Garden Ornaments in Bolton

Bolton gardeners learn quickly which materials cope and which ones give up. Bolton sits high enough on the moor edge to get both the rain and the frost. Spend a wet afternoon at Queens Park and you get a fair idea of which materials are still standing after a few seasons.

What lasts in Bolton gardens

• Green film is the local nuisance. In a wet climate algae is the thing that ages an ornament, not frost. Smooth resin and glazed finishes wipe clean in seconds; deeply textured stone holds the green and needs a brush.
• Frost-proof materials only. Water gets into porous material, freezes and splits it. Cast stone and stone-effect resin handle repeated freeze-thaw; hollow ceramic and unglazed terracotta often do not. Empty any water feature before a hard freeze.

We only stock pieces we would leave out ourselves through a North West England winter: stone-effect resin, cast stone, coated metal, treated timber and solar that keeps working when the days are short.