Adding interest- statues , art and paths in the garden

Adding some other points of interest in the garden, apart from plants, gives your space just that extra bit of visual enjoyment.Not only will this add to your garden in summer, but will make the garden so much more interesting in winter, when everything is stripped back to it's bare bones..

You can create this ..as above- with cat -if you have one as curious and interested in exploring as mine- or without cat -by adding some salvaged statues to a corner of a garden....
Or , you could make a faraway corner just that much more inviting..

by converting a fallen down tree into a bench with some clever cutting, using your (chain) saw .. something I am still planning to do- you can see this bench in this garden here -I thought it such a fun idea ! 

We were staying in a lovely place in Devon, where the design of the garden incorporated three different kind of paths.It is not something you would think of immediately, but it gave the relatively small garden quite a big feel- as the different paths separated the areas in to several garden "rooms".

This is a really good idea to incorporate in your garden design.Here is a view from the top of the first bit of the garden- where the path is crazy paving.

The house was built on a slope, so to make this work, there were different steps going down.The path after the first step was created using a different material : pebbles..visually my favourite- but actually quite awkward to walk on, sadly enough

Then the last area was created using slate off-cuts, interspersed with other stone.

I thought  it an excellent idea to split this sloping small garden up into three separate gardens with three different treatment for the paving and paths.
Maybe something to think about when you are designing or re-doing your garden ?
I will certainly be planning some interesting paths!

 As a last note, may I point ouy to you the charms of the simple nasturtium ?
I grow them every year- the colours are just so wonderful.If you don't have any now, be sure to order some seed packets up this autums to grow them next year !

Happy 4th of July to all my American blogfriends- hope you have a wonderful time!
And wishing all the rest of you a lovely week.


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