Garden Adornments by Yogesh Yadavvv.pptx

All the non living components known as garden adornments are present here.

1. Maharana Pratap Horticultural University, Karnal Ornamental Horticulture (FLA 211) Presented by – Yogesh Yadav

2. Topic - Garden Adornments Contents – Introduction Garden Seats Ornamental tubs, urns and vases Birdbaths Sundials Floral Clocks Japanese lanterns Ornamental Stones Fountains Statues Plant stands

3. Garden Adornments :- Garden adornments are non-plant items that are used to decorate and enhance gardens, landscapes, and parks. They can include accessories such as: Bird baths ,Floral Clocks ,Garden Seats, Ornamental tubs, urns and vases, Japanese lanterns etc.

4. 1. Garden Seats: Garden seats are necessity in any garden.
The seats should be comfortable, durable, artistic-looking and should not look out of place.
Wooden and fabric seats are comfortable to seat compared to those built in stone or iron
When wooden seats are selected they should be made of good timber like teak to withstand the vagaries of weather especially moisture as the furniture has to remain outdoors.
The wood is treated with preservative and painted with moisture-proof chemicals
The chair or bench should have an appropriate design. For example, a chrome seated chair will look completely out of place in the midst of woodland scenery. Similarly, rustic furniture in front a modern sophisticated house may be completely out of place.
Iron or stone or concrete seats get easily heated in the summer and become cool in the winter thus making them uncomfortable to seat.
But for durability and to prevent from damage and theft concrete or stone seats are preferable in Public Park.
Though iron furniture is also durable it is more likely to be stolen because of the value of metal unless firmly fixed.

5. 2.ORNAMENTAL TUBS, URNS AND VASES These adds beauty to a garden. Plants displayed in ornamental tubs and urns at suitable places looks beautiful. The tube or the vase can be made of timber or preferably of brick, concrete or, carved out of stone.
These can be built permanently in position or may be kept just like that and moved whenever needed.
When fixed permanently, these should generally be positioned over an ornamental pillar keeping in view the proportion between the two
If there is a paved path an ornamental vase or tub can be placed at the end of it or one each on both sides.
Similarly, these can be placed near the gate or near the staircase of the main entrance
Ornamental urns preferably of metal with carvings outside look beautiful in the terrace, near the staircase, or even inside the house

6. Stone Garden Urn Clay Vase

7. 3. Bird Baths : These are nothing but large bowl-shaped containers, generally made of concrete, fixed over a pillar or column which is about one metre tall
Water is stored in the bowl for the birds to come and drink or bath in it
Bird’s baths should be constructed at a quiet corner of the garden.

8. 4.Sundials : A sundial has many roles to play in a garden
It can be used as a focal point in a garden, can form a centre piece of a formal flower bed and can be placed in the centre or at the end of the lawn and at the junction or termination of a path
A sundial is also a good feature in a sunken garden.
The sundial should be positioned in a place where the shadow from a tree or building does not fall for a long duration, otherwise the feature becomes meaningless.

9. There should be free access to the base of the column, so that one can closely observe the dial.
The column of the sundial should be fixed firmly in the ground and is generally made of bricks, tiles, stones, or a combination of these without a mortar coating to look more artistic.
The top is generally square where the sundial with the compass is fixed.
This is also made of stone or concrete. In western countries, metal sundial plates with compass are available for sale. Even dials for specific districts are available there. In India one has to get it made with the digits. The digits can be carved on the cement or the stone itself.
Before fixing the dial, the movement of the sun should be observed and then the dial is screwed to the base,
The height of the column should not exceed 60-90 cm or the dial will not be visible easily.
Live sundials made of living plants complete with the figures, compass etc., in the form of topiary can be seen in some western countries.

10. 5. Floral Clocks : These are nothing but huge clocks, generally operated by electricity, having huge hands for showing the seconds, minutes, and hours.
The machinery of the clock is concealed in an underground chamber with only the hands showing above he ground against a dial of carpet bedding plants or flower beds.
A carpet bedding of green plants ( Eg .. Pilea muscosa , Sedum) with figures made of red plants (e.g.. Alternanthera, Iresine sp.) or vice versa looks quite ornamental.
Similar effects can be obtained by various coloured flowering annuals. The problem with annuals is that these are to be replaced seasonally, whereas carpet bedding plants are of permanent nature.
Instead of living plants the dial can be decorated with various coloured (natural or artificially coloured) pebbles also. A Floral Clock

11. 6. Japanese Lanterns: These are highly sought-after garden ornaments.
The lanterns should preferably be carved in stone and should be low and decorative as the Japanese would prefer.
The column may be cylindrical or square faced with
ornamental carvings.
Similarly, the fire box should also be carved in an ornamental manner.
The roof may be broad-roofed, commonly called “Snow View” or Yukimi, so called because it gives a charming effect to the landscape when it is snow-bound.
Obviously these types of lanterns are made of white stone or white marble and are suitable for areas having a snowfall.
There is no harm even if these are preferred in a tropical country especially near to pool.

12. The narrow-roofed or Kasuga lanterns have a six facet fire box
Hundreds of these lanterns are found in the Kasuga temple near the town of Nara in Japan and hence the name.
Many people also fix decorative metal lanterns over ornamental columns or pillars, also of metal.
The lanterns should be positioned in suitable places-near the house or near a stream or pool

13. 7. ORNAMENTAL STONES : Ornamental stone pillars or pieces of rounded form or other abstract designs, if properly placed, improves the look of any gardento a great extent
The stones can be placed near lily pools, along or in the midst of streams and waterfalls.
Large ornamental pieces can also be placed at the doorway
and other suitable places. The Japanese create most artistic stone gardens with pieces of stones.
First a large bed of crushed stone is made which is raked artistically to create ripples to simulate sea, over which single large piece of stone or a group of stones are placed artistically at intervals.

14. 8. Fountains: Unless there is water under pressure one cannot have any good fountain
Fountains are made to work by circulating the same water contained in a pool
There are various designs of fountains
There may be a straight upright water jet or a number of finer water jets conversing in the form of an umbrella.
Water jets can also be designed in the form of rainbows
The jets and pipes are made of anti-corrosive material.
To make the fountains more colourful during the nights, coloured lights are provided under water, with water-proof fittings.
With an automatic switch it is possible to change the colours at regular intervals which further adds to the beauty of the fountains.

15. 9.Statues : Statues of animate or inanimate objects are also used in the garden to improve the looks.
The statues can be carved out of stone or made of bronze
The concrete statues can be placed in the midst of a running stream or a pool, at the intersection of two roads, or at the end of a road or near the doorway of the house
The statues should be of good taste and artistic value.

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