Garden Deco: The Sacred & The Profane

Choices are truly mind bog­gling. There was a pink flamingo too, but it flew away.

Where do you stand on gar­den dec­o­ra­tions? From the clas­sic cherub to the lady in the polka dot dress bend­ing over, to sacred images, there’s lots you can plunk down in your gar­den space these days. It’s not just gnomes any­more. Of course you can still find gnomes around too, in var­i­ous lev­els of grotesque vs cute.

I hap­pen to like my sister’s small col­lec­tion of clas­sic look­ing con­crete rab­bits. I know one gar­dener who dec­o­rates her funky, edgy gar­den with bowl­ing balls and plas­tic ani­mals. I found a stream­lined black cat at a thrift store last year that met my par­tic­u­lar gar­den art stan­dards: a lit­tle bit fun, a lit­tle bit classic.

Or maybe you are a purist and wouldn’t be caught dead with a gnome under your shrub­bery. Weigh in on the comments.

Bunny & Head images ~ Helen Battersby

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  • Ladyslenderlegs

    I love my faded pink flamingoes

  • http://www.tasteto.com Sheryl

    Back when we lived in a place with a yard, we had a plas­tic gnome. He was sup­posed to be ironic. Then we got a dog, and in his enthu­si­as­tic puppy teething phase, he chewed the gnome’s face off. We’ve never been able to bring our­selves to replace him.

  • sweet­keet

    Garden gnomes are a pet peeve of mine. There’s just some­thing sin­is­ter about them. Otherwise, I say LIVE AND LET LIVE.

  • Sarah Battersby

    What a grue­some fate, Sheryl. I’m sure the puppy enjoyed it though.

  • Sarah Battersby

    The ancient con­crete gar­den gnomes that my Grandmother had in her gar­den were favourites of mine as a kid. But they bear no resem­blance to the mod­ern, and I agree, slightly way­ward guys up there in the picture.

  • Sarah Battersby

    Pink flamin­gos really are a mod­ern clas­sic by now. I feel the urge to plant some…somewhere.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/NRGRCSOPQ6DFZ3VTOZ6D4MNBPY lifeshigh­way

    I have equal love for all yard art but I will not score reli­gious / sacred items. Mainly because I am afraid of the wraith of deities and have healthy respect for lightning.

  • Jodi Lastman

    I smell a chal­lenge. Sarah, think you can pull off Pink Flamingos?

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