Ideas For Your Backyard

Let your gardening experience be fun.  Include your children and grandchildren while creating an charming back yard.  By adding statues and/or figurines that are whimsical you will be creating a delightful experience for young and old alike.

Generally speaking fountains are usually pretty to install.  There are a number of good water fountains on the market.  Shop around or drive around to find an out of the way gardening center that may have different fountains than what you would find in your local stores.  The water fountains that you buy usually come with a water pump and there may be limited assembly.  You will just have to place it near an electic outlet to  run electricity to the pump. 

And if you are handy enough you could build your own.  You would be amazed at what you would find laying around that would we suitable to put a fountain together.  Add some water tubing and a pump and voila you have a custom made backyard water fountain.

If you don’t have enough room in your yard for a fountain or pond you can attract flocks of visitors to your garden with a sparkling bird bath.  It will be an oasis for the feathered traveler. A sweet addition to a shady corner or sunny knoll, this enchanting floral birdbath brings to mind the genteel gardens and gentle sentiments of bygone Victorian days.

A beautiful woman holds a bushel of wheat in one arm while with the other endlessly pours the water from her urn. A classic fountain symbolizing fertility and wealth. 

This fountain would like in a “sun room” or outdoor entertaining area.

Perched atop his favorite rock, this friendly fellow is just as happy as can be! From his bright-eyed grin to the message (”Do one thing today and everyday that makes you happy”), right below his webbed toes, this little figurine is a bona-fide charmer.

How can you resist this little charmer?

Adding beauty to your garden decor can be done several ways, and it will be probably be  different for each of us.  You can add plants, trees, objects, water features.  Beauty is indeed “in the eye of the beholder”.  (and the pocketbook)!

Look down the road and see the “big picture”  maybe you can transform your yard/garden slowly, especially if you have limited resources.  Add a few flowering plants or bushes this year and you’ll be able to see the beauty begin, with birds, butterflies and blooms, then next year maybe you can add a statue or water feature.  This can be repeated year after year until you have created your “masterpiece”.

With the warmer weather, I’m in seventh heaven. I love having all the song birds in the backyard, and I love hearing them sing! You too can hear this symphony by encourageing these songbirds to visit, nest and feed in your backyard. It is so easy to encourage most birds. You probably already have trees, shrubs and flowers, now put up a birdhouse/birdfeeder and some food, and you’ll be listening to a beautiful song or two also. Photo compliments of John and Carol Hollinsworth/USFWS

Why not add some pretty decorative birdhouses to your garden decor.  They will make great additions to your backyard as well as help to birds to find a resting spot or a place to call home?

This lovely little luxury villa for feathered flyers overflows with Victorian charm! Wouldn’t you like to see this in your backyard?

Have you ever considered using a table top fountain on your deck? or in a sun room?  As long as you can access electicity it would be ideal on a deck or in a sun room.  You will still be able to enjoy the sounds of the water without being in the hot summer sun.

Especially with this table top fountain where four froggy friends grab a cool drink of water from the cup of a lily pad leaf. A treat to behold, indoors or out!

If water fountains are an allure for you, but you don’t think that you have the room for one, check out the wall water fountains that are available.  These virtually do not take up any new space.  They are placed on an existing wall, could be the side of a house, garage or storage building. Just be sure you have a source of electric to run the pump that recycles the water. 

You will still be able to see and hear the running splashing water.