Unusual Garden Ornaments & Statues

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.

An unusual piece has surprise value at first sight. The Frenchie Yoga Statue earns the surprise from the stretched pose, the Kissing Monkeys from the affectionate gesture, the Pharoah Head from the Egyptian subject in a British garden. A polite ornament fits in immediately; an unusual one makes a visitor stop, look, and then place it as belonging.

Not in a planted alcove or a corner with deliberate planting around the base. The Egyptian and Hindu carved-stone shapes settle into a British garden the same way an antique stone trough does, once the planting closes around the base and the carved face takes its first season of lichen. They look out of place only when set on bare gravel without any planting around them.

Smaller than the carved-stone pieces and sized for close approach. The Frenchie Yoga Statue, Kissing Monkeys and Stan and Ollie all fit a porch step or a paved corner where a visitor walks past within a metre. Full dimensions and current price are on each product page. The Frenchie Yoga is the closest in scale to a real French bulldog of the breed-piece range.

Yes. The cast-resin pieces are UV-stable and frost-proof. The reconstituted-stone pieces handle freeze-thaw on a flat paving pad without cracking. The hand-carved solid-stone pieces (Bali-Inspired Full Face Set) are the heaviest and want a settled base. None of these need winter storage. Soft brush for the painted pieces, stiff brush for the stone pieces, no power wash on either.

The Cat Statue Memorial is the close-pass memorial piece in this range. The Stunning Stone Angel Stone Statue and the Angel on Plinth Statue are the larger memorial pieces in reconstituted stone, sized for a settled memorial corner. The Labrador Puppy Welcome Sign Stone Statue is the dog-welcome piece. The memorial garden ornaments range gathers the pet-memorial pieces specifically.

Planting first. A clump of low ornamental grasses, a settled box ball, a mass of lavender, ivy left to drape over a wall coping. For another ornament in the same view, keep it five or six paces away. The eclectic pieces work best when each one earns its own approach rather than competing with a neighbour.