“Beautifying” the Garden – Tip Shop Finds

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.