4 Fabulously Low-Maintenance Garden Focal Points
Create a memorable ambience in your landscape with eye-catchers like these
Fire and water make great focal points, but they are often high-maintenance additions to your landscape. There are plenty of other ways to draw eyes in a particular direction. Here are four focal points that are easy to integrate in a garden setting, regardless of its style or size.
This extraordinary piece from Charme d' Antan draws the eye across the full knot garden and evokes the essence of 1930s France.
While serious, sophisticated sculptures certainly capture attention, fun sculptures also draw attention to your garden and set a playful tone.
Color
This fiery red tree steals the show. Its fall color shines against the greenery and the dark colors of the patio.
This fiery red tree steals the show. Its fall color shines against the greenery and the dark colors of the patio.
Height
An extraordinary tree in your landscape is a tall, natural focal point that entices the eye.
An extraordinary tree in your landscape is a tall, natural focal point that entices the eye.
Vertical Garden DIY Panel
Do you have a small garden space? Vertical foliage is still a possibility with DIY and ready-to-go wall products.
This twirling vertical mobile from tillandsia bewitched visitors at Dwell on Design 2010. A piece like this takes time to create, but once it's made, it is relatively easy to maintain.
Outdoor Wall Art
This space-defining focal point draws the eye to the outdoor seating area and creates a sense of destination.
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Garden Sculptures Shape the Landscape
This space-defining focal point draws the eye to the outdoor seating area and creates a sense of destination.
Tell us: Have you applied one of these strategies in your garden? Please share it!
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Garden Sculptures Shape the Landscape
Strategically placed sculptures can become both an indoor and outdoor focal point and create a stronger connection between living spaces.