If you go with wooden wishing wells you end up not having to contend with things like digging down to the water table or casting the well in stone. If you want the look of stone but don't want to tear up your yard and add the expense, you can always choose the polywood version. This looks like stone, is not heavy to cast, and doesn't have the same kind of upkeep requirements as pure wood. With decorative detailing you have to be practically sitting on top of it in order to tell that it's not made of real stone.

Garden wishing wells are simple but elegant. They offer a special and unique look that I have really fallen in love with. You can dress them up or down. We've decided to do both. Since we have lots of fresh ivy in the back yard, we used the polywood version. We are training the ivy to grow up the side of the well to give it that old feeling that matches our back yard. The one in the front yard, however, really accents our garden and is bright and compliments the one we have growing out in the back. It's really very pretty, well made, and just highlights the work we've done so far.

I also like the idea that garden wishing wells are a separate piece. The wood wishing well can be moved around if we choose and we can add or subtract from it as we see fit. It has been a very good experience to create our own look and to help improve our landscaping so easily. It was really just a function of finding what we wanted and ordering it.

The variety of garden wishing wells is vast. I like the colors that you can get but I also really appreciate that the natural wood option could be a really good choice. Staining, varnishing, or allowing it to weather gives you all kinds of decorative options that are very different. Personalization is the path to creating your own space that is completely yours.