Garden ornaments, objects that are part of the garden design, have rich histories, sometimes rivaling the living landscapes they embellish.

Roaming through a place like Grounds For Sculpture in Hamilton Township can bring on a longing for a personal space that combines impressive art with dramatic landscaping. Even if you don't have 35 ...

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To give landscapes an enduring sense of structure during the inevitable off-season, many of these gardeners use ornamentation—even if the term is a bit of a dirty word among the horticultural elite.

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The snow is gone, the flowers have bloomed, and your lawn is probably looking pretty open and bare right about now. What better way to fill the void than with a tasteful monochromatic R2-D2 lawn ...

Giant bugs that bob up and down, frogs that sit on oversize leaves, and fish that seem to glide in the air over plants are sure to attract attention. How could you not admire such cute, quirky and ...

Pumpkins and cornstalks may be the epitome of fall, but they’re incredibly lightweight when it comes to Halloween decor. If you’ve been looking for some ideas to spice up your front yard, back yard, ...

Just because it’s the front yard doesn’t mean you can’t have privacy. Put up an “open” fence that doesn’t completely barricade your yard—spaced pickets, say, instead of high, solid boards—so it still ...

A police station in Springfield, Oregon has some unusual houseguests: plastic geese, deer, frogs and garden gnomes. A prankster snatched lawn ornaments from shrubbery around town and then placed 75 ...