Try something unique in your garden like ornamental garden art. Elements of stone, metal, clay, and wood act to bind your garden to the earth and invoke deeper powers. In a very real way, the ornamental garden you choose is planted there like anything else. So, just like every decision you make about your garden, you will want to learn exactly what meaning lies behind different types of ornamental garden art.
The ever popular Garden Gnomes, like those at www.plowandhearth.com, do more than just add a fun flavor to your garden. Any ornamental garden art that has a face on it contains powerful earth magic than can help heal and nurture ailing plant life. There are now many variations on garden gnomes, like pot pixies or tree people. In addition to helping your plants grow better, garden gnomes and other face-bearing statuary are known to bring good fortune to the garden.
Wind chimes please both the eyes and the ears, but they do more than that. Wind chimes were first developed in the southern and eastern parts of Asia. They began as markers of sacred places, like Buddhist temples, where their organic sound was the background noise to meditating monks. In time, wind chimes became common ornamental garden art around the world. Wind chimes, like the bronze wind bells at www.modernartisans.com, have a healing power that eliminates stress and tension with their soothing resonance.
Introducing feng shui into your garden can be done easily with ornamental garden art. There are a number of potent symbolic animals that will bring different energies in.
- Figures of long-legged deer summon good luck and wealth.
- A Dragon figure calls strength and authority.
- Placing lion figures on either side of an entryway to the garden welcomes guests with strength and dignity.
- Birds bring happiness to your garden, whether they are real or symbolic. The elegant Soaring Heron Sculpture form www.modernartisans.com seems to float on the wind and is an excellent way to ensure you always have the happy spirit of birds around.
In Asian cultures, the turtle is an animal of particular importance and can be easily incorporated in your ornamental garden art. Myths about turtles state that inside a turtle's shell is the mystery of heaven and earth. Turtles are considered auspicious and bring with them good fortune. Because turtles are creatures that live both in and out of water, it is appropriate to put them near a water element in your garden, or possibly in it. Floating Turtles for pond can be found at www.pond-o-mania.com.
There are endless ways of exploring the potential for introducing ornamental garden art that has symbolic meanings in the garden. By incorporating them in your garden designs they become as alive as the plants around them. Start enjoying the benefits of ornamental art by seeing what is available www.modernartisans.com, www.plowhearth.com, and www.pond-o-mania.com.
