Wind Chimes

I have a solar powered fountain in my (probably Georgian) front Italianate courtyard. Very restful. In the back garden I have an electric fountain to keep the wildlife pond aerated.

I have a couple of wind chimes in the conservatory (built circa 2004 as if anyone's interested) so only we can hear them. They would drive me mad if my neighbours had a garden full.

Do you get much wind in your conservatory, Ariadne?

(Resisting making crude comments re DH etc )

It is actually the dining room, ana, and just gentle breezes when the windows are open. I do hope the neighbours can't hear the chimes! The chimes are actually bamboo, though, not those tinkly things, and the sound is very soft.

We used to have some bamboo ones, yes it is a much gentler sound - very Oriental!

I have one hanging from my bush at the front... it's not only decorative, but makes a pleasing noise if ruffled by a breeze.[innocentface emoticon.]

Mine is bamboo too!

Gosh, Roses what a creative person you are! Do you have fairy lights too? A sort of son et lumiere bush?

If you read the Christmas Bling thread, Ariadne, you will see that a great many GNetters have illuminated and sparkly bushes...

Chortle!

Nonu I prefer the sound of the bamboo wind chimes, we have one on the branch of a silver birch, which clonks rather than tinkles tinnily. No neighbours have complained, but we take it down for the Winter anyway, as it could be annoying on a very windy day.I think they sound rather nice and can't think why people don't like them.

I can! Mind you my neighbour if we're sitting outside together says my fountain makes her want the loo!?

(Good job she doesn't live next to the Trevi fountain)

Reminds me of Alan Titchmarsh advising on water features - 'you want a gentle trickle, not the sound of a dray horse relieving itself!

Oh, I have read the Christmas bling thread, Ana (of course I have!) - was just enthralled by the thought of a musical effect too!

But my front bush's fading foliage just rustles quietly, sad to say. Maybe some adornment is needed....

I love wind chimes, although I don't have any up. I worry it might irritate the neighbours.

I like the peace and quiet of my garden – except when other people or Mr absent are mowing the lawns – and am relieved that no one nearby has artificial tinkling going on every time a breeze blows. I think wind chimes are really rather naff and serve the same sort of mindless purpose [deliberate oxymoron] as the music they play in the lifts of department stores and airports, but chacun a son goût, as long as they don't annoy other people.

The only tinkling allowed in my garden is the ice in a gin and tonic

Ooh, I love a bit of naffness!

I may have to experiment with some tiny wind-chimes to adorn my bush - they'd have to be tiny as the foliage isn't exactly robust or luxuriant...

The main problem is if it's of a deciduous habit