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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 7:03 pm   Post subject: Lawn Ornaments as a Garden Focal Point


I love to tuck a bit of art into my garden for a little added pizazz. I know a lot of folks think yard art is cheesy, but if done the right way, I think it can add a lot of interest year round. No pruning...no watering! Very Happy Some of these items came from Hobby Lobby and others were just picked up along the way. Pippa
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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 7:44 pm   Post subject:


You've got some very pretty yard art there. I especially like the first and last one, but the dragonflies are nice too. Very Happy


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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 7:48 pm   Post subject:


I agree that garden art can look really effective if placed in just the right situation. The ghecko in the last piccie is lovely.


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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 8:23 pm   Post subject:


Pippa, I love your yard art. I have some of it and enjoy it. As you said there are some that don't care for it, but it is my yard. Laughing Laughing


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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 8:36 pm   Post subject:


I really like them! Smile

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Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 6:07 pm   Post subject:


Ornaments if done tastefully can certainly add to a landscape, however as you've pointed out, many times it does end up looking "cheesy.

Gazing balls and the like tend to get the curled brow effect, LOL. but yes, use of ornamentation in a landscape can be quite appealing.


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Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 6:58 pm   Post subject:


I have things outside but it's true that it can be overdone. There is a yard here in our little town that has so much yard junque that you cannot see the yard. They've even made a river with an island with a fake palm tree. It's really ugly looking in my opinion but it's their yard and they must think it's beautiful. dooley

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Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:14 pm   Post subject:


I love yard art and yours is certainly artistic. Among the ones in my yard is a cherub in a flower-festooned bird bath, a garden fairy, and a little cat. Love what you have done.
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Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:02 pm   Post subject: Thanks for your comments


I don't know if it actually qualifies as "yard art", but wait until you see what we do to the house at Halloween. No One would call it tasteful....but it is a lot of fun! Pippa

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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:35 pm   Post subject:


I like yard art.

In many ways, yard art reflects an individual's personality.

A persons yard should reflect their tastes (done tastefully) in design, color etc.

When I talk with people on landscapes etc. I suggest to put their personality into it, don't simply follow a design someone else made up.

You have to live with it and look at it everyday, make it something you enjoy.

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Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:53 pm   Post subject: yard art


pippa, i love your yard art. i think it reflects ones own personality.vicki

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Again, I'm not saure it qualifies at yard art, but it is sure something. Work is in progress now. We usually get a couple of hundred trick or treaters. Pippa

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Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:03 am   Post subject:


I love your yard art but I have decided to get rid of lots of mine as its hard to get around it with my mower and I will reduce my yard some too.Its getting to hard for me to handle so it needs to go back to grass.It breaks my heart but I must.


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