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"If we create a sitting area in our front garden (at the front of our homes) we can therefore "live" in our front garden instead of simply walking through our front yard on the way to the front entrance of our homes. Suggestions like this help gardeners become more creative as they search for different ways to enhance their yards and gardens."

"Both garden decor and home decor are about making a space beautiful and making every element fit together."

"Garden decor is significant because it is an invitation for people to open themselves to the magic, to the wonder, to the meaning, and to the pleasure that gardens and garden related accessories can bring to their lives."

"Decorative accents in an entry garden provide the mood and style of your garden while also indicating the style inside your house."

"The gentle light and shimmering glow that comes from lanterns, light houses, candle holders, and candle lamps add ambiance, warmth, and magic as well as a sense of safety to the nighttime garden experience."

"Garden decorations help people take an active stance in their lives by enabling them to create a niche in the world that is in concert with their dreams and values."

"A permanent statue or water fountain in your yard or garden can open your eyes to each small change in weather throughout the seasons."

"It is possible to select your garden decorations with a well-defined plan in mind to reinforce your garden's theme and design."

"Once you have established the layout for your garden, select your plants by proceeding from the largest to the smallest. That is, choose trees first, then shrubs, then perennials, then ground cover, and then bulbs."

"Consider a 'theme' for your garden decor. You may want to create an oasis, a jungle, a Japanese garden, a British garden, a play area, or anything else."

"By letting your individuality shine through as you select your decorative accents, you will transform your garden into one of the most meaningful experiences in your life."

"One quick gardening tip: don't be afraid of adding lots of color to your yard or garden."

"To increase the length of your garden, you can exaggerate the sense of perspective via tapering the the walkway at the far end as compared with the width of the walkway near the opening of your garden."

"Curving paths in your garden need to curve in a broad, simple manner. Curving paths frequently help screen unsightly aspects of your yard or garden and also help you incorporate mystery along the way."

"Developing harmony between the front of your house and your front garden is basically an issue of looking both inward and outward to see what characteristics they reflect."

"A wooden walkway in your garden, even if it is built close to the ground, has the effect of raising you and your visitors the slightest degree above the garden. This small change can greatly affect a person's "garden experience."

"Blending beauty and function, bird houses, birdbaths, and bird feeders represent some of the most favored garden accessories."

"According to the USDA per capita, expenditures on flowers and garden plants exceeded $140 per year in 1997 including almost $80.00 per capita for plants, trees, shrubs, bulbs, turfgrass and groundcovers."

"If you have a rocky slope, then a rock garden presents itself naturally as a landscape solution. But if rock-less inclines form your problem areas, consider importing stone to build rock gardens from scratch. Suggestions such as these point out the fact that resourceful and creative gardeners can turn a "problem area" into an esthetically pleasing "solution" that enhances the overall garden "experience."

"Rock gardens can not only offer solutions to landscaping problems, but also provide great visual interest in the yard. Arrange the plants in a rock garden design to look natural. Keep in mind that suggestions like this help take an area of a garden that essentially presents a "problem" and with some creativity and effort, turns the problem into an esthetically pleasing "feature" that can add much to to overall gardening "experience."

"People want to add depth and meaning to their lives. One way to accomplish this is to make or purchase lovely decorative accents for your garden."