Concrete Lawn Ornaments

Concrete Garden Artwork

By Patricia Wainwright Why choose concrete lawn ornaments? It may seem strange to use concrete as an ornamental material, but concrete is now being used for far more than simply laying paths or roads. It is a versatile material and relatively inexpensive, so it was no surprise when people started to look at alternative uses [...]

Recycling Throw-Aways Into Garden Art

A New Look For Old Discards Have you ever looked at an old chair or child’s wagon that you were about to discard, and wondered if you could repurpose it as garden art?  Well, you’re not alone!  Many of us look at what we are about to send off into the great garbage heap down [...]

History of the Garden Gnome

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What do you think about garden gnomes?  In the Time Magazine article “Art: Revelations in a Dank Garden,” Robert Hughs writes that, “From De Chirico’s piazzas to Steven Spielberg’s suburbs, our culture is intermittently fascinated by the noonday goblin—the sense that something is askew within the well lit, the ordinary, and that the closer you [...]