Gazing balls and an arbor give this garden a special touch. Dorothy continues to fine-tune her beautiful composition, just as she continues her passion for teaching by giving piano lessons in her home.
Add a colorful gazing ball to your garden, covered in a mosaic inspired from passion flower vines.
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Ornamental features such as large rocks, a pedestal, a statue or a gazing ball are natural focal points. A quick and easy feature to add to a bed is a bird bath or a bird feeder.
This page is devoted to the real art that can be found in tasteful gardens, and where to find it, including gazing balls, elegant statuary, quality birdbaths, eye-catching planters, lighting, arches, trellises, statuary, sundials, etc.
If you plan to integrate sculpture, a gazing ball or other garden art into your design, plan to have a paving stone at the bottom in order to keep the foliage around it trimmed down, ...
For the meditative gardener on your list, consider a gazing ball. Citrus farmer and former National Gardening contributor, Lance Walheim, loves these large, reflective globes.
The low lights that flank the path reflect off the gazing ball and your imagination sees a space ship with circling lights hovering in your garden.
* Classic accents such as statuary, weather vanes, pergolas or gazing balls.
* Fountains, cascades, pools or other water features.
* Natural focal points like an old stump, a winding creek, a spectacular view or a large existing tree.
Fountain, pond or stream for the soothing and restful sound of water.
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Trellis or archways
Picket fences
Plants in terracotta pots or hanging baskets
Garden seating
Brick or cobblestone walkways ...
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Flames, produced by candles or oil-burning lamps, are warm and flattering to faces, and have a hypnotic effect that induces calm and relaxation. Firelight on reflected surfaces such as ponds, mirrors and even gazing balls is a particularly effective ...
Winding pathways connect the beds, suggest depth and beckon visitors to wander the one-third acre property. Pretty accents like birdbaths, gazing balls and benches lend year-round interest to the garden and tie everything together.
Some things I have done include taking an old chair and making it into a planter by removing the seat and stapling chicken wire to the bottom, painting a bowling ball with metallic paint and using it as an unbreakable gazing ball, ...
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