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| I know it's not an official WS topic but does anyone else have unusual/odd/whimsical garden art they've either acquired through no fault of their own or been gifted with by friends & loved ones? While these are here to stay, I can say with complete honesty I had no hand in adding any of them to my flowerbeds:
The Somers Cleat (3 ft. wide, solid iron, approx. 150 lbs, (a) guaranteed to hold a supertanker at dock during a hurricane; and (b) there isn't another one in town)
The Sedum Biker Boot (gotta be the only one?)
Thimble Islands Rope - all 30 ft. of it wrapped around the crabapple tree (see how it goes off to the left & right there?) as well as The Somers Cleat. Did anyone spot the lobster pot buoy?
Whimsical stone owl
There's a story behind each one that I'll wait to bore you with until someone asks but I figure I can't be the only gardener who's been on the receiving end of unusual, if not downright odd, garden art aside from wind chimes, bird feeders, birdhouses, birdbaths & statuary. For the record, I spared you the nautical landscape timbers, the ancient mailbox on an iron post... |
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- Posted by backyardgrown 7b-8 NW MS (My Page) on Mon, Nov 8, 10 at 11:12
| I am in LOVE with that owl! |
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- Posted by gardenweed_z6a 6 (My Page) on Mon, Nov 8, 10 at 11:52
| Mother's Day, from my daughter. Yeah, it's a keeper. |
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- Posted by gardencrazy 6 Southern Ohio (My Page) on Tue, Nov 9, 10 at 9:48
| That owl is so cute! I want him! lol |
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I bought this car for two dollars at a yard sale at least ten years ago. It holds packages at Christmas. Mums and pumpkins in the fall. A pot of flowers in the summertime.    
It still works. It's easy to move when I mow. Don |
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- Posted by gardenweed_z6a 6 (My Page) on Wed, Nov 10, 10 at 16:45
| Love the car, Don! I wonder if I wrapped ribon & a big red bow around the cleat it would look Christmassy? |
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- Posted by tiffy_z5_6_can 5/6 (My Page) on Wed, Nov 10, 10 at 19:28
| Wish I could do something unique with the Artesian well thig-a-ma-jig. For now it keeps a rock for pounding in stakes and acts as a lean-to for garden tools. I was thinking of trying to find a tubular shaped object - like a huge PVC pipe - and doing some mosaics on it and placing it on top...
Anyone have innovative ideas for this one? |
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- Posted by just1morehosta 5 (My Page) on Wed, Nov 10, 10 at 22:02
| Hubby thinks you need a Obelisk,with a pretty vine growing up it, if you lived closer, he would make you one.(What he said). I like his idea, you could also plant a huge hosta by it,that is what I have done, course, it shows in the winter. :0( cAROL |
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- Posted by countrycarolyn 6-7 nw TN (My Page) on Thu, Nov 11, 10 at 8:44
| I love that boot, it is very different which is why I like it. The owl is precious!! Dem_pa, cute car, I especially love the christmas packages and all the snow around. Just a perfect touch for the christmas spirit. Tiffy can I just cut part of your flower bed out and put it in mine?? Lol |
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- Posted by lois PA Zone 6 (roselady@ptd.net) on Sun, Nov 14, 10 at 9:52
| That owl is so cute..... I don't have anything whimsical. I can't think past trying to get more flowers into the garden, LOL. The only object I have that's not plants or rocks is an armillary that DH created by bolting the rusty iron piece onto a cement pillar. The clematis grows up and through it later in summer. This picture is taken in May, and as you can see, I need to replace the lavender that's gotten woody and add lots more color to that garden.
tiffy, what a beautiful house and garden you have... I had a similar challenge in my front yard when we moved in; a big ol' white PVC pipe sticking up about 2 1/2 feet out of the ground, right in the middle of the yard. I ended up building up a stone wall around it and filling it in with dirt. It became a round raised bed about 3 ft in diameter. I left the top 6 inches of pipe with the lid showing, and put a rock in front of it. The lavender is very happy there, as is anything else that needs good drainage. In your situation, you could "bump out" your lovely garden boarder to include the new raised bed, and cut a short paved pathway through between the raised bed and the orignal garden so you can still get in there if you need to. It would probably end up being easier to mow since you wont have to worry about mowing between the pipe and the garden.
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- Posted by wendy2shoes z6 S ON (My Page) on Mon, Nov 15, 10 at 12:48
| Tiff..could you paint it grey and somehow attach a birdbath to it? Or, slide some hollow statuary over it (wal-mart stuff). |
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