comes calling with good news for me though, I will be buying an original from this chap
http://www.david-goode.com/