Statues and ornaments in your garden - show yours?

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• Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

  May 2023

  I've only got one..
  
  
  

  
  Billericay - Essex
  
  Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
  Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

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• M33R4 Posts: 291

  May 2023

  Pete.8 said:

  I've only got one..
  
  
  

  And that single one is most spectacular 🙌 

  I wish I could garden all year round!

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• Plantminded Posts: 3,580

  May 2023

  I like rusted metal ornaments, this is the most recent addition (in case you're wondering, they're poppy seedheads, soon to be swamped by a fern!):
  
  
  

  Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.
  
  
  

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• Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

  May 2023

  M33R4 said:

  And that single one is most spectacular 🙌 

  Thank you - I like it too

  
  Billericay - Essex
  
  Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
  Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

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• BenCotto Posts: 4,718

  May 2023

  We’ve got many, probably too many
  
  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  My pen name on this forum used to be Picidae

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  A cast iron Neptune fountain spout picked up for a pittance in a French brocante
  
  The four seasons
  
  
  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  One final thing which I hope is not contentious but I have been mulling it for a little time, if you’re not a practising Buddhist is a stone statue of Buddha cultural appropriation?

  Rutland, England

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• Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

  May 2023

  OK - I confess - I do have another......
  But he's well-hidden and facing due east
  
  
  
  

  
  Billericay - Essex
  
  Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
  Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

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• JennyJ Posts: 10,576

  May 2023

  I'm not generally very keen on garden ornaments, and most of my garden is at the front of the house and visible from the street so anything expensive would probably get stolen sooner or later . I do like the cat on @BenCotto 's roof, and @M33R4 's Easter Island head.
  

  Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  

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• Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

  May 2023

  BenCotto said:

  We’ve got many, probably too many
  
  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  My pen name on this forum used to be Picidae

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  A cast iron Neptune fountain spout picked up for a pittance in a French brocante
  
  The four seasons
  
  
  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  One final thing which I hope is not contentious but I have been mulling it for a little time, if you’re not a practising Buddhist is a stone statue of Buddha cultural appropriation?

  I've spoken to Buddhists in Thailand who find it offensive that images of Buddha are used as garden ornaments.

  Devon.

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• D0rdogne_Damsel Posts: 4,184

  May 2023

  I do like garden statues/ornaments, but I think there's a fine line between tasteful and tat. Less is more I believe and suitably placed. However, anything that causes a smile is always welcome. 
  
  Interesting thoughts on the Buddha ones. 
  
  I just have a couple, which I will soon be sneaking out of my ex partner's garden. 😅
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  • “Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon

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• Poppypuss Posts: 143

  May 2023

  M33R4 I love your Easter Island Head. I've been after one for years but the only ones I've found have silly smirks on their faces, defenately not like the real thing.

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