I like the metal post types with hangers for feeders a mesh seed tray and water dish when I had a garden we had one of these, a traditional bird table, a smaller metal one with a centre seed dish, 17 other hanging feeders, a large seed feeder on another pole, and a ground feeder station... we also put seed on the lawn and dried dogfood for the crows and magpies add three birdbaths/water dishes at different points had great views of lots of birds... cost a bl00dy fortune to keep them all filed though