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Garden Features & Accents

Garden features earn their place by giving a bed structure when nothing is in flower, and every piece here works for its living. The range centres on Northcote Pottery bird baths in terracotta, glazed and classic pedestal styles from about $80, alongside a 90cm slate water feature and a simple hydro planter for growing plants in water. Choose on scale first: a feature should sit slightly below eye level in a bed, not tower over it.

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Choosing a bird bath birds will actually use

Birds choose on safety and water depth, not on looks. A bowl 30mm to 50mm deep at the edge suits the small honeyeaters, wrens and finches you most want to attract, and a pedestal height of 50cm to 70cm keeps bathing birds out of reach of cats. Every pedestal bath in this range sits in that band, from the compact 37 x 47cm Cafestyle Villa to the 60cm Miami. Position the bath within a couple of metres of a dense shrub so small birds have an escape route, but not so close that a cat can ambush from cover.

Materials and how they weather

Terracotta with a Cottaseal finish is sealed against the moss and water staining that mark raw clay, and it mellows well over years outside. Glazed pieces such as the blue Balmoral hold their colour and wipe clean easily. All cope with an Australian summer, but in hard frost districts empty the bowl before freezing nights, since expanding ice is the one thing that cracks fired clay. The 90cm Cascade slate water feature is a recirculating unit, so it needs an outdoor power point nearby and a top up roughly weekly through summer.

Placement and upkeep

Tip out and refill the water every two or three days in warm weather, for hygiene and to break the mosquito cycle, and scrub the bowl monthly with a stiff brush and plain water rather than chemical cleaners. Frame the bath with a few bird attracting plants and it quickly becomes the busiest spot in the garden. Our backyard bird sanctuary guide covers layered planting for birds in detail.

Common questions

Where should a bird bath go?

Light shade, visible from the house, near shrubs but with open sightlines all round. Afternoon shade matters most in hot climates, because shallow water heats fast in full sun.

How do these arrive, and are they heavy?

Pedestal baths arrive in separate pieces one person can assemble: the bowl simply sits on the pedestal. That makes emptying and cleaning easy, but lift the bowl rather than dragging it. Everything here is delivered Australia wide.

What is a hydro planter?

A vessel for growing plants in plain water rather than soil. Devil's ivy, monstera cuttings and herbs such as mint grow happily this way for months, which suits benchtops, shaded verandahs and offices.