Garden Ornaments in Birmingham

What works in a Birmingham garden is not quite what works two counties away. Birmingham sits about as far from the sea as Britain gets, so still winter nights turn frosty quickly. The planting at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens changes with the season; the stone and metal in it mostly does not. That is the point of a good ornament.

What lasts in Birmingham gardens

• Freeze-thaw is what breaks ornaments. It is not the cold that cracks a piece, it is water expanding inside it overnight and thawing by lunchtime, over and over. Solid resin and cast stone have nowhere for that water to sit.
• Scale to the space, not the catalogue. A piece that looks modest in a showroom can dominate a courtyard. In tight city gardens, one medium ornament with clear space around it reads as deliberate; three crowded ones read as clutter.

Everything we sell is picked to stay outdoors all year across The Midlands, in stone-effect resin, cast stone, powder-coated metal, treated timber and weatherproof solar. If a piece cannot take a British winter, it does not go in the range.