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Antique Chair
The old chair came was purchased from an antique store going out of business. I just used it as it was. Perfect for setting a plant on!
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Portable Pond
Favorite backyard spots - Portable ledgestone pond with reflective blue LED lighting on glass block wall.
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Laying box
We found an old laying box in our barn. We just added feet to it and it was ready for flowers!
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Green Chair
My husband made this bench out of cedar wood from an old barn, and I gave it a new look with green paint.
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garden spirit statue
This statue is made with paverpol, which is a medium that can with stand our canadian climate. It is a fabric stiffener. First you have to make an armature and build it up with tinfoil...
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The Hut
I built this screened hut as an almost-retreat for my wife. A getaway (only fifteen feet from the house) for writing and holding the cat. It overlooks small fish ponds and in the nottoodistant...
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Evening At The Pond
1 commentThis is our backyard pond, home to fish, frogs and various aquatic plants Nikon D40x, f/3.5, ISO1600, 18mm focal length, 10-second exposure
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Of Statues and Stones
This fun garden game is complete with playing board, game pieces and even the players. We imagine the glass squares to be valued higher, upon landing on them, than the antique "X"-ed tiles...
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Privacy Trellis and Arbour entrance to back garden
The arbour was built first to provide an attractive entrance to the garden and to provide privacy from the neighbouring house. The privacy trellis along the driveway and in the back garden was added...
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Rock garden structure
My rock garden is made of up small whimsical vignettes, which I call The Neighborhood. There are several little houses, some 'shops', and this is what I call the outdoor...
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The Tractor Shed!
Believe it or not, this is our tractor shed. When we got a new tractor that was too big to fit into the garage, we had to get it 'a home of its own'. Of course, that just gave...
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Cool shady haven
Because we maintain gardens that encompass two acres. we never have time to sit in our gazebo. We call it our most expensive garden structure, but we enjoy decorating it...
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An Eagle Has Landed
This is a very realistic garden structure that catches everyone's eye as they enter our park-like yard. He was coming in for a landing, and now perches nicely above a grove of...
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Hardscape in the Garden
1 commentNeeded a way to display my numerous birdhouses. An old ladder does the trick.
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Art and Landscape
1-The spring began with Poppies, bright and beautiful in Indiana 2-A retreat inside my garden. 3-Butterfly house 4-Art on the Garden. 5-Main entrance of the garden
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Rustic Cedar Love Seat
I built this from short Cedar logs the loggers left in the woods. They only take logs that are 100" minimum. We move this bench to various locations at our lake cabin property.
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I'm for the Birds!
The vine on the bird feeder is Gelsemium semperviren & the shrub is Hypericum frondosum 'Sunburst'.
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Apartment one C
We installed a 12 opening Purple Martin House on a 10 ft. pole in 2008, but no Martins came. This year we were thrilled to see a Great Crested Flycatcher move into "apt. 1 C" and raise a family!
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copper heron sculpture
My first ever attempt at metal work! It doesn't show in the photos, but this is a drip fountain.
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Water Tree
We added this water feature to our gardens in 2008. The tree root was found in our woods; we had the water tub and the rock, so the only cost to us was a small water pump. The toads and birds...
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Can you see any?
1 commentThis garden structure is a group of 3 raccoons standing on each other's shoulders. We have them positioned so that they are overlooking the fish pond. Anyone can see that they are clearly...
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Contest Description
This month we're looking for photos of garden structures--trellises, bird houses, benches, statues, potting sheds, or whatever you think qualifies as a garden structure. Be creative!
Fine Gardening's staff members will choose a winner based on creativity and originality. The winner will receive a limited editon birdhouse from Erickson Birdhouses with an estimated retail value of $160. See the Contest Rules for details.
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