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If a person wants to decorate the yard at his dacha, then the most unexpected improvised materials will be used. Car tires have long been adapted for this purpose, but in the last few years tire beds have become very widespread. The fantasy of the master and the desire to make the yard look better than others allow you to make very beautiful and completely unusual flower beds from tires with your own hands.
Why you should choose tires for flower beds
Finding a few old car tires is not difficult, even if the household does not have its own car. It was the availability and durability of this material that became the main reason for the popularity of such a direction of country applied art as flowerbeds from tires. It is easy to work with them, and the older and worn rubber comes across, the easier it is to cut and turn it inside out.
Tires calmly relate to temperature changes, they are not afraid of either winter frosts or summer heat. In summer, under the scorching rays of the sun, the ground inside the black rubber base can overheat, plants are unlikely to like it, so it would be better to paint the tires in light colors. Painting will protect the flower bed from overheating, make it more attractive. Tires become protection for trees and bushes grown inside them, when the lawn mower is working in the country or in the garden. For the same purpose, they are often used in urban courtyards, where it is difficult to grow a young tree or bush.
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Types of flower beds from old tires
All flower beds that are made using old tires can be divided into two types: whole and cut. In the first case, they just need to be cleaned of sand and dirt, washed, painted, installed in the right place, filled with soil, planted flowers. It is very important not to forget to make a drainage layer of gravel, expanded clay or something similar, otherwise excess moisture will remain, the plants will not be able to grow due to root rot.
Whole tires are installed separately, in groups, in one plane or in several tiers. They make low (single) or high (from several tires stacked on top of each other) flower beds, vary in diameter or height. They are installed on the ground or on special stands, even hung on walls, trees. And you can cut certain shapes out of tires, turn them inside out, make unusual flower beds in the form of famous animals or fantastic creatures. With the help of a knife and strong hands, an old wheel is turned into a luxurious flower vase on a stand. Fancy figures are made from old tires to decorate the yard or garden.
Pyramid flowerbed
If you have the opportunity to get tires of different diameters, then you can make a wonderful flower bed in the form of a pyramid from them. This is a great vertical flower bed solution if there is very little space in the country. Tires need to be stacked on top of each other, starting with the largest, painted with paints in bright joyful colors. Of course, you will get a flower bed only if the difference between the diameters is at least 20 cm. It is this difference that is planted with plants, and from the second tier you can use ampelous plants that hang beautifully down.
If there are only tires of the same diameter, you will need only 6 pieces. In this case, the pyramid is made by folding the tires in three levels: 3 for the first row, 2 for the second and 1 at the very top. Such a flower bed takes up very little space, is clearly visible from all sides, it is filled with a variety of flowers and ornamental plants.
When there is a place in the country house or in the garden to lay out a flower of 5 tires, you can make an even more voluminous and beautiful pyramid flower bed. The base is 5 tires of the lower row, 3 are laid on top of them and another one is on top. Such a flower bed can be seen from afar from all sides, it can be made delicate chamber or bright spectacular – it all depends on the choice of plants and tire coloring.
Hanging flower garden
If the country house has a blank wall or a strong fence, the flower garden can be placed on them by hanging tires. The space inside is filled with soil, ampelous plants are planted, which will completely transform this place. You just need to think about drainage: put small pebbles and sand down, drill rubber so that there is somewhere to drain excess water.
You can hang the tire on a tree or a special support with a chain, cover the bottom with rubber or plywood with drilled holes, fill in the ground, plant flowers. But such a design will be very heavy, water will drip from the bottom – this is not acceptable everywhere, although it can look very impressive. It will be easier to use the tire as a stand or planter by placing flowerpots with pallets in it – it’s not so hard, the pallets will retain excess moisture. This option is placed on the verandas or walls of gazebos.
Other interesting ideas
Tires can be folded and painted so that a funny frog made of 3 tires (some more plastic for the legs and eyes), a serious turtle made of 1 whole and 1 cut tire will settle in the garden or in the country house. You can make a composition of cups and a teapot. For her, in addition to the main material, you will also need a pipe for the spout of the kettle, a metal tape for the handles. Appropriate paint and thoughtful selection of plants complete the wonderful decoration of the cottage. Paint and some plastic (a bottle) will be needed so that a large snake curls up in a secluded corner, between the rings of which ornamental grasses break through.
If there is a sharp knife, fantasy, determination to cut rubber, then even more amazing flower beds can be made. A pattern is drawn on the tire with chalk, then the rubber needs to be cut, turned inside out – the result will be a wonderful flowerpot or even an elegant figure of a swan, a parrot or a very fantastic bird of paradise. Cutting a tire is not difficult, the main thing is to have a sharp knife. Pulling requires physical strength. The creativity of the masters is embodied in fairy-tale characters, so bright snowmen, funny robots, Baba Yaga in a mortar or dragons harnessed to carts appear in the yards.
Step-by-step manufacturing
Figurines of swans decorating yards or playgrounds are very popular, but in the country you want to arrange as many flower beds as possible, so today it makes sense to talk about how to make a swan flower bed. Such a swan can be made in 1 hour, with effort and caution: rubber is elastic, cutting, and even more so turning it out, is not an easy task. Step-by-step instructions will help you cope with this quickly and at the lowest cost. In addition to the main material, you will need such things: a jigsaw, a grinder, wire (for neck stability), paint of two colors (white or black for the swan itself, red for the beak).
First you need to choose a tire, preferably an old, bald one – it is easier to cut it, without a metal cord. Then you need to draw a diagram, put it on the tire itself. After that, you need to make cuts along the lines for the head, neck, tail and wings. It takes longer to cut with a jigsaw, but the grinder will melt the rubber and add an unpleasant odor. Now you need to turn the tire inside out – you will have to do this very carefully so as not to damage the rubber. The beak is made of plastic, rubber, plywood – whatever is at hand is painted red.
The two halves of the head are folded together, bending the cord for this, the beak is inserted, fixed with screws, they are also inserted in place of the eyes. The head must be raised to give it the desired position, you will have to slightly press it into the wheel. You will get a kind of fold, which is fixed with self-tapping screws. Now it remains only to paint the swan with paint, make a flower garden in place of its back, and set it afloat across the expanses of the lawn. Several of these flower beds organically look near a decorative pond. You can make a composition of a white swan with white flowers on the back, a black swan with dark herbs (or dark pansies) and a blue tire planted with blue plants. If you want to make a swan figurine, and not a flower bed, you will have to cut more, and then carefully cut the cord along the edge.
Video “Flower options”
Various indicative options for ready-made flower beds.
