Garden ornament
A garden ornament is an item used for garden, landscape, and park enhancement and decoration. Garden ornaments include:
- bird baths
- bird feeders
- birdhouses
- columns – cast stone
- flower box
- *window box
- folly
- fountains
- jardiniere
- *kugel fountain
- garden furniture
- gazing spheres
- hanging baskets
- holiday – seasonal ornaments and decorations
- landscape lighting – decorative fixtures
- lawn ornaments
- *bathtub madonnas
- *concrete geese
- *garden gnomes
- *lawn jockeys
- *plastic pink flamingos
- moon bridge – small ornament versions
- outdoor fireplace
- outdoor sculpture
- *found objects such as recycled bowling balls, toilet planters, antique farm equipment
- *kinetic sculpture
- *masks
- *obelisks
- *renewable energy sculpture
- pagoda – small versions
- pedestals – e.g. terracotta, cast stone
- pond – rocks and boulders with basins
- pots
- *urns
- *ceramic art vases
- rain chains
- reflecting pools – small/portable types
- sundials
- topiary specimens
- waterfalls – small prefabricated type
- weathervanes
- wind chimes
History
Early examples of the use of garden ornaments in western culture were seen in Ancient Roman gardens such as those excavated at Pompeii and Herculaneum. The Italian Renaissance garden and French formal garden styles were the peak of using created forms in the garden and landscape, with high art and kitsch interpretations ever since. The English landscape garden expanded the scale of some garden ornaments to temple follies
The Asian tradition of making garden ornaments, often functioning in association with Feng Shui principles, has a nearly timeless history. Chinese gardens with Chinese scholar's rocks, Korean stone art, and Japanese gardens with Suiseki and Zen rock gardens have and symbolic meaning and natural ornamental qualities.
