How to Create a Garden Filled With Wind Chimes & Lanterns
- 1). Choose simple wind chimes with melodies to enhance one another for the best effect in your garden. Pairing small wind chimes that tinkle with the slightest breeze with large wind chimes that require a gust of wind to set them in motion ensures constant musical notes throughout the garden.
- 2). Look for branches from trees and shrubs around the perimeter of the garden to hang your wind chimes. Placing them at varying heights catches breezes at nearly any time of day.
- 3). Place wind chimes in areas where the sun catches them at sunrise or sunset to add color and sparkle to the garden.
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Hanging lanterns from a tree creates an enchanting, romantic garden setting.lantern tree image by Bionic Media from Fotolia.com
Suspend lanterns from overhanging branches of nearby trees for a floating border to your garden, or install shepherd's hooks around the garden and suspend lanterns from the hooks. - 2). Place a branched tree stump, a fallen log with a fan of roots, or a large piece of driftwood in the center of the garden. Anchor the base into the soil to secure the wood or insert garden stakes into the soil to secure it. Use wire cutters to cut lengths of wire to run from the stakes to the stump for better anchoring.
- 3). Suspend several lanterns from the branches to create a focal point in the garden. Lanterns made from colored glass catch the light during the day adding dimension to the gardening area and emit gentle light at night when lit.