Garden ornament

A garden ornament or lawn ornament is a non-plant item used for garden, landscape, and park enhancement and decoration.

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 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 a symbolic meaning and natural ornamental qualities.

Garden ornaments include: Lawn ornaments are decorative objects placed in the grassy area of a property.