Outdoor Garden Columns

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Outdoor garden columns will add a classic and sophisticated touch to your backyard or patio area. You can either decide to have them as a primarily decorative item, a functional piece, or… both! In fact, shorter garden columns can easily be used as plant stands, too. Depending on what you had in mind for your garden, get inspired by the varied selection of columns and pedestals that we’ve put together for you.

Marble and resin column pedestal with wide top surface

The garden column pedestal looks like a real replica of the Greek, Corinthian or Doric residences of the rulers. Greek temples were famous for their Eminence also thanks to the flowers that can be seen and in this case, when they hang from a stone column.

Classic Column Pedestal with Decorative Accents

French Chic Garden Pedestal

Roman pillar for garden

Plumeri Column Pedestal

Cheap Pedestals Stands Columns

Porch columns

If you would like to feel like in an ancient Greek or Roman garden - you can try to add to your veranda or garden such milky-white garden columns pedestals. They maintain the order and roofs in a dignified way.

Columnar Pedestal with Round Capital

Gazing Globe Stand with Vintage Roman Column Finish

Kenroy Home 60084 Fluted Column Garden Ornament

Durable resin finish, designed to withstand outdoor environment and soft coastal colors of this fluted column make it a great proposition for one's garden decor. It has the size of 11 x 11 x 25 inches.

Rococo Plinth Pedestal

A trellis like no other, these highly attractive columns are perfect for allowing vines to grow skyward as well as for using as pedestals on which to display potted plants! Their versatility is matched by their beauty--the tower is Mahogany, and the base

Distressed White Fluted Column Pedestal

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Apollo Belvedere Bust and Plinth Statue

Roman Doric Column Pedestal

Greek Column Pedestal

This made Greek-style pedestal was made of extremely durable resin. Beautiful decoration and tasteful finish makes it perfectly find in any interior. This will serve as a basis for flowers, decorations or independent work.

Small Greek outdoor garden column

Set of two decorative pillars for plants

Corinthian Roman pillar for garden

Shaver Empire Column Pedestal

Classic Peacock Riser Stand

Greek column pedestal

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Tara is a San Antonio-based, award-winning landscape architect, garden writer, and educator with deep experience in eco-friendly design and hands-on horticulture. She helps homeowners turn ordinary yards into sustainable backyard retreats that blend edible planting, seasonal beauty, and thoughtful outdoor living. Her plant-first approach gives readers clear strategies for creating landscapes that feel restorative while working in harmony with the land.

In their various forms, garden columns pedestals are elements for decorating the exterior of your home. Put potted plants or sculpture on them to make an attractive display. Their style derives from the towering columns of ancient Greece that supported temples and public buildings.

What are the styles of ancient Greek columns?

In the United States, common styles adapted from the Greeks that you are likely to see are:

Ionic
Doric
Corinthian

What are the elements of ancient styles?

In fact, many early American architects were so impressed with the Greek styles that they incorporated them into important public buildings. The White House, Jefferson Memorial and Union Station, for example, were built using Ionic columns.

And Doric columns grace the Lincoln Memorial in addition to many public schools, libraries and government buildings. Corinthian columns are part of the architecture of the New York Stock Exchange. Columns in this style are the simplest of the three, the top being plain and the shaft or main part being fluted.

The elements of Corinthian columns are the most ornate of the three. The Greeks included elaborate sculpted details of native acanthus leaves and flowers at the top of the fluted columns of this type. Some American architects substituted images of our native species: tobacco plants, thistles and corn cobs.

What are garden column pedestals made of?

Most of today’s garden columns pedestals are made for the outdoors, although one gray-colored variety for the interior is made from resin. Another short, stocky one made of solid marble has an ancient, weathered look and it definitely has a place in your yard. One suggestion for how to use it is to let ivy grow over it. While that one has no top, it is fluted. Another cream-colored item falls into the Greek vein because it has a Corinthian column.

Mosaic garden columns pedestals present a contemporary look and add color and texture to a yard. One comes with tiles in white, gray, black and rust. Available in several heights, it adds interest by breaking up the monotony. Another choice comes covered in navy blue and light blue pieces of glass. Though the glass may suggest delicacy, the core of this item is metal.

Perhaps a pedestal made with plaster, a material used by the ancients, and finished in reddish brown invites your eye. Garden columns pedestals can beautify a porch, and they are available in white in several styles, not all of them with an Ancient Greek theme. Most are in a simple style with no fluting. They will add simplicity, grace, and elegance to your porch.