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Hard landscaping is integral to garden design, but well-placed garden ornaments andplanters bring personality to a space. They can express a signature style and transform those overlooked or underutilized areas, creating a beautiful focal point throughout the seasons to complement planting schemes.
Statues and Stonework as Garden Highlights
Think about garden ornaments as the constant in an ever-changing plant-scape. The north star in a garden that can be planted around to maintain interest month after month. A statue between shrubs will create a feature that the foliage can change and bloom around, contrasting with the colour and texture of the stone.
The use of statues can be scaled up or down, depending on the available space. A small statue can brighten up a nook or be used as a finial on a gate post, while an impressive statue or classical urn and pedestal can add drama to a larger vista. There’s so much possibility to bring the best out of every garden, no matter how large or petite.
Maximising Planting Spaces
Brighten up walls and patios with pops of colour, placing smallurns and planters in unexpected places, along garden walls, paths and driveways to add plants in otherwise hard landscaped areas. Urns and planters have the flexibility to be raised up on pedestals to create a floral feature on lawns or within flower beds for greater impact.
The container for your plants can be just as important as the blooms. Fantastic flowers only last so long, whilst an elegant jardinièreor an ornateurn can be a decorative piece in its own right. Use them to draw the eye to certain areas of a garden design, whether that’s to create the illusion of space, a sense of grandeur or for a sense of tranquility within an intimate, smaller garden design. There’s such versatility, so be inspired and unleash your garden creativity.
Another benefit is that cast stone develops a rich patina as it weathers, adding to its charm. Over time moss and lichens reclaim it as part of the garden, for that feeling of enchantment. Place stone urns and tazzason pedestals for romantic whimsy or along garden walls for extra planting opportunities avid gardeners will adore.
Flexibility and Style
The best thing about urns, troughsand jardinières is the flexibility to change and refresh the planting scheme with seasonal annuals. Although, many planters are large enough to grow perennials too, especially those that prefer tight roots, such as agapanthus.
Because Chilstone planters are handmade, it allows for adaptations. Some planters can be made without a bottom on request to house trees, creating the illusion of potted trees, whilst allowing their roots to grow into the ground and thrive. Our planters create impact and elegance in pairs to flank paths and entrances, both to emphasize these features and create a welcoming atmosphere.
Our wide range of garden ornaments are available in different shades to match hard landscaping and property features. Talk to our team or pop in to see us for more garden inspiration,
For more information on Garden Ornaments for Imaginative Garden Designs talk to Chilstone Architectural Stone & Garden Ornaments