Concrete Frog Bird Bath Lily Pad Basin 21 Inch
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FROG BIRD BATH
The Frog Is Holding the Lily Pad
A frog stands upright with a lily pad balanced on its head, veins radiating out from the centre and two pink water lilies resting on the rim.
The name suggests a frog sitting on a pad. It is the other way round. The frog is the pedestal, standing on webbed feet with the whole basin overhead, which is a stranger and better idea.
It looks at you. The eyes sit high on the head, wide apart, and the mouth carries a slight upward line. At 21.8 inches it is at the height where a child notices it first.
What Makes This Bird Bath Different
- The frog is the structure, not an ornament beside it. Most animal bird baths park a small figure next to a plain column and the eye reads two objects. Here the frog stands on its own feet and carries the basin overhead, so the whole thing is one form. It is also the reason it works from every angle rather than having a correct side.
- A lily pad basin with veins and two flowers. The pad radiates from a centre point the way a real one does, and the two water lilies sit on the rim rather than being painted on. The rim is uneven because a pad edge is uneven, which gives better grip than a smooth circle.
- Fill to two inches, not to the brim. At that depth chickadees stand on the pad edge and sip, robins get right in between the lilies. Filled to the top it becomes a drinking stop.
- Twenty five pounds and low. At 21.8 inches it is shorter than a full pedestal bath, which puts it within reach of children and makes it the piece they show visitors.
Near a path, at the edge of a border, beside a pond if you have one. It reads best with green around it and it wants to be seen from the front, though the standing pose works from most angles. Twenty two inches is a safe height for birds. Leave two or three feet of open ground and keep a shrub within a short flight.
Quick Specifications
| Design | Standing frog carrying a lily pad basin |
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| Material | Concrete |
| Finish | Hand painted green, weather sealed |
| Height | 21.8 in. |
| Water depth | 2 in. recommended |
| Weight | 25.5 lb. |
| Assembly | Two piece, no tools required |
| Use | Outdoor year round |
Setup, Care, and Warranty
Setup and placement
Two pieces, no tools. The pad seats onto the head.
Set it on level solid ground so the water sits even across the pad rather than running to one edge.
Filling it
Two inches is the number. Birds wade rather than swim. The pad is shallow by design, so it does not take much.
Keeping the colour bright
A soft brush and plain water every couple of weeks keeps the green reading true and the pad veins clear. Afternoon shade holds hand painted colour at its best for longer.
Winter
Drain the pad before the first hard frost and leave it empty or turned over. Sealed concrete comes through freeze and thaw well when dry.
3 year warranty
This product includes a 3 year warranty against cracking. Coverage, claim requirements and required documents are subject to the warranty policy that applies at the time of purchase. Keep your order confirmation and contact customer support with your order details if service is needed.
Questions Before You Choose
Is the frog sitting on the lily pad?
The other way round. The frog stands upright and carries the pad on its head, so the frog is the pedestal and the pad is the basin.
How deep is the pad?
Shallow, which suits birds. Fill to about two inches. A lily pad is not a deep bowl and it is not meant to be.
Will children like it?
At 21.8 inches it sits low enough for them to look straight at the frog rather than up at a column. It is usually the piece they take visitors to see.
Where does it look right?
Among green planting, at a border edge, near a pond. It is a character piece, so it suits an informal garden rather than a clipped formal one.
Every garden has food in it somewhere. Most have no water at all.
None of this is particular to our bird baths. It is true of any backyard, and it is the reason a basin of clean water changes who visits your garden.
Water is used year round
Birds drink and bathe in every season, including the weeks when puddles and shallow ponds are frozen over.
Two inches, no more
Songbirds bathe standing up. A basin deeper than roughly two inches at the centre gets looked at and left alone.
Ten feet from cover
A wet bird is a slow bird. Put the bath near a shrub or a low branch and it gets used; strand it in open lawn and it does not.
Tall enough to be safe. Shallow enough to be used.
Height is not decoration. A pedestal lifts the basin above a cat's easy reach, and puts it at eye level from a kitchen window instead of lost in the planting. The basin slopes as well. It stays shallow at the rim and drops a little toward the centre, so a small bird can stand at the edge and a larger one can stand in the middle.
Fill it to about two inches. That is shallow on purpose, and it is also why it empties and refills in seconds. Exact height and basin width for this piece are in the specifications further down.
Still water, or moving water.
Still
Out of the box it is a basin of standing water, which is all most birds ask for. Fill it, change it every few days, done. No cord, no pump, nothing to fail.
Moving
Add a solar fountain kit and the surface breaks. Moving water carries further than a still basin and keeps mosquitoes from settling. It sits in the basin, so there is no drilling and no wiring.
Three habits, and it outlives the garden bed.
A bird bath does not need much. Almost every one that fails does so for one of two reasons. Either water was left in it through a freeze, or a detergent stripped the surface. Avoid both and the rest is rinsing.
Rinse and refill every few days in warm weather. A tip and a hose is enough.
Scrub with a stiff brush and diluted white vinegar when algae shows. No detergent and no bleach, since both leave residue birds will drink.
Empty it before the first hard frost, or keep it moving with a de-icer. Water left to freeze is the one thing the warranty can't undo.