garden weathervane

When spring comes, it is the best chance to sprout some green shots through the soil. The size of the garden can also be expanded. So why don’t you add a garden weathervane to sweeten your garden?

For a gardener who spends hours to make sure their garden is beautiful, a pretty accessory is important. And that pretty accessory is garden weathervane. Some of the weathervane is just for decorative. Te resemble the gardener’s personality, to match the garden’s theme, there are many weathervanes available which are designed beautifully. Some of them are fish, rooster, sailboat, etc.

You can buy your weathervane at your local garden store, or even now you can buy online. An antique garden weathervane is what many people looking for when it comes to make the garden pretty and prettier.

But, other than just an ornament, a weathervane has another function, which is to gauge the direction of the wind at your garden. Even though by using modern technologies, like satellite, you can forecast more accurately, many landscapers still continue in using weathervane. The direction of the wind is pointed by the weathervane. Many gardeners aware of the impacts of the wind have.

The gardeners are allowed to cater specific plants’ seed by the information provided by the weathervane to design the overall garden. The whole picture of the garden can be drawn using weathervane, so you can properly determine which area is windy, which one is a dry place, etc. When it comes to determine why some plants may be struggling in one area, this kind of information is important.

Because of their ability to save your time, money and patience, a garden weathervane is a very great investment. By just seeing what the weathervane do, a gardener can tell a lot information. Garden weathervanes can also make the gardeners to prepare for the upcoming dry spell. A heavy rainfall can be predicted too, so gardeners may move the plants before it. Also, chilly winds can be forecasted just by seeing a weathervane, so they can move the tender plants from the frost.

You have already seen many function of a garden weathervane, so there is no reason of not to put a garden weathervane at your garden now.

garden weather vanes

Do you have a garden? Then you will need something to make it unique, since the space is available to add something. There is already fountain, or statues, or fishpond? Then something higher is very suitable for your garden. Something that is always exist in the old traditional homes in the country. Something on top of every roof. What are they? Yes, they are weathervanes.

Today’s weathervane is not only for barns. There are house weathervanes, and even garden weathervanes too. Before you put a garden weathervane in your garden, there are something you have to know.

First, do you want to make your garden ornamental or functional? You decide it. You want it to be functional? Then put the garden weathervanes as high as you can, since if you place them low enough, they will not function properly because of no wind.

So you want it for decoration? Then pick one spot where you will see it everyday and most often. Do not place garden weathervanes too high. You do not want to strain your neck just to see them right? But, if you often walk in your garden, then you must place it higher than your head, so you will not bump into it.

You will have to work a bit more if you prefer them to be functional. Put the garden weathervane on a pole, stand the pole, and set the height high enough for the wind to properly blow it. To make the pole to be perfectly level on all sides is the most trickery part in this work.

But more importantly, you have to choose the right garden weathervane for your garden. At close range, you will find it in one size, but when the weathervane is already on 20 feet height or across your garden, everything changes. Make sure you stand away as far as possible but you still can see it, before you buy it, so you can imagine how the weathervane will look like in your garden. It looks good? Then I bet it’s your choice.

The last tip is about the garden weathervane’s material. Match the weathervane’s material with the surroundings. If you cannot find any, do not worry, since there are some general designs suitable for any design of your garden.

Read more about the History of Weathervanes.