Garden Ornaments in Reading

Gardens in Reading have their own rules, and the ornaments that last here reflect that. Reading gardens are typically compact commuter-belt plots, where every piece has to earn its spot. Anyone who has walked round Forbury Gardens in February knows what the season does to anything left standing outside.

What lasts in Reading 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.
• 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.

Nothing in the range needs bringing indoors in October. Across South East England the same materials keep coming out on top - cast stone, stone-effect resin, coated metal and properly sealed solar.