I am on something of a mission to make my garden look a bit more interesting. I am quite conscious that vegetables are, by their very nature, transient plants – they come for awhile then move on, so there are periods where the garden looks a bit bare and dull. To compensate for this I am seeking out interesting features to decorate it. Here are some of my finds:
This was a lamp surround; I took out the glass and attatched it the fence for spiders to build their webs on. Next door’s potato weed seems to like growing up through it.
I also have rusty metal in other forms:
This old gate keeps my toddler off the garden as well as providing texture, and I love the blue colour. I love these old wrought irons gates, but unfortuntely I don’t seem to be the only one – I was looking to surround one side of my raised bed but I don’t find nearly enough of them.
I like fish and this next find is simply that – a fish. I have yet to find a suitable place for it.
Finally I wanted something to put above the newly created sandpit – conveniently situated right outside the back door ensuring the kids are easily able to trapse sand throughout the entire house…… I found these; painted their bases and fixed them to the fence.
I op shop a fair bit but I find the tip shop seems to provide more gardenalia than the op shops I visit. Not sure why…..
I’m linking up with Her Library Adventures for Flea Market Finds.
oohhh interesting. Love the blue gate. And the spider’s haven. What great talking points these make in your garden.
Thanks Lea, I am enjoying seeking them out too.
I love the way the paint is peeling on the gate, I’ve got to say I really miss having a garden – an outside space is such a lovely area to customise and I really like the metal you’ve chosen 🙂
Jem xXx
Having now had a garden I think I would really struggle to go back to not having one – I spend such a lot of time simply pottering around and I would be lost without it.
wow, they all look amazing. I especially love the lamp surround, and the colour contrast of the base of the kids toys on the wall, it looks so cheerful x
Thanks Max, I’m enjoying them too.
I can cope with fish like that – ones I don’t have to eat! Maybe you should put it in amongst your Dill plants? 🙂
He he he – I like that idea very much!!!!!
Nice collection for the garden starting there Liz. I too love the tip shop, and I suspect it would be the same tip shop. I’ve been trying to make time to get there for several weeks but it hasn’t happened yet. I’m in need of something interesting for some climbing plants to climb on. I promise I won’t take any wrought iron gates on you though.
Did you see Phoebe at Ballynoe Cottage’s bed springs? She posted on it a while ago – Now that would be great for climbing plants. Ha ha – thankyou regarding the gates – although I suspect if you don’t others will. When I got that one I saw more than one other person looking at it jealously….
We have a gate like that! Lucky us: it came with our house 😛 Ours is red and I’ve been using it to grow bean upwards.
OOOOO I clearly need a red gate…….. Our house can with a fence that was falling down but no gate…..not nearly so useful for growing things up….
Great finds! I love that fish. . .he has charisma for sure.