Garden art & sculpture – add year-round atmosphere and interest to your garden

27.09.2024 - 18:03 / themiddlesizedgarden.co.uk / Alexandra Campbell

Garden art and sculpture creates year-round atmosphere and interest in your garden.

A sculpture will look as beautiful in the winter as in the summer.

It can create a focal point or define a part of the garden. Or it can add contrast or highlight a theme.

And when you buy an individual piece of art, it reflects your personal style in your garden.

Ideas from the Savill Garden ‘Art in the Garden’

So I visited the Savill Garden, where they have an annual ‘Art in the Garden’ exhibition with the Surrey Sculpture Society.

Art and sculpture from a range of artists is displayed around the beautiful gardens. It’s a great way of seeing ideas on how and where you could use art in your own garden.

The Savill Garden in Windsor Great Park is 35 acres of gardens. There is a bog garden, a dry garden, a lake, woodland, a rose garden and some magnificent herbaceous borders, so whether your garden is wilder or more formal, there is something for you to enjoy. This year’s ‘Art in the Garden’ runs from 11th September to 29th October.

How to choose garden art or sculpture

I asked four of the artists exhibiting at the Savill Garden, along with Savill Garden horticulturalist Heather King to suggest tips on choosing garden art or sculpture. They were Caroline Wheaton, Nicci Fairbank, Julie Simpson and Marie Boyle.

Heather King helps to choose the sculptures for the exhibition and decide where they will go.

She starts by looking at the submissions from the Surrey Sculpture Society artists.

If you’re looking for your garden, the equivalent is to look at as much garden art as you can in. Make an effort to see art and sculpture in gardens by visiting a sculpture garden or a special exhibition.

As well as the Savill Garden, the Surrey Sculpture Society also does