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3 Tips for Decorating Your Garden

Ornaments add another dimension to a landscape and give it year-round appeal. Here, nine takeaway lessons from one striking decorated green space

By Susan Heeger of This Old House magazine

1. Use Ornaments as Finishings
 iron lighting pendant hanging from tree over bed of agaves
Much more than an afterthought, garden ornaments can guide how you shape and use your outdoor space, and affect how it feels when you're in it. A wrought-iron gate can mark the entrance to a world of green, a tree-hung lantern raise your perspective, a curved bench inspire a nap. Carefully placed, pretty yet practical, these elements offer subtle but effective clues: Turn here. Look up. Slow down. They also give a garden space a finished look in all four seasons. The trick is to not overdo it.

Shown: A weathered iron pendant, with some bulbs removed for a moody glow, hangs from a tree over a bed of agaves.


2. Design for Outdoor Rooms
 succulents in a planter at a garden path entrance
"A furnished garden shouldn't look too perfect or contrived," says Susie Beall, an interior designer who, with her architect husband, Ed, conceived the gardens on their rolling acre in Southern California. Their goal: to create outside rooms as comfortable as the ones inside.

Shown: Succulents spill out of a pillar-like planter at a path entrance, with an iron bell hanging from a nearby tree.

3. Don't Be Afraid of Patina
 decorative lantern on a stone shelf in a garden
Just as they remade their 1950s ranch house in the style of a Tuscan farmhouse, the couple wanted a landscape with patina. They started by adhering to a simple, mostly green palette of plants starring pepper, cypress, and Chinese elm trees amid rosemary, acanthus, Virginia creeper, and white 'Iceberg' roses. "Garden decor can get lost in a highly colorful landscape," says Susie. "For us, our mostly stone ornaments are the busy part, and they pop against the green background." Certain items, picked up on their travels, may be pedigreed and pricey, but they share ground with catalog and nursery finds, so nothing seems too precious. Read on to learn how they used decorative objects to create seductive outdoor living spots.

Shown: A lantern sits on a stone shelf, with a mirror providing a window onto the green world.