Garden Ornaments in Nottingham

If you garden in Nottingham, the weather decides what survives outside long before taste does. Nottingham gardens sit inland on free-draining ground, with sharp frosts on still nights. The planting at Wollaton Park changes with the season; the stone and metal in it mostly does not. That is the point of a good ornament.

What lasts in Nottingham gardens

• Freeze-thaw is what breaks ornaments. It is not the cold that cracks a piece, it is water expanding inside it overnight and thawing by lunchtime, over and over. Solid resin and cast stone have nowhere for that water to sit.

Nothing in the range needs bringing indoors in October. Across The Midlands the same materials keep coming out on top - cast stone, stone-effect resin, coated metal and properly sealed solar.