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What to Plant Around a Garden Statue So It Does Not Disappear
What to Plant Around a Garden Statue So It Does Not Disappear
The right planting frames a statue year round. The wrong planting hides it from June to September. Here is the difference. Read more...
How to Bring a Statue Indoors for Winter Without Damaging It
How to Bring a Statue Indoors for Winter Without Damaging It
Bringing a piece in is the easy part. Drying it properly before it meets central heating is where people go wrong. Read more...
Why Your Bird Box Has Been Empty Two Years Running
Why Your Bird Box Has Been Empty Two Years Running
Empty boxes have a small number of causes and most are fixable. Work through them in order. Read more...
Do Buddha Statues Belong in a British Garden at All
Do Buddha Statues Belong in a British Garden at All
A fair question that deserves better than reassurance. What the traditions actually hold, and how to do it thoughtfully if you choose to. Read more...
A Garden Corner for Under £300
A Garden Corner for Under £300
What to buy, what to prepare, and why the statue should not take the whole budget. Read more...
Parasols for a Small British Garden or Courtyard
Parasols for a Small British Garden or Courtyard
Small gardens have a specific parasol problem, and it is not the one people expect. Read more...
Decorative Bird Houses That Look Right in a British Garden
Decorative Bird Houses That Look Right in a British Garden
Most decorative bird houses look wrong outdoors, and the reasons are consistent enough to avoid. Read more...
Bird House Chimes, and Sound in a British Garden
Bird House Chimes, and Sound in a British Garden
Sound in a garden is either lovely or maddening, and siting decides which. Read more...
Garden Objects That Weather Well, and Ones That Do Not
Garden Objects That Weather Well, and Ones That Do Not
There is a difference between an object that ages and one that falls apart, and it is mostly material. Read more...
What a British Winter Does to a Wooden Statue Left Outside
What a British Winter Does to a Wooden Statue Left Outside
The article our competitors would rather not write. Carved wood does not belong outdoors in Britain, and here is exactly why. Read more...
Where to Put a Statue in a Garden That Is Mostly Fence
Where to Put a Statue in a Garden That Is Mostly Fence
Most British gardens are small, overlooked and mostly fence. Siting a statue in that reality is a different problem from the ones in the magazines. Read more...
How Big a Garden Buddha Needs to Be Before It Stops Looking Lost
How Big a Garden Buddha Needs to Be Before It Stops Looking Lost
Almost everyone buys too small for a garden. Here is why outdoor scale is different, with sizes for real British plots. Read more...
Wind, and why weight is not enough on its own
How to Stop a Garden Statue Sinking, Tilting or Blowing Over
Statues sink because British soil moves. A proper base takes an hour and prevents the whole problem. Read more...
How to Light a Garden Statue Without Floodlighting the Whole Border
How to Light a Garden Statue Without Floodlighting the Whole Border
One light in the right place transforms a statue. Three lights in the wrong places turn a garden into a forecourt. Read more...
The Hole Size Decides Which Birds Move In
The Hole Size Decides Which Birds Move In
Entrance diameter is the single most important measurement on a nest box. Get it right and you choose your tenants. Read more...
Where to Put a Bird Box So Something Actually Nests in It
Where to Put a Bird Box So Something Actually Nests in It
Siting decides occupancy more than the box does. Height, aspect, approach and predators, in that order. Read more...
What a Bird Box Should Be Made Of
What a Bird Box Should Be Made Of
Material is a welfare question rather than a decor one. Thickness, treatment and drainage decide whether a box works. Read more...
When to Clean a Bird Box, and Why the Date Matters
When to Clean a Bird Box, and Why the Date Matters
There is a window for this, and it is narrower than most people realise. Here is when, why and how. Read more...
Garden Buddha Statues, a Complete UK Buying Guide
Garden Buddha Statues, a Complete UK Buying Guide
Everything worth knowing before buying a garden Buddha in Britain. Size, material, siting, weather and what each price band actually buys. Read more...
Large Buddha Statues, What Each Size Actually Looks Like
Large Buddha Statues, What Each Size Actually Looks Like
Nobody can judge a 1.5m statue from a photograph. Here is what each size looks like against things you already know the size of. Read more...
Extra Large and Giant Buddha Statues for a Garden
Extra Large and Giant Buddha Statues for a Garden
Above a metre and a half, a statue becomes a groundworks project. Here is what that actually involves. Read more...
Outdoor Buddha Statues, What Survives a British Winter
Outdoor Buddha Statues, What Survives a British Winter
British winters are mild, wet and endlessly freezing and thawing, which is harder on garden ornaments than a properly cold climate. Read more...
Where to Buy Garden Buddha Statues in the UK
Where to Buy Garden Buddha Statues in the UK
Buying something that weighs as much as a person, from a photograph, sight unseen. Here is how to do it without regret. Read more...
Standing, Seated or Reclining, Choosing a Garden Buddha Pose
Standing, Seated or Reclining, Choosing a Garden Buddha Pose
Every pose says something specific. Choosing deliberately gives the piece a reason to be where it is. Read more...