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Feng Shui Q & A: Outdoor Enhancements

Posted by on Oct 30, 2015 in Art, Bagua, Ch'i, Q & A | Comments Off on Feng Shui Q & A: Outdoor Enhancements

A Feng Shui friend asks:

I recently read your post about entries to homes, and I have a question about a plant on the side of my home entrance: 

It is located in the helpful people/travel corner of my property. The plant is not doing well, due to too-much-water from a sprinkler, and too much shade from the roof overhang.  I’d like to replace this plant and would like to have something that remains green all year. Since I live in the Colorado mountain area, we get snow 5 months out of the year. I’d like to know what I can replace this plant with?  One nursery suggested dogwood plant, that has leaves in the summer but just red stems in the winter. I thought of a water fountain, but during our cold winter, it wouldn’t be on or functioning. What would you suggest?
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Thanks for the question!

There are many variables for outdoor enhancements, and the most important question to answer is “What will thrive there?” Many plants can be fragile, regionally and locally! Anything alive would have difficulty growing there due to water and sun imbalances. Seasonally you are restricted thanks to extreme cold, while in other areas of the world, extreme wind and extreme heat also must be accounted for.

So, how do you feel about statuary, garden art or another personalized feature?

As your main entrance, this is a great place for a “greeter.” A greeter is an object, item or scene that has personal meaning to you and your family – and it literally greets you every time you come home! This looks like a sweet spot for an outdoor mobile or other hanging object, a 4-5′ cement statue or birdbath, a wall-mounted mosaic or iron-made sculpture, a gazing ball or anything else your heart desires! 

This tree wants to be happy, and it’s not happy where it’s living right now. Thank you for honoring its life. Hopefully, you’ll be able to relocate it elsewhere? 

Please send us new pictures so that we can celebrate your Essential Feng Shui enhancements!

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