Garden Art and Features

by Carole

We bought a house with 1/2 acre of 'garden' which is basically bushland on a sloping block. The block has a steep incline, a bit of a 'valley' and then another incline. We did a lot of clearing of noxious weeds and fallen branches and installed a raised veg bed on the only flat bit of land that gets enough sun for vegie growing. As we are in the mountains the soil is acidic and very poor. So until we can get some plants going, I decided to add some pops of colour around the garden with some home made features.

garden art and features, flowers, gardening, outdoor living, succulents, Roadside find oak chair painted white with blue Mexican oilcloth sitting among the rhododendrons

Roadside find - oak chair - painted white with blue Mexican oilcloth -sitting among the rhododendrons

garden art and features, flowers, gardening, outdoor living, succulents, A statue of Ned Kelly next to a tree stump planted up with a strawberry plant

A statue of Ned Kelly next to a tree stump planted up with a strawberry plant

Hollow log pulled from front yard and planted up with succulents

garden art and features, flowers, gardening, outdoor living, succulents, Fruit bowl on the ground with coconut basket liner and planted up with purple blob succulent

Fruit bowl on the ground with coconut basket liner and planted up with purple blob succulent.

garden art and features, flowers, gardening, outdoor living, succulents, Neighbours donation of old rusty barrow planted up with strawberry plants

Neighbours donation of old rusty barrow - planted up with strawberry plants

garden art and features, flowers, gardening, outdoor living, succulents, Inverted wire hanging basket with yellow plastic chain and a white woven heart

Inverted wire hanging basket with yellow plastic chain and a white woven heart

garden art and features, flowers, gardening, outdoor living, succulents, Discarded rusty star picket for a stand old clothes and a broom handle he s not scaring anyone

Discarded rusty star picket for a stand, old clothes and a broom handle - he's not scaring anyone!

garden art and features, flowers, gardening, outdoor living, succulents, succulents sitting on a grate set on tree stumps The grate was found buried in the garden

succulents sitting on a grate set on tree stumps. The grate was found buried in the garden

seed spreader sourced on ebay planted up with fan flowers

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Carole on Jul 24, 2013
Thanks Alexandra, the log was still in the ground - the remains of a small tree - completely dead and hollow but it was a task of grim determination, rocking it back and forth till its roots released it from the ground. Then I had to get it into the wheelbarrow to take out the back garden. It was extremely heavy!

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Melissa Cannistraro on Jun 12, 2014
Very cute!

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