Garden Decor Ideas

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If you live in a mild climate you should be able to use your garden pretty much year round. To really enjoy your garden space you can create an outdoor room feel using furniture and decor.

Organizing a garden can be compared to organizing a living room. You want different spaces for different activities so that you can use the room to its fullest potential. You’ll want a place for people to sit and talk, a place for playing board games, a place for watching TV, and a place to sit and read. The furnishings and decorations in each area should support the main activity that the area is designed for. This is true for your outdoor garden space as well.

A lion head fountain is especially impressive in the garden. It lends an aura of warmth and nobility. The sound of flowing water enhances the serenity of your garden and helps you relax. You can place a bench by the fountain for taking advantage of quiet moments. You can further beautify your garden by adding a decorative bird house, bird feeder, and wind chimes.

You can create a path to reach the bench by your lion head fountain and place stones or decorative items along beside it. In another area, you could put a small table and some chairs for outdoor dining. Once you’re finished, you’ll have a cozy outdoor room you can use for many different purposes. It will be as comfortable as any room inside your home.

The more useable you make your garden, the more you will use it. The more time you spend outdoors, breathing fresh air and watching the sunset, smelling the fragrant flowers and rich earth, and watching the birds at play by your lion head fountain, the more relaxed and healthy you will be.

You can choose a special spot within your garden to set aside for meditation.

Meditation is healthy for physical and mental well-being. Doctors as well as therapists and religious leaders often recommend meditation to decrease anxiety, clear the mind, and lower the blood pressure. Meditation is receptive; prayer is active. Religious people may combine the two, but basically, meditation is a form of relaxation that reduces stress. It consists of just sitting and enjoying the moment, perhaps watching your thoughts and feelings come and go but not engaging with them. They are not you; you are not them. If you don’t engage with they, they pass by and evaporate.

If you have a garden, you already have a perfect place for meditation. You can choose a special spot within your garden to set aside for meditation. By meditating in the same spot day after day, you come to associate that spot with meditation. Your ability to meditate will become more and more effortless. For days of bad weather, you should also have an indoor spot for meditation. You can sit in your garden during good weather and inside your home when it rains or is cold and windy outside.

Choose some special item for your garden meditation spot. This will make it easier to relax and meditate. Depending on your tastes, you might want an angel fountain by your bench, as the sound of flowing water has a calming effect and will normalize your blood pressure at the same time that it eases your mind. Also, place something at eye level, such as a garden plaque, that inspires you. It might depict a cherub or flora. Ritual is powerful. You could begin your meditation by gazing at the plaque to help you clear your mind. A visual image is often used as a meditation tool, or touchstone, to help clear the mind.

If you meditate at least several times a week in your garden, you will soon reap the benefits. Your time in the garden will become one of your happiest times of the day. The bubbling water, fresh air, and fragrant scents will assist you in creating a state of contentment. One of the best uses of your garden is to center yourself and feel your connection to all of life.