Enthusiastic gardeners are also very green people. They enjoy digging in the dirt, recycling and composting, and successfully integrate other people’s discards into their backyard decor. When searching for interesting pieces to enhance their yards, recycled metal garden art can be a popular choice.

The eco-artists creating recycled metal garden are very creative and talented. What may be trash to you or me is reborn in the hands of these talented artists. One artist, Andrew Chase, makes amazing mechanical sculptures of giraffes, elephants and robots from recycled automobile and plumbing parts. He gets junk transmission and engine parts from his local auto shop, and by combining these with plumbing fixtures and pipes he is able to create fantastic, moving creatures.

Old oil tanks and drums are quite often used to make metal garden art. Coloured oil tanks that once provided fuel to cottagers are cut down into brightly colored critters, including dancing sheep, climbing frogs, lurking alligators or Fido with his bone. For something a little different you can even add a diva or a devil!

In Haiti a thriving crafts community is making amazing metal wall sculptures from flattened drums previously used to transport oil or other products. After removing the ends these drums are flattened and then carved manually into exotic artwork. Using only hammers, chisels and other simple tools, the artists create elaborate, creative designs out of the steel. Haitian drum art is world renowned and spreading in popularity. They look stunning in the garden, or hung on a wall inside.Saving cycles from early graves a new breed of artists are utilizing recycled bikes parts to produce their art. Bike art has grown so trendy it is a genre of its own. With spokes and wheels, nuts and bolts and gears, a cycle may be the ideal raw material for recycled metal art.

A large part of the appeal of recycled metal yard art may be the weathered and often rusted look of the various pieces. Rusted metal has a earthy, natural look and blends with the garden rather than making a loud statement. That is why many gardeners seek out pre-rusted metal art.

The creativity of artists working with recycled metal continues to impress me. For instant charm and character, add some recycled metal art to your yard.

Ann Wallis is a long-time gardener and lover of beautiful things for her garden. All year round she pores through gardening magazines and websites looking for colorful perennials to fill the holes in her garden and fun, whimsical metal yard art to add life and character to her yard. Ann’s favorite metal creations can be found at http://metal-garden-art.com