Oh wow you Have a great collection!! I love the ivory plant stand . That is something I would have bought too. I had seen a similar but larger once at a fancy place and they wanted 600$! I couldn’t get out of that place fast enough lest my handbag knock over something. And hey your lawn looks good!! We have that brown Bermuda mixed with patches of nice green and patches of weeds. Lol it’s atrocious. Every year my husband threatens to get it sodded .

Also those lanterns are so sweet too !

thank you Lilyfinch! The ivory plant stand was a bargain I bought at a local florist's shop. She was using it for display and didn't want it anymore. I think I paid about $50 for it.

We put down sod for our lawn, and even though it's a tough variety that's used on soccer fields, it is not holding up to foot traffic or shade very well at all :(

I love these photos of what people treasure, and I'm purely jealous of a lot of them!

I've never gone for much bling before, but we have a little art fair here in our town every summer, and a couple of years ago I found a lady who made art out of glass dishes, and I really fell for it. I plan on getting more.

And I have our large rock fountain which took three men to get into the back yard-

And a Japanese element, I forget just what it's called-

Those are all so pretty. I love the rock fountain. Does it use house electricity or solar power?

I'm afraid I'd be tempted to make off with some of these beautiful ornaments. I love the stone owls, and how one of them is "aging" with lichen or moss. It's been really fun to see the "bling" in your gardens.

@mossy - your bling is very unique. I'm sure it sparkles when the sunlight catches the coloured glass. That rock fountain is exactly what my husband wants. I'm torn between that or an urn bubbler type.

Hmmm. I'm now wondering if some sparkly bling would help stop the deer from bashing down the fencing. It would certainly look better than white plastic bags! ;0

Roselady, that is a total score for the urns and Owls . I absolutely love your collection very much.
After seeing Mossy collections that is very unique seems like I have no trouble choosing. I will get both. It is hard to find this things here. What a Collection !!
Mossy, your collection is very beautiful and unique.
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Vapor, the fountain runs on an extension cord from our shop. Here's a little better shot of it.

Plumeria - thank you!

I forgot the solar bird bath I got from the same artist at the art show:

And last and least, my garden guardian purple cat I made last year, he's carved from wood.

Thank you Ma. You are very talented ssey thank you Massey. What are the Roses growing beneath your cat?

Those are Young Lycidas in front of Electron.

What a combination! It fairly glows.

I agree, Electron and YL, Wow, that looks really cool. What a fun pop of color.

I do love garden bling. I have tiny solar twinkle lights all over.

I also have a bunch of Solari bells. They were gifted to me and I just love them!

I have a craftsman style lantern which I also love.

Also have a few other things

Wow I’m impressed with those solar lights must b .. any chance you can link them or tell us where you got them ? I assumed those wouldn’t have much power so I never tried. I would love to do my pergola in them . Beautiful fountain too .. I chose a similar one for my Christmas gift that hopefully my husband doesn’t forget about when spring comes ! Lol

mossy : your fountain is beautiful! I wonder , do hummers visit it ? I have seen on instagram a hummingbird photographer who has a bubbling one and it attracts so many it’s crazy.

I bought the lights on the umbrellas and the rose arch at now defunct Orchard Supply :( I desperately miss my Orchard Supply. I have had them for several years and they still work!

The ones on the fence I bought on Amazon. Pricey but they have worked very well for almost a year--no problems. I used those command strip holders to keep them in place on my fence. solar lights

mossy....your garden is beautiful! The fountain fits in beautifully in the setting, and I love the Asian accent piece with the Hosta.

mustbenuts....I love your solar lights! We don't have enough sun here, so we had to install electricity out in the garden so I could plug things in. I LOVE the craftsman lantern!!

Now that you've posted this, I think that is what my new neighbors have.

I thought they left their Christmas lights up a bit too long.

I love the white lights above, any season.

For LF: can’t post photos in private message I guess.

Thanks jc , you can never have too many shepherd hooks! You sure you don’t need it for a feeder ?

Hello... !

I found the cutest little ceramic toadhouse the other day. Its eventually going in my cacti & succulent area. Im going to put a little pot of a draping succulent on it like variegated string of pearls or something.

Reviving an older post. Since I found this guy the other day! More for my husband and son, than me. I want to put him in an area surrounded by a low growing plant to replicate water or a swamp. Now that the weather is getting better, I will be pulling out a few of my other items.

Hallo, I need one of for when I get my fountain working again! That would be awesome! )

Blondie, That's so cool! Yes, put it in a little unexpected spot between something a little grassy (daylilies, fountain grass etc) like its head is coming out with the back end obscured and see what happens when unexpecting visitors happen upon it lol.

OMG! I used to put a plastic snake in one of my large planters and it would freak people out! It was so funny! I don't want to give anyone a heart attack these days so now I just put little dinosaurs and such, but it isn't as much fun watching the reaction.

Chubby Mermaid & babies :)

Oh my gosh that alligator is too funny . Now if I saw that down here in the south I may have a small panic attack !

Vapor oh my gosh !! Did you read about the 17 ft python found in Florida ?! It had 73 eggs developing in its belly !! I have the creepy crawlies thinkning of it . Your fake snake would make me scream too :)

how sweet sultry i love that statue !!

I read about that snake the other day. I hear those snakes have practically ate up all the raccoons and possums in the Everglades and decreased the number of bobcats. They have begun putting tracking devices on the male snakes to lead them to the large breeding females and its working. Pretty clever. The usual way to catch male wildlife..food and sex lol.

Lily, when my great grand parents retired and sold their farm in Iowa, they moved down towards Tampa. They had a chainlink fence around their yard and their house was raised up off the ground like many are, in the south.

One night they heard a ruckus under the house. They went out to find an 8ft gator under there. A momma stray cat had kittens under the house. Luckily, those kittens were old enough to run. The gator had dug right under that fence so he could eat kittens.

I always look really good, in swimming pools, before I get in lol.

I keep losing my posts so I have to do one at a time I guess... DIY fence

Old swing frame for climbing roses

Birdbaths

Miscellaneous

Few more

lol @ chubby mermaid

Oh does this count? DIY firepit

I was at local nursery where they have some cool stuff sometimes. A little pricey but then you find things marked down once in a while. I took some photos last time I was there.

Anyways..

Vaporvac, when you said you put dinosaurs in pots, I thought of this pic I took lol You would like this lol

OK, if I could find dinosaurs and/or alligators to put in the garden, I might like yard art more!

I love the one that's hatching out of the egg. I dont know how to make a dinosaur theme work in my yard.

Now dragons on the other hand, I could work into a zen/japanese garden that I've been loosely planning to make someday.

Here's some zen stuff I saw there. I like the dragon curled up on top of the back pot. Pretty pricy tho. One time another nursery had a huge dragon fountain.

Altorama, Very clever use of the old swingset. We have a large thick steel one thats cemented in. Now I know what to do with it. There's a slide too hmmmm, lol

I also love your verdigris toned fountain!

Maybe I will do a dinosaur theme in my yard.

My wife would be thrilled lol

I like the idea of a T-Rex covered in climbers.

I am so happy everyone is still enjoying and contributing to this thread! I didn't know when I started it if there would be much interest but this is great! Keep posting!

Sultry oh my gosh that is crazy they would dig under a fence !! Lucky cats . I would be very cautious anywhere in Florida over those !!

Altorama , love your bird bath !! It’s so pretty . The swing frame is great for roses !!

That Dino is cute and would look beautiful tucked into large ferns

I got this off Craigslist for $5 . I thought she was so cute. It’s a birdbath

Oh what a pretty sun and cacti jeri !!