Garden Ornaments in Canterbury

Canterbury gardeners learn quickly which materials cope and which ones give up. Kent's garden-of-England reputation shows in how much time people here spend outside. Spend a wet afternoon at Westgate Gardens and you get a fair idea of which materials are still standing after a few seasons.

What lasts in Canterbury gardens

• The soft option, within reason. Hard frosts are rare enough that material choice is less critical here than almost anywhere else in Britain. Wind and damp are the two things still worth designing around.

Everything we sell is picked to stay outdoors all year across South East England, 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.