I've devised a little quiz for you to take, to help you along. It's too long to fit into an article, so if you want the whole version (the fun version!), with scoring and explanations, click here Find out if you're tacky, tasteful, or somewhere in-between. And remember - none of this should be taken too seriously. It's your yard - if you love it, flaunt it!
1. When you look at any part of your garden, how many ornaments can you see in a single glance?
2. How many ornaments do you have in your yard?
(Note: We are not counting functional items, such as bird baths and feeders, or birdhouses that are actually occupied by birds.)
3. Of your yard ornaments, what percentage are natural colored (stone, wood, marble, bronze, or reasonable facsimiles thereof?)
4. What percentage are brightly colored?
5. Of your brightly colored ornaments, how many are painted?
6. Of your painted ornaments, how many have chips or other weather-damage?
7. Does the paint damage make the ornament appear
a) shabby
b) pleasantly aged
c) antique
8. Of your colored ornaments, how many coordinate with the surrounding flowers and foliage? How many have no real relationship to the colors that surround them?
9. How many of your ornaments are likely to be spotted immediately by a garden visitor?
10. How many of your ornaments need to be hunted for, or are likely to surprise a garden visitor?
11. How many of your garden ornaments are supposed to have a function?
12. How many of those are actually being used in a functional manner?
13. How many of your ornaments pretend to have a function but don't? (Example - wishing wells with no water).
14. How many of your ornaments move? (Example - whirligigs, windmills, etc.)
15. Of your ornaments that move, how many are stand-alones versus groups of moving objects?
16. Do you have any yard art that is standing alone with no surrounding plant life (other than crab grass)?
17. How many of your ornaments have been recycled from something not originally intended to be a lawn ornament?
18. Do any of your yard ornaments look like any of the ornaments in neighboring yards?
19. How many of your ornaments are there because you have a special love for them, your kids do, or they came from someone you love, whether you like them or not?
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