Garden Balls are known for well over 1000 years, under different names and with different meanings. To mention but a few: To sinalize wealth, as guard to keep evil spirits away from your home, as sign of fertility or as scarecrow, in catholic areas it is used as resurection lights - light spheres. Often the different colours where given a meaning e.g. red - love and faithfullness. The shining spheres also tempt you to dream in the colourfull reflections.
Garden Balls are a choice decoration forgarten, balcony or window sill, but they also decorate ponds, conservatories (winter gardens) and House entrances.