A garden ornament is an item used for garden, landscape, and park enhancement and decoration. Garden ornaments include: bench bird baths bird feeders birdhouses columns – cast stone fire basket flower box window box fountains jardiniere kugel fountain garden furniture gazing spheres hanging baskets landscape lighting – decorative fixtures lawn ornaments bathtub madonnas concrete geese garden gnomes lawn jockeys yard globe plastic pink flamingos outdoor candle outdoor fireplace outdoor sculpture sculpture trail found objects such as recycled bowling balls, toilet planters, antique farm equipment kinetic sculpture masks obelisks renewable energy sculpture pagoda – small versions pedestals – e.g. terracotta, cast stone pond – rocks and boulders with basins pots urns ceramic art vases rain chains sundials topiary specimens waterfalls – small prefabricated type weathervanes wind chimes History Early examples of the use of garden ornaments in western culture were seen in Ancient Roman gardens such as those excavated at Pompeii and Herculaneum. The Italian Renaissance garden and French formal garden styles were the peak of using created forms in the garden and landscape, with high art and kitsch interpretations ever since. The English landscape garden expanded the scale of some garden ornaments to temple follies The Asian tradition of making garden ornaments, often functioning in association with Feng Shui principles, has a nearly timeless history. Chinese gardens with Chinese scholar's rocks, Korean stone art, and Japanese gardens with Suiseki and Zen rock gardens have and symbolic meaning and natural ornamental qualities. See also Ornament (architecture) Ornamental plant Ornamental tree Garden design Garden feature External links Guide to garden ornaments 01 Garden features Gardening lists Design-related lists