Major Types of Garden Ornaments and their Benefits

After a tedious day the garden is one of the most appropriate places to relax in. Adding such features as statues, gnomes and wind chimes, will not only give your garden a unique appearance, but it will also make the area look like a great outdoor retreat. Garden ornaments come in a wide range of forms, shapes, sizes, color and beauty to the garden area.

Garden Statues 

Garden statues come in a wide range beautiful and imaginable sizes and shapes. They range from Germanic mythical elves, to human size statues, to biblical and angelic figures. This class of garden ornaments adds both color and design features to the garden and can be designed to either stand alone or can be built into the garden using ornament molds. Other forms of garden statues have interesting features like bird baths and fountains.

The major advantage of garden statues as garden ornaments is that they allow home owners to incorporate a similar landscape design theme by making use of a garden statue that perfectly suit the design theme (e.g. Japanese garden ornament). Garden ornaments can be made of a wide range of materials including cast stone, cement or concrete.

Garden Planters 

Garden planters come in a wide range of natural and man-made materials such as polyethylene, ceramic, stone, pottery, wrought iron, aluminum and wood. These great garden ornaments can be put in the patio, pool area or garden. Garden planters generally add beauty to the back and front areas of the garden and it is advisable that two or more garden planters be used in the one area because then they will create a combination of color, beauty and life.

Garden Gnomes

Garden gnomes are dwarf-like creatures that are strongly believed to bring about good luck to the garden. These ornaments are created in large, medium and small sizes with varying gnome themes like pushing wheel barrows, hugging trees and feeding birds. Garden gnomes are basically hand-crafted, made of clay and are painted in a wide range of bright colors. They give the garden a colorful appearance.

Wind Chimes 

Wind chimes are used to create peaceful sounds particularly in bushy areas of the garden. They come in a wide range of materials including: bamboo, glass, aluminum and pewter and can be hung in any part of the garden. Different types of wind chimes produce different kinds of tones and sounds. Sounds produced by garden ornaments wind chimes vary from gentle tinkles to large long lasting gongs.

Garden Rocks 

Garden rocks are garden ornaments that are used to re-create a beautiful natural environment especially for water ornaments. They come in a wide range of multicolored shapes and sizes and are best suited for covering up areas where piping and cords are seen in the landscaping. They can also be used to make stepping stones or can be built around the pond.

Garden ornaments generally enhance the appearance of the garden. A beautiful and relaxing garden appearance can be achieved by taking into consideration such factors as a landscaping theme and the purpose of the ornament.