One lawn accent was allowed to enter into the landscape design in the picture above -- a wooden wishing well. Wooden wishing wells are popular lawn accents.
But the wooden wishing well doesn't really "work" here. Why? Because it isn't in scale with this huge lawn. The only reason it stands out at all is that it is the only hardscape element in this landscape design. Indeed, the little wishing well is dwarfed by the trees behind it.
Just as scale is a pertinent consideration when selecting a tree to grow near your house, so it is important that lawn accents be in scale with their surroundings.
In the next landscape design picture we'll look at another example of the use of wooden wishing wells.