Garden mirror information

 
Hi there

I am looking to put a garden mirror along the back wall of my garden to
give the
look of more space, as its a small garden and want it to look
better.

I found this website selling garden mirrors: 'Garden Mirrors'
(http://tinyurl.com/3akmkqp )

But has anyone had any experience installing these type of mirrors or
cleaning
them? I'm sure it will look ok once put in but what about long
term? I don't
want my garden to look like someone is fly-tipping mirrors
in there! :-)




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Grumpy-Grower

 
Grumpy-Grower;901121 Wrote:

the look of more space, as its a small garden and want it to look

(http://tinyurl.com/3akmkqp )

cleaning them? I'm sure it will look ok once put in but what about long

> term?

I don't want my garden to look like someone is fly-tipping mirrors

> in there!

:-)

Would there be a problem with bird strikes?




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kay

 On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:13:55 +0000, Grumpy-Grower


AIUI, mirrors in the garden fool birds into thinking there's open
space there and they fly into them at high speed. Be prepared to
collect many dead birds with broken necks.

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Chris

Gardening in West Cornwall overlooking the sea.
Mild, but very exposed to salt gales

E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net

 Chris Hogg wrote:

I think it must depend on the precise situation. When I moved here two
years ago there were mirrors neatly installed on a four-foot-high
retaining wall facing the house at a distance of about fifteen feet. I
did have some misgivings, but decided to leave them for a while to see
what happened, as I didn't think birds would interpret what they saw as
a way out: and there have, indeed, been no casualties at all.

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Mike.

 
Wow thanks guys, never even thought of the bird problem!

But I was actually thinking of having the mirror low down and long
rather than
upright.

There is a wall at the bottom of my garden so I was going to have a 2" x
6"
mirror run along the back of the plants so it would reflect the
plants and the
garden. Not sure birds would see it with it being so
low.

I'll try and post a picture to better explain.

Thanks




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Grumpy-Grower