Garden Ornaments

Garden Inspirations From Haddonstone – For Everyone

Inspirations From Haddonstone - Something For Everyone

From the simplest seat to the grandest statuary, there is something in the Haddonstone range for every house and garden… whatever your budget.

All Haddonstone’s designs are manufactured from cast stone and include over 500 designs in traditional, contemporary and classical styles, including fountains, sundials, bird-baths, lawn edging, balustrading, chimney pieces and pavilions.
 
Prices range from a mere £65 for an Obelisk Finial to over £5,400 for an eye-catching Balustraded Temple.

For example, the imposing Raphael Seat featured, incorporates decorative panels, thought to be inspired by Raphael’s decorations in the Vatican, with both Etruscan and early English Renaissance influences. Priced at £3,200.

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Hand-Carved Sandstone Urns From Wilstone

Hand-Carved Sandstone Urns And Planters From Wilstone

Wilstone House & Garden are specialists in original hand carved stone, wrought iron and unique architectural pieces to landscape designers, architects and gardening enthusiasts.

Over time they have established an extensive collection of over 45 carved sandstone urns, pots and planters for the English garden; they have now introduced several new designs for this season including the Cotswold Sandstone Urn featured here.
 
The attractive well-proportioned Cotswold Urn is inspired by a late 19th century design and hand-carved from one piece of natural sandstone.

The urn is suited to both contemporary and traditional gardens, stands 68 cms high and 54 cms wide and can be placed on the ground, or given more prominence on a Wilstone plinth.
 
The Wilstone designs are elegantly contoured and carved by traditionally skilled stonemasons from natural sandstone, which weathers, attracts lichens and ages to blend beautifully with the surroundings.

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Frenchstone’s Grande Fontaine Avec Bassin Fountain

Frenchstone’s Grande Fontaine Avec Bassin Fountain

Frenchstone offers a fascinating range of reproduction fountains in cast stone, all of which are faithful copies of original period garden ornaments from various regions of France.

The fountains are aged and manufactured in the heart of France by a team of highly skilled craftsmen, using a traditional process developed in the 19th century.

The original Grande Fontaine Avec Bassin Fountain is made from Volvic stone and is classified as an 18th century “historic monument” (it can still be seen in Champeix, Auvergne).

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A Splendid Dragon Ridge Tile From Maggie Curtis

A Splendid Dragon Ridge Tile From Maggie Curtis

Maggie Curtis is a freelance ceramic artist who lives and works in Appledore, North Devon.

Most of Maggie’s ceramic pieces are bespoke like the majestic dragon ridge tile featured here, designed and handmade to a customer’s specification.

Maggie’s varied and experimental work includes architectural and garden ceramics, and mixed media sculpture, using a wide range of techniques and materials.

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The New Bayeux Fountain From Haddonstone

The New Bayeux Fountain From Haddonstone

Haddonstone’s Bayeux Fountain is the latest addition to their exquisite range of water features, which includes wall, centrepiece and self-contained designs.

This elegant new fountain inspired by Romanesque architecture is a double-tiered, freestanding fountain and features charming leaf mouldings on the fountain bowls, which are supported by slender columns.

The fountain is self-circulating and so does not require a constant supply of fresh water – very practical in areas hit by water shortages and hosepipe bans. 

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Frenchstone’s Antique Reproduction Stoneware

Quatre Saisons Statues from Frenchstone

When furnishing a garden your choice of ornaments, such as fountains, urns, statues and benches should reflect the character of your garden and complement the mood you wish to create, from the very formal through to a more rustic approach.

Frenchstone offers a host of attractive and interesting pieces for the imaginative garden designer, with a wide range of fountains, benches, urns, statues and ornaments, made from either cast or carved stone or terracotta.

Many of the designs originate from a private collection assembled from French chateaux and villages.

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Greek Key Urn

Greek Key Urn from After the Antique

This decorative Greek Key Urn from traditional stonemasons After the Antique, would lend a bit of classical elegance to almost any outdoor setting.

After the Antique are a traditional stonemasonry company specialising in hand carved natural stonework, which they believe looks far better than the cast composite stone alternative, yet is not as expensive as people imagine. Much of their work is bespoke, and they pride themselves on being able to tackle any stone carving project, from a fireplace to a complete orangery.

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