Best Garden Ornaments & Furniture | 2014 Home & Garden Awards
[slideshow post_id=”550191″] With your garden planted and blooming, it’s time to add the finishing touches! From colorful pots and picket fences to porch swings and comfy recycled plastic Adirondack chairs, the accessories you choose can turn your green space into a true showstopper. To help get you started, here are the winners for best garden […]
By Tovah Martin & Christie Matheson
Apr 21 2014
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With your garden planted and blooming, it’s time to add the finishing touches! From colorful pots and picket fences to porch swings and comfy recycled plastic Adirondack chairs, the accessories you choose can turn your green space into a true showstopper. To help get you started, here are the winners for best garden ornaments and furniture in Yankee Magazine’s 2014 Home & Garden Awards.
SMALL POTS
Farmhouse Pottery
Woodstock, VT. 802-774-8373; farmhousepottery.com
Farmhouse Pottery’s collection of handmade (and made-to-order) planters includes classic English-garden-inspired vessels as well as rustically beautiful, tree-inspired “trunk” garden pots. From $22 for a small “Fieldstone Garden” pot.
RAISED BEDS
Gardener’s Supply Company
Burlington, VT. 800-876-5520; gardeners.com
Gardener’s simple, durable cedar beds make gardening a lot easier (less digging and weeding) and prettier (neatly contained gardens give a nicely manicured look). From $39.95 for a mini “Grow Bed.”
CHAIRS & TABLES
Conversion Products
Biddeford, ME. 888-236-2212; conversionproducts.com
Who knew recycled milk jugs could look so refined? Conversion Products transforms recycled plastic lumber into elegant Adirondack chairs, rockers, captain’s chairs, and tables that can withstand the harshest weather without a hint of decay. From $124 for a camp table.
BIRDHOUSES
MD+A Modern Birdhouses
Maynard Design + Architecture, Lincoln, MA. 617-841-8267; maynarddesign.com
These eye-catching nesting boxes, designed for Eastern bluebirds (and also suitable for chickadees, nuthatches, and wrens), are available in post-mount and hanging styles and in an array of cheerful, nature-inspired colors. From $135 for hanging birdhouses.
SWINGS
Penobscot Bay Porch Swings
Brunswick, ME. 207-729-1616; penobscotbayporchswings.com
Crisp, colorful, and comfortable, a durable, cushioned swing from Penobscot Bay is the perfect perch from which to enjoy your gardening efforts. Four streamlined styles come in an array of nature-inspired shades. From $650.
NATURAL SCULPTURES
Susan Perrine
Woolwich, ME. 207-443-8041; susanperrine.com
Susan Perrine’s gorgeous woven-twig garden structures—ranging from trellis shapes to simple huts to winding tunnels—can serve as support for climbing vines, shaded resting spots, and magical play spaces. Prices vary for custom pieces.
RUG/MATS
Maine Float Rope Company
Waldoboro, ME. 207-832-0600; mainefloatrope.com
Thick, cheerful, durable “Down East Doormats” are hand-woven from reclaimed lobster-trap rope. They’re available in solid colors or stripes, perfect for wiping mucky garden boots after a work session in the dirt. From $54.
FENCING, PERGOLAS & ARBORS
Walpole Outdoors
Walpole, MA. 800-343-6948; walpolewoodworkers.com
Walpole’s handcrafted wood fences, gates, pergolas, and arbors are classic—never fussy—and very New England. Prices vary.