Garden signs: patio with tiled pond and decorative lighting

The Best Garden Signs for your Plot

Whether big or small, outdoor space is a luxury that can be enjoyed by everyone. Having a private space for lounging out, hosting a BBQ or tending the vegetable patch is part of the reason people uproot their lives from the city to the suburbs. Connecting with nature is priceless and also an essential part of our wellbeing. However, there is no need to be green-fingered to have a visually appealing garden. With some planning and unique garden signs, you can create a beautiful outside space for living, playing and hopefully growing.

Garden Signs

Finding the Right Garden Signs for Your Home

As each garden is different, it is important to find the best style of outdoor garden signs that fit your space. Many factors influence the type of garden decor that you choose. Location, budget, practicality, purpose and sustainability all play a role in helping us decide which garden ornaments end up being displayed amongst our hedgerows or on our garden walls.

Being Danish, our innate closeness to nature means that we are proud to create custom garden signs to enhance people’s outdoor spaces. Enamel signs go through a tough and time-consuming production process which enables them to possess qualities that make them excellent outdoor signs. Their durability comes from their: 

- Ability to withstand harsh weather conditions 

- Resilience to extreme temperatures 

- Glossy, luxurious finish

RAMSIGN personalised garden plaques are also graffiti and vandalism proof. Each design is hand stencilled onto the signs creating a raised relief which not only adds an elegant texture to the surface, it also makes the signs easier to read, especially from a distance.

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Why Use Enamel Signs?

Enamel signs make great garden signs thanks to their versatility and easy customisation options. There are endless ways on how to incorporate them into your landscape and it all depends on the style of garden you own. Here are our favourite ways on how to use personalised outdoor signs in your garden decor:

Vintage enamel signs: american number plates as antique metal signs on wooden fence.

Garden Signs for Patios

Garden Wall Plaques For Patios

Turning your patio garden into an outdoor retreat is no easy task. Unreliable weather conditions perhaps being the main reason why patios often get overlooked. However, with a few enhancements, it can quickly become one of the most loved spots of the home. The most important factor to include in patio design is softness and this can be achieved through your choice of plants, wooden garden signs and garden furniture.

Garden signs: rusty glass house with plants in pots and green enamel coffee mug.

Garden Storage Signs

Pillows, cushions and garden umbrellas all need a place to live when not in use. Designated storage that is weatherproof will keep the patio furniture dry and away from harsh sunlight or rain when not on display. However, while the storage unit may provide a stylish touch to the patio, attaching an enamel sign to the box will add a preppy, old school edge that will brighten up your space and create a cohesive theme.

Herb Signs

As growing space may be limited to a few garden beds, a handy way to incorporate more greenery into your patio is to take it to the walls. A vertical garden allows for dozens of plants to be grown in a very small space creating a big impact garden without the need for lots of resources. With planters at all different heights on the wall, finding a way that makes each plant instantly identifiable is key. Design personalised garden signs with a stake that can sit in each planter and on each one place the name of your chosen shrub. Herb garden signs are great if you are planning a kitchen garden as it is very easy to mistake one herb for another, especially when it has just been sown.

Garden signs: lush field of green herbs with herb sign indicating
Garden signs: black allotment sign in the middle of an allotment with green herbs and grass

Allotment Signs

For the budding gardener, it is easy to get carried away in the technicalities of soil acidity and bug repellant, however, making your plot attractive also helps to boost visits from happy pollinators. Just like a patio garden, an allotment doesn’t provide much space for creativity when each inch of land has to be optimised for growing. This means that all too often allotments tend to look neglected and messy. However, garden signs do not have to be a luxury as there are plenty of ways to personalise your space without compromising on square footage such as adding in potting shed signs. 

Garden signs: Allotment with plants and blue sky

Ideas for Allotment Garden Signs

Be proud of your bumper yield and add a stylish, custom-designed nameplate to the gate or fence of the allotment. A phrase such as “Grandma’s Allotment” or “Barry’s Vegetable Patch” adds a personal touch to the plot. Putting your name on garden gate signs is also a  great way to spark friendly conversation with neighbouring gardeners. Alternatively, be the joker of the plot with a humorous custom sign such as “Trespassers will be composted”.

Garden Plaques for Family Gardens

Spending quality time with the family is one of life’s simple pleasures, especially if time is spent enjoying the great outdoors. For those lucky enough to own a little patch of land, then you will have felt the satisfaction of tending and caring for it. However, you can boost your garden’s appeal even more by selecting the correct mood-enhancing decorations that will be sure to give it an individual touch. While a young daughter may dream of placing fairy garden signs on every tree, it is important to find the right balance between practical and fun. These family-friendly al fresco decor ideas will be sure to set the tone for a season of outdoor fun.

Garden signs: informally dressed man working in an industrial work space.

Shed Signs

The shed is often a focal point of family gardens, so why not show it some love? Notorious for being a place where men go to escape from the madness of the daily grind, the shed has grown to become a man cave. Poke fun at the men in the family by creating custom garden shed signs that celebrate their masculinity. Phases such as “Dad’s Man Cave - Where stuff gets fixed” or “Steve’s Man Cave - Where Men Can Do Manly Things” are obvious choices for designing metal shed signs.

Garden Pub Signs

When the garden is not being used for five-a-side football matches or playing fetch with the dog, it is the perfect place to share a bite to eat with your loved ones. Food is an integral part of family life and it brings people together in a loving and social way. When you can’t make it to the pub, bring the pub to your garden! Turn your backyard into the coolest bistro in town and amp up your BBQ skills with a table setting that will wow diners. As enamel signs are resilient to extreme heat, they can be used in a whole variety of ways, one of which is personalised pub signs for the garden. Ideal for the BBQ corner and beer garden, messages such as “Grill Master Joe” or “Home is where the BBQ is” will be sure to put a smile on the chef’s face.

Garden signs: black metal rocking chair in garden with garden pub sign Smoker´s Lounge

Family Garden Signs

Grandad’s Garden Sign

If you happen to have a large tree in your garden, why not extend the metaphor of a family tree and recreate a living decoration? Dust off the family albums and retrace your family history to discover your favourite ancestors. Using small round enamel signs, place the name of the relative plus their birth and death dates and attach them to the branches of the tree using secure fastenings. This homage to your family’s roots will create a unique and awe-inspiring centrepiece for your garden that will most certainly be a talking point when entertaining guests. It also sets the scene nicely for an outdoor story corner where you can place blankets and cushions under the tree and gaze up at the signs as you recount anecdotes about your loved ones.

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