Well sorry...I don't think it worked...hubby will have to give me a "lesson"...hehehe...Bevie

Well I think I have figured it out...yippy...here we go...Bevie

Bevie-nice job! Love that tableau. Do you get any birds in the bird house?

Cynthia

Congratulations on your first photo post! Please keep them coming.

Thanks Cynthia...nope we don't get birds in that little house it's just for decoration

Hey swmogardens I like your birds...did you make them?

Bevie

Peaceful Retreat - bowling ball with glass gems covering
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Only kind of bunnies I want to see in my garden
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September Gnome - there is no such thing as one gnome, if you have one -- you'll end up with more
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Looks Like Rain. My wife's favorites are the faces. Put them at bases of hosta where you might not see them unless you see from a certain direction or angle
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I like when they take on a little patina with age.

Paul

The only known 'Gnome' in hostabevies garden:
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Well this is fun seeing everyones garden accents...I have some more for you too...

Mini hostas in my hypertofu pot...

A window box planter...Mini garden design...

A grapevine wreath planter...

A cool pot my dear hubby got me...planted with mini hostas...

A field stone patio with moss encircling the stones...

An old fountain basin turned into a planter...

Guess that's good for now...will have to dig up more photos...hehehe...Bevie

Hey Bevie,love your garden accents! Here are 4 gnomes at the entrance of my gardens. I personally made these 4 guys back when the DW and I were into ceramics. The Crocuses are long gone,thanks to Chipmunks,who dug them all up and I guess, ate them! I think there is still one there,but the rest are gone. That's the price you pay for living in the woods. At least there are no deer here. Phil

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What a great post. Lots of ideas. Love the gnomes.

Garden accents are great. I probably have too many. I like the ones that are meant for the garden and those that aren't, like the bowling ball (great idea, I'll be looking for one). Those one of a kind accents like Bevie's wheelbarrow driver make the garden unique!

Here are a few of mine.

Two that were meant for the garden

Things not meant for the garden

I love these garage sale hands. They've moved around the garden over the years.

A Christmas Ball

Sand Dollars from a California beach

This one of a kind statue was carved by my sister in high school.

Now this is fun...I like seeing everyone else's garden accents...that bowling ball with the glass gems covering it is really cool Paul...did you make it? Love the different faces and the natural Sand Dollars...what a great idea...let me see if I can find a few more to share...

Well there ya have a few more....now let's see what else some of you have...Hostabevie

Tried 2 bowling balls - a bright and a subdued with the blue and greens. Ball, gems, silicone adhesive and 4' of rebar.
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Yes, Buffet!
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Paul

You all are so creatively clever! Very nice and so much fun to go through the pictures!
Paul, don't let that hog die on you. . terrible stink. . lol

Sidney

Here's one that's really "different" or should I say "unique" lol! I have two, and one is on the other bed near this raised bed.

My Thutmose III
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I also have a red 12 inch gazing ball and stand, but I need to get a better pic of that one first.

I know, I know, it's not a hosta garden pic. But I couldn't resist! I do have a hosta garden that I just planted last autumn, so I don't yet have pics of that. I will get them this summer and include a couple more 'garden accents' lol.

Paul...thanks for the instuctions on how you made the lovely gem balls...I will have to try to make one of those...I'm not crazy over most 'gazing' balls...but your gems ball is gorgeous....so now to find an old bowling ball...any ideas of where I could get one?

Kentstar your garden beds are lovely even if they didn't have a hosta in them (YET)...hehehe...

Ok...I have some more garden accents for you to see...found some more photos...

A Garden Stepping stone I made...but my sister cut out all the shapes for me outta glass...

Bark Planter and other accents

Back of a handmade Bark Fence my sister help me make.

Gotta have some kitties in my garden...:o)

Mini Hostas in a one of my hypertofu pots.

An Arbor in the garden:

Ok...time to go watch some ice dancing...Bevie

Paul,
I have to agree with hostabevie that I don't like most gazing balls but yours--esp. the blue one--really are works of art!
MCG

Gosh, what lovely pictures you all posted. I truly enjoyed them this cold feb. morning. Lot of good ideas.

And a few more...

This old wagon wheel was a great find for the garden...

A pot in a friends garden that I absolutely adore...been looking for one ever since...

I like bird cages too...but they need to be somewhat unique...

Lotsa stepping stones I made...

In fact I like all sorts of stepping stones...

I love it when my hypertofu pots start to grow moss on them like this one has...

This pretty suncatcher got added to the garden too...

Well there a few more for today...let's see some more of yours...please..Hostabevie

Oooh, it's been since late summer since I visited here, but I'm getting Spring Fever! These Garden Accents are wonderful!
Hostabevie, I love that grapevine wreath planter! Did you make it? If so, what sort of planter did you use & how did you attach it?
Cindy

I love those stepping stones! I wish I had a bigger yard that I could use some in.

Hi Cindylouhoo...I made the grapevine wreath planter using chicken wire fencing as the planter part and wired it to the grapevine wreath...then I packed it with moss...the kind you see hanging from trees in the southern states...can't remember what it's called....anyways I had my sister send me some...I pulled it thru the chicken wire so it would cover it and disquise it...then I lined it with a black plastic bag and put my potting soil in the newly created 'planter' hole...then plant with your favorite plants and add a few embellishments if you want and you are done...:o)

Here are a couple other garden accents...

Front Porch

Hand Made Watering Can (my sister made this for me)

Hummingbird Birdbath

Statue Planter: Planted with lots of sedums & hens & chicks.

Bevie,the moss is called Spanish moss,and I lived in Fla. for 47 years,so I know about it. I even had my sister.who still lives there bring me some,so now I have spanish moss hanging in some of my trees. I had some a couple years ago,until the birds discovered it was good to line their nests with,and then it all disappeared! I'm hoping this batch lasts through this year.It seems to handle this cold weather well. Phil

Hostabevie,
Thanks so much! I may have to try to make one. Yours is just lovely! That watering can your sister made is stunning.
Can't wait to see some green emerging in the garden! You've all given me great images to tide me over for a while.
Thanks!
Cindy

What creative people. Now I'm going to have to look for Thutmose III and a groundhog. I love the way Bevie has incorporated the bark fence and natural looking arbour into the woodland.

Here are a few more from me:

The last ones are new this year.

We'll see if I can finally get these photos posted! These are some creations that I made this winter. Can't wait to put them outside amongst plants instead of in my garage.
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Very cool, Peggy! What did you make the bird/heron from?

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Yardmom, the body of the crane is an 8" naturally tumbled rock. I drilled 1" deep holes in it with a hammer drill and inserted & epoxied 3/8" steel rod for the legs and neck. Beak is a flat piece of steel welded to the 3/8" rod. Tail is smaller steel rods.
Peggy