Festive Friends is run by Irene Brown, her husband Chris designs and makes the unique garden models.  They live near Beaulieu in the New Forest with the magnificent Exbury Gardens close by.

“My husband Chris first started to make our garden characters more than 12 years ago (some of which we still have) to brighten up the garden at Christmas time.  Over the years they have grown from one Snowman to 16 characters in 2006!  Lots of people visit our display at Christmas time just to admire the cheerful sight of smiling Reindeer, Snowman, Penguins and Robins all being watched by a 6ft Father Christmas!

As so many of these visitors expressed an interest in having similar displays, we decided to see what that response would be.  So our friendly festive garden models have now become “Festive Friends”.

Remember the “Mulled Wine & Mince Pies” sign over the kiosk at Christmas and of course the Coffin on the station platform for last year’s Halloween, not to mention all the Teddy Bears around the railway track for the Teddy on the Train event.  They were all designed and supplied by Festive Friends.

You may have spotted some of our fun characters at local pre-schools and in people’s gardens; in fact some of our Robins have even migrated as far as Germany, South Africa and the U.S.A.   By the way, keep a look out for an 8ft high Giraffe, there are five in the area.

Enjoy our website, it will make you smile, use your own imagination and maybe you will come up with a unique idea for your garden.  We’ll give anything a try (within reason)!”