Christmas Highland Cow Garden Ornaments

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Highland Cow Stone Garden Statue

Highland Cow Stone Garden Statue

Highland Cow Stone Garden Statue

£69.99

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About Christmas Highland Cow Garden Ornaments

Christmas Highland Cow Garden Ornaments: Scottish-Cottage Styling

Christmas Highland cow garden ornaments take the shaggy-fringed Hielan' coo into a four-to-six-week winter display: tartan throws, pine garlands, tweed-red berries, holly and a light dusting of fake snow. The piece in the range right now is the 30cm Highland Cow Stone Statue at around 10kg, cast stone with the shaggy coat pressed in before curing. Enough presence for a mantel or hall console, steady on a porch step through a winter draught.

What a Christmas Highland coo brings to a display

A Christmas Highland coo is the seasonal styling on the breed silhouette: stocky legs, sweeping horns, the long fall of fringe over the eyes. The styling cues sit in the dressing around it (tartan ribbon, pine sprigs, holly berries, a few pinecones and beeswax candles) rather than in paint on the figure itself. That keeps the piece year-round-capable, since the same coo strips back to a plain Highland for the rest of the calendar. Beside the Christmas garden ornaments edit, the look runs across hares, stags, robins and a few other cottage-Christmas favourites. The buyer drawn here wants Scottish-cottage Christmas, not a glossy gift-shop figure that reads plastic at two paces.

The Highland Cow Stone Statue in cast stone

The piece in the range right now is the Highland Cow Stone Statue: 30cm tall, around 10kg, reconstituted cast stone. Cement blends with crushed stone, then pours into the mould and cures to a durable finish, with the shaggy-coat texture pressed in before curing. The weight gives it presence on a mantel or a hall console without sliding, and steady footing on a porch step through a winter gale. The matte mineral surface holds a soft lichen patina if it lives outside through two winters, or stays clean and dry if it's dressed indoors and packed away in the loft after Twelfth Night.

Styling for a Scottish-cottage Christmas

The 30cm coo holds its own on a mantel vignette beside a pine-and-berry garland, a tartan runner, and a clutch of beeswax candles. On a hall console under a wreath, set it slightly off-centre with a sprig of holly tucked into the fringe, or a tartan ribbon looped lightly around the horns (not tight). The surface is cast stone, so ribbon ties without damage. On a dining sideboard with tartan napkins and a few pinecones it becomes the table centre piece without taking the show off the food. Outside on a sheltered porch step, dust the coat lightly with fake snow at the start of December and let the elements do the rest.

After Christmas, indoors or out

The Highland Cow Stone Statue is frost-proof, so after Christmas it can stay outside on a flat pad as a year-round garden piece. A soft brush clears stray needles before the cement tone settles into the planting through spring. If you want to pack it away with the decorations, wrap it in cloth (no plastic, which traps moisture) and store somewhere dry. Either way works.

For the single-breed piece without the festive styling, the Highland cow garden ornaments range. For lawn-scale placement against a hedge or border, the large Highland cow garden ornaments range. For the full Christmas catalogue across other subjects, the Christmas garden ornaments range.

Highland Cow Stone Garden Statue — From the christmas highland cow garden ornaments range

Frequently Asked Questions

How does delivery, returns and contact work?

UK delivery is free on orders over £50, with a flat rate below that. Orders ship within one working day from our Cotswolds workshop, packed in recyclable materials. Returns are accepted within 30 days for a full refund, with no restocking fees. If something arrived damaged or you need help choosing, email hello@backyardbliss.co.uk and we usually reply within a few hours.

Is the Christmas styling painted on, or do I add it myself?

You add it yourself, which is why the piece doubles as a year-round Highland for the rest of the calendar. The cast-stone figure is the breed silhouette unadorned: stocky legs, sweeping horns, shaggy fringe. The Christmas look comes from the dressing around it (tartan ribbon, pine sprigs, holly, beeswax candles, a light dusting of fake snow on the back). Strip the dressing off in January and it's a plain Highland again.

Will it survive being out on the porch through December?

Yes. The Highland Cow Stone Statue is frost-proof reconstituted cast stone, made to weather a wet British winter without cracking. A sheltered porch step under the eaves is the easiest spot. Dust it lightly with fake snow at the start of December and let the rest of the elements settle in. It holds steady on a flat porch slab through a winter gale without pegging.

How heavy is it, and can I lift it onto a mantel?

Around 10kg at 30cm tall. Most adults can lift it onto a mantel without help, but it's worth lifting from the legs rather than the horns and resting it on a folded tea-towel pad if your mantel is the wrong material for a hard cast-stone base. The weight gives it presence on the shelf without sliding, but does mean checking the mantel can take 10kg without question.

Can I tie tartan ribbon or pine around the horns?

Yes. The surface is cast stone, not paint, so ribbon and pine sprigs tie around the horns or fringe without scratching or marking. Loop them loosely, the look reads better when the ribbon falls softly rather than being yanked tight against the figure. Remove the dressing in January (or whenever you take the rest of the Christmas display down) to give the piece a clean strip-back for the year.

Does it need packing away after Christmas?

Not unless you want to. The cast-stone figure is rated for year-round outdoor use, so it can live on a porch step or a gravel corner through the rest of the year and become the December centrepiece again next Christmas. If you prefer to pack it away with the decorations, wrap it in cloth (not plastic, which traps moisture against the surface) and store it somewhere dry.

How does it sit with the rest of the Highland cow range?

It's the festive styling on the same 30cm cast-stone Highland that runs through the rest of the range. The same Highland without the festive dressing sits in Highland cow garden ornaments, the lawn-scale placement notes are in large Highland cow garden ornaments, and the wider Christmas catalogue across other subjects sits in Christmas garden ornaments.