Garden Art That Shows Your Personality

The beauty of creating your own garden art is the ability to make it show your unique style, personality, and, perhaps, sense of humor. Have a look at this gallery to grab ideas for your outdoor space.

If you would instructions, see all of my garden art projects here.

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Creative Garden Art Ideas

Recently I was asked for easy garden art ideas that add personality and a bunch of favorites immediately came to mind.

Most of them are very fast and frugal and definitely bring unique style to the garden.

There’s also more garden art ideas in the Idea Galleries. 

Often, it’s just the addition of a focal point and/or introducing a stand-out color that can make a garden come together.

1Add a Sign

If you look at this beautiful veggie garden, the sunflower welcome sign on the gate really brings the whole thing together.

It’s sweet and quirky and so easy to make or buy one.

There are lots more garden sign ideas here.

2Unite Your Color Scheme

This collection of pots is part of an entire garden where cobalt blue is the unifying theme.

You could pick one color, a trio of colors, or go with all different bold colors all in the same value (intensity) and get the same effect.

Also see 40 Unique Container Gardening Ideas.

3Add A Blast Of Color

Two things jump out here: the yellow birdhouse and the red geraniums.

Those are fast, low cost ways to make a garden bed pop!

There’s an entire gallery of birdhouse ideas here.

4Copy Nature In A Big Way

I made this giant bird nest from tree branches and added the fake eggs (with blue spray paint).

Follow your whims. It’s your garden.

5Put Inside Stuff Outside

Anything that can endure the weather (or at least hold up a good long time) is fair game.

Personally, I’m a blue and white plate fan and love how these dishes look on the fence.

There are 25+ more creative fence art ideas here.

6Go Cute and Corny

Ask me if I care what other people think of my garden? {crickets chirping} It’s your space—for goodness sake, do what you like!

You might not find this example so far off the wall, but I go on a lot of garden tours and my jaw drops overhearing people criticize the simplest, sweetest things. Love frogs hugging in a birdbath?

Go for it.

7Display Your Funny Bone

Remember, as far as anyone knows we’re a nice, normal family. 

You can find many versions of this on Amazon.com including vinyl decals, mugs, and signs.

There are so many things I wouldn’t really want in my house but like in the garden.

One of the best parts of garden tours is seeing the humorous touches that people add.

This sign immediately lets you know that the gardener has a playful spirit.

Or you should run the other way. Fast.

There are more garden sign ideas here.

8Go Vertical

If you don’t have tall plants, bring in a substitute like this old wooden ladder.

Add flower pots, birdhouses, or other repurposed garden art and you have instant interest in a plain old garden bed.

There’s lots more ideas for adding vertical interest here and more garden ladder ideas here.

9Be Quirky

What if you forbid yourself from buying things and instead had to make do with stuff you already have?

That’s how garden art is born.

This idea of planting boots has been done a million times over and I still love it.

I turned old boots into garden art dogs using this tutorial.

10If You Have To Paint It Anyways…

My old lawnmower and wheelbarrow were rusting but still had some life in them.

I could have just gone with plain color but flower power called me and I had to answer.

For more ideas, also see 12 Creative Wheelbarrow Planter Ideas.

11Turn What You Have Into Art

Deep shade areas where nothing but evergreens grow are a great place to have some fun.

Here the gardener made a maze out of stones.

It’s ideal because there won’t ever be a weed problem popping up.

Also see 12 Stepping Stone & Garden Path Ideas.

12White Is The Brightest Garden Color

White is the brightest color in a garden. I love white flowers. They punctuate an outdoor space like nothing else.

Here the gardener used a black, white, grey (and green plants) theme with flowers and furnishings. Love it.

13Frame It

Nature provides the greatest art on earth. I love how this rustic easel frames it perfectly. There is a gallery of garden art easel ideas here.

14Carve It

I do not know the name of the artist who made this but wow, so beautifully done.

If you are at art or craft shows and see something one-of-a-kind that you love, get it! Otherwise, if you’re like me, you’ll wake up at night wishing you had.

I hope this gives you some ideas to work with. And the encouragement to create a unique garden.

~Melissa the Empress of Dirt ♛