Peacock Garden Ornaments & Statues

Bright bird shapes for a formal scheme

A formal garden reads well with clear-coloured bird shapes rather than fussy painted detail. The Colourful Kingfisher is the brightest piece in the range: a perching stake piece in brilliant blue and orange that sits at the front of a clipped border and pulls the eye. The Radiant Robins are the close-pass pair, sized for a pot rim or a stone step at the edge of a terrace, the bright red breast reading clean against pale gravel. The Grey Dove Planter softens a formal corner with a calmer grey silhouette and a shallow hollow for a low-rooted alpine.

The Birdbath as the working focal point

The Bird in Hands Birdbath is the natural focal point of a formal corner: a sculptural pair of cupped hands cast in stone-effect resin, a shallow basin that real garden birds will visit and drink at. Sized for a flat paving pad three or four paces from a yew or box hedge so the visiting birds have cover to flit to. The Fairy on Bird is the smallest piece, a bronze-effect detail for a windowsill, a potting-bench top or beside a bay tree in a glazed pot.

Where the pieces sit in a formal garden

A formal lawn, a stone-edged terrace and a clipped hedge are the kinds of surroundings the pieces here were chosen for. The Kingfisher staked at the front of a clipped lavender row catches afternoon sun. The Birdbath on a flat pad at the centre of a quartet of clipped box balls holds the spot as a deliberate focal point rather than a piece dropped on grass. The Robins on a tall terracotta pot at the corner of a paving square work as close-pass detail. The Grey Dove Planter at the foot of a yew softens a stiff corner with planted greenery in the shallow hollow.

Cast resin and a wet British year

All five pieces are cast resin, frost-proof, with weather-fast painted finishes. They hold colour through several seasons without fading and handle freeze-thaw on damp paving without cracking. The Kingfisher's blue and the Robins' red benefit most from a soft brush once a year to clear pollen. The Birdbath's basin wants emptying before a hard frost so standing water does not freeze and lift the rim. The Fairy on Bird holds colour longer if it is lifted off sodden mulch through deep winter onto a flat tile.

For the silhouette and metal-finish groupings of the same pieces, see modern bird garden ornaments and metal bird garden ornaments. For single-bird shapes nearby, the robin and owl ranges. For the working pieces real birds use, bird feeders and baths. For every bird piece we carry, birds.