Garden Ornaments in Portsmouth

What works in a Portsmouth garden is not quite what works two counties away. Portsmouth is an island city, so almost every garden here is a coastal garden. Spend a wet afternoon at Victoria Park and you get a fair idea of which materials are still standing after a few seasons.

What lasts in Portsmouth gardens

• Wind is the enemy, not the thermometer. Anything tall and light will end up on its side by February. Weight matters more than it does inland: choose low, heavy, wide-based pieces, or fix wall and hanging ornaments properly rather than hooking them on.
• 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.
• Small gardens want fewer, better pieces. In a courtyard or a small back garden, one confident piece beats five scattered ones. Wall and hanging ornaments are the trick: they add character at eye level without taking any floor space.

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.