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  • Mirrors in the garden, anyone got any?

    Ive got two large mirrors going begging from a old wardrobe. I would like to put them in the garden somewhere but need some ideas..

    Could I put them on a wall that gets all the sun to refect into shade to brighten that up?

    Anyone got any in their garden and what should i avoid?

    Thanks guys
    Last edited by Greenleaves; 23-02-2016, 06:02 PM. Reason: corrected title
    If you want to view paradise
    Simply look around and view it.

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    I always worry about birds flying in to mirrors in the garden, so anywhere in a popular flight path is one to avoid. I'm assuming they are ordinary flat mirrors, as we've had a fire in our close caused by the sun shining on a mirrored sphere and setting fire to a fence. A flat mirror wouldn't have the same effect. Sorry two don'ts rather that helpful dos!

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    • #3
      I have a couple of (small) gothic shaped mirrors in my garden.
      Plan to get some bigger ones though, my mum has put a really large mirror in her TINY garden. She has let trailing plants obscure the edges and it makes the space appear literally twice the size.

      A word of warning though...
      I cannot count the times I have caught sight of my reflection, a flash of movement in my peripheral vision, thought it was an interloper and frightened meself senseless....usually (I confess) when I have a large glass of vino in my hand to splas all over me when I jump out of my skin!
      http://goneplotterin.blogspot.co.uk/

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      • #4
        Originally posted by muddled View Post
        I have a couple of (small) gothic shaped mirrors in my garden.
        Plan to get some bigger ones though, my mum has put a really large mirror in her TINY garden. She has let trailing plants obscure the edges and it makes the space appear literally twice the size.

        A word of warning though...
        I cannot count the times I have caught sight of my reflection, a flash of movement in my peripheral vision, thought it was an interloper and frightened meself senseless....usually (I confess) when I have a large glass of vino in my hand to splas all over me when I jump out of my skin!
        Ah something to make my paranoia worse haha.

        In the 5 years I have been her I havent really seen many birds in my garden :/

        I hope to change that this year as I have planted some berry shrubs for them. Although the fat balls go when I throw them on the grass but I wonder if thats ths rats haa
        If you want to view paradise
        Simply look around and view it.

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        • #5
          I always liked the idea of building a trellis with some mirrors and some big holes - but as yet it's still a pipe dream!

          I stopped putting out fat balls because the squirrels took them within the day - I still feed the birds tho

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          • #6
            I have a brick wall that I always fancied putting a mirror like this on



            but like Wendy, I worry that the birds would fly into it. They mistake the patio window as garden sometimes when the light makes the garden reflect in it.
            Location - Leicestershire - Chisit-land
            Endless wonder.

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            • #7
              I dont even get squirrels :/ and I live right on the back of herrington country park!

              I see them out and bout up the road but I never get visitors, mind you I would be happy with a frog or a headgehog. I wonder if its because I live 1 off a busy road?
              If you want to view paradise
              Simply look around and view it.

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              • #8
                Put them in the carrot bed. That way the carrot fly will think there is an interloper and bash itself to death trying to get at its reflection . Old wife's tale I know but it always makes me chuckle

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                • #9
                  I've got a mirror in my garden, only ever seen a bird fly towards it once as if it was a flight path, but when it saw it was going to hit another bird (its' reflection) it stopped mid-air and flew away, even though it was flying at some speed.

                  I think the problem is with glass, when they can't see anything that they're going to hit and they think it's just an opening.
                  Forgive me for my pages of text.

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                  • #10
                    We have lots of birds and pigeons and hawks.

                    A hawk plus pigeon flew into our garage doors about 10 years ago - both survived. (Hawk let go of pigeon which flew away. Hawk looked very annoyed)

                    So no mirrors here.. the bigger birds (jays, crows, mapgpies etc) -- would break one...

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