Well-kept gardens are the crowning glory of any home. This is perhaps why decorators spend a lot of time and effort landscaping lawns. Apart from looking after plants and flowers, mowing the grass, and trimming the hedges, there is a lot more that can be done to beautify the garden. Garden décor includes garden tables and chair, sun umbrellas, fountains, patio decoration, statues and other garden accessories. Pottery specially made for the purpose of decorating the garden is also a craze nowadays which is popularly known as garden pottery.

Garden Pottery could be of various types depending upon the substance used. One important kind of garden pottery is terracotta garden pottery. With its natural reddish brown color, garden pottery provides a beautiful contrast to the verdant green of a garden, or a brilliant complement to it if it were the season of autumn. Moreover the earthy color of these accessories for the garden, camouflages perfectly with the soil.

Pottery for the garden is a preferred lawn accessory also because it is weather-resistant.

Various Kinds of Terracotta Pottery

There are numerous lawn pottery objects. Some of the popular ones are:

•  Bird baths

•  Wall hangings : These are popular garden accessories, used to decorate the patio.

•  Flower pots : Perhaps the most ubiquitous objects for lawn decoration, they may be hanging pots, those that are placed on the ground or those that may be arranged on a stand.

•  Statues

•  Lanterns : Terracotta lanterns are perhaps the most elegant form of garden pottery. They look beautiful hanging from trees, placed in the table, or on the floor.