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Colourful stone circular garden table – Chelsea Flower Show 2010 garden product review

Humphry — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 07:48:29 +0000

Colourful stone circular garden table

. Gardens need colour and colourful materials provide an anchor for arranging colour compositions with plants. This circular table is made of natural stones which have been fused to make a conglomerate and then sliced-and-polished to make a table. There are few better ways of getting a ’splash of red’ which glows even in the coldest weather.

Erotic garden sculpture and ornament

Humphry — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:32:34 +0000

Well come on, that’s what it is – and that’s what a lot of garden sculpture always has been and always will be. But is it good taste? Well that’s for you to judge!

She looks a touch out of place in this suburban setting but could be OK if tucked away in a bed of flowers.

Download photographs of erotic garden sculpture

Bad taste in garden statuary

Humphry — Sat, 30 May 2009 16:45:53 +0000

The Romans used to say: De gustibus non est disputandum (‘matters of taste can’t be disputed’) The English say ‘there’s no accounting for taste’. And since these ghastly items are being offered for sale, there must be people who like them. But, seriously, they are seriously bad taste: plastic pots, painted concrete garden statues, badly clipped box. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh.