Stonework Elements That Can Bring Festive Charm To Your Garden
It is Christmas time again and you are probably excited to start putting up all the festive decorations in and around the house. In the past, most people were mainly focused on indoor Christmas decorations. But outdoor festive decorations have become much more popular over the past few decades. People are especially fond of hanging an abundance of string lights and Christmas-themed lights in the garden.
There are, however, lots of other garden features that can bring some festive joy to the garden during day time when those lights can’t shine bright.
In this guide, we are going to take a look at stonework concepts that could create a festive vibe in your garden.
A Stone Wishing Well Or Fountain
Christmas is one of the most whimsical times of the year. It is pretty natural to make plenty of wishes during the festive season. We all wish for a merry and bright Christmas and most kids will make plenty of gift wishes as the anticipation of the festive season keeps building. A natural stone wishing fountain or a natural stone wishing well is the perfect feature to add to your garden because these features don’t just look good, it is a lot of fun to make a wish by casting a penny into the well.
During the festive season, you can also decorate your well or fountain with beautiful LED fountain lights, Christmas wreaths, and other decor elements to draw the focus towards this whimsical feature.
An Outdoor Stone Christmas Tree
A real live Christmas tree in the front yard is a dream for many people but this can be difficult to achieve since it can be so difficult to get these types of trees to survive the Australian climate and it is quite challenging to keep the tree in that perfect Christmas tree shape. Instead of growing a traditional tree, you can create your own stone Christmas tree as a dedicated garden feature. This type of stone feature will be ornamental throughout the year without requiring any maintenance and can be decorated with fairy lights for a festive vibe during Christmas.
Retaining Walls With Planters
Retaining walls are very helpful for evening out a sloping garden. When you are installing natural stone retaining walls, you should create a design that includes lots of space for planters. These planters can be filled with Christmas-themed foliage or flowers like poppies, amaryllis, anthuriums, red roses, begonias, red aglaonemas, and many others. The red and green foliage or flowers will form a striking contrast against the neutral colors of natural stone and will give your garden a very festive look.
Lantern Light Walkways
Stone walkways always look great and are very useful in a garden. You can also use this type of natural rock feature for festive decor by placing a long line of lanterns or candles alongside your walkway. The twinkling lights will look very charming in the evening while decorative lanterns can offer a little bit of brightness during day time.
Raised Rock Garden Beds With Jolly Foliage
Raised rocky garden beds are ideal for creating a clean-cut or polished garden bed. The natural rock features offer a timeless and classic look throughout the year. For a festive look, you can consider red and green foliage or flowers for your rocky raised garden bed. The vivid green and red will create a striking contrast against natural stone colours and, if you want to enhance your garden bed, even more, you can consider adding a big red bow on the front of your raised garden bed.
A Rocky Fire Pit
In warm areas like Australia, you just don’t want to spend your entire festive season cooped indoors. A garden fire pit is a superb garden feature during the festive evenings. With this type of stone garden feature, you can share exciting Christmas stories or fry some marshmallows over a lazy fire. For a festive look, you can plant a couple of poles around the fire pit that can be used to string fairy lights.
These garden features are all ideal solutions for creating a more festive garden that is going to offer lots of joy throughout the year. If you want to get these features installed then you should give Stone Edge Landscapes a call. These professionals will supply you with high-quality stone and they can install any of these and many other garden features so you can celebrate Christmas in style.
