Ideas for a flower bed: we make an original flower garden with our own hands

Variants of flower beds from old tires

Car tires are the most common material for decorating flower beds in a summer cottage. The ideas for creating flower arrangements from tires are so diverse that it is simply impossible to list and describe all the options. A flowerbed made with your own hands from a tire can be quite simple, or it can be very unusual, and even exclusive – it all depends on fantasy, imagination, and to some extent on skill.

The easiest way is to paint the tire with bright multi-colored paint, apply some kind of pattern, pour soil, plant flowers – and that’s it, the simplest flowerbed of tires is ready. If desired, the task can be complicated, and a figured or tiered composition in the form of a pyramid, chamomile and other simple figures can be built from several tires. The implementation of such an idea will not take much time, and the flower beds will look fresh and original, but not creative. If you have the imagination, and most importantly, the desire to create real designer flower beds with your own hands near a private house or for a summer residence, you can consider the following interesting options:

1. Tea composition. This simple but ingenious flower bed requires a small piece of pipe (for the spout of the kettle), flexible metal tape (for the handles of the kettle and cup) and 4 tires: two for the kettle and two for the cup, moreover, it is better to use tires of different sizes for the cup. We put two tires one on top of the other, on one side we attach a piece of pipe, on the other – a piece of flexible metal bent in the form of a handle – the kettle is ready. Next, we make a cup: we put a smaller tire on the bottom, a large tire on top, attach a handle to the side – we get a cup. We paint in a bright color, apply a drawing, pour soil, plant flowers.

2. Turtle flowerbed. To implement this idea, you need: two tires, a small piece of plastic pipe for the neck, polyurethane foam (you can make a head out of it), a piece of rubber for the tail. One tire is laid on the ground – this is the body of a turtle. In its upper part, you need to make 6 cuts: 4 for the paws, one for the head and one for the tail. A tread is cut out of another tire, divided into 4 even parts, each of which is inserted into the cuts – these are paws, a small piece of rubber (tail) and a piece of pipe (head) are inserted into the other two cuts. On the edge of the pipe, a head is made using mounting foam. The final touch is painting the turtle in a suitable color.

This original flower bed, made by hand, can serve as a decoration of the garden in the country house, the territory near the house, be used to decorate the children’s recreation area.

3. A flower bed made from an inverted tire. Making such an idea will require a little time and effort from you. First, you need to draw on the tire with chalk, and then carefully cut out the flower petals. Petals can be of any shape: triangular, rounded, wavy. Next, the tire should be turned out, at first glance, turning the tire out seems to be a difficult task, but this is only at the initial stage. To turn the tire inside out, you need to turn it over with its whole side, grab the cuts (petals) with your hands, and pressing in the tread area, pull it towards you, when part of the tire turns out, you can flatten it and turn out the rest. At the end, the structure is painted in an original way, the earth is poured, and plants are planted.

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How to use interior items

It is not necessary to throw away old and used interior items – they can be used to decorate small flower beds in the country. Ideas for creating such original flower beds are very simple to implement. All that is needed for this is a used thing, paint, soil and flowers. Painting old items is a must, unless, of course, you are a follower of retro style. Coloring will add brightness to old things, update them and make them more fun.

As a flower bed, you can use any household items: baskets, suitcases, bags, caskets, vases, and even old shoes. Then everything is as usual: paint the object in the color you like, lay drainage on the bottom, fill in the soil, and plant flowers. When creating these miniature flower beds with your own hands in the country or in the yard near the house, it is necessary to take into account the already established landscape style. For example, small containers with plants can be placed on the terrace, balcony, compositions from old shoes – on the stairs, baskets and bags can be hung in the form of flower pots. Flower beds made of wicker baskets look original. If you plant ampelous plants in them and hang them on the terrace of the house and at the entrance, you will get a real decoration for a summer residence.

How to make wooden flower beds

Interesting ideas for decorating a wooden flower bed can be implemented in any country house. Each owner will find the remains of boards, dry branches, trunks of cut trees – all this material will fit to create original flower beds. A flower bed made of a thick dry trunk will harmoniously fit into any landscape style of a summer house or a private house, and making such a flower garden with your own hands is very simple. When planning the design of a flower bed, you must first find a suitable trunk – it must be completely dry, wide enough and able to withstand the load of soil and plants.

The easiest way to make a flower garden out of wood is to cut a recess in the trunk, fill it with soil, and plant flowers. But such a composition is short-lived, as the tree can rot. To prolong the life of the structure, the recess in the trunk is treated with a compound that prevents the wood from rotting. And in order for the flower bed to be stable, it is buried a little into the ground, sometimes it is concreted.

Not cut, but withered tree in the country – an ideal basis for a vertical flower bed. Flowerpots with ampelous flowers, hung on the knots of the trunk, will create the illusion of a living flowering tree, and the composition itself can become the central element of the garden, and the dacha as a whole. From thin dry branches and twigs, you can make beautiful wicker hedges to decorate a summer house. Do-it-yourself wattle is considered the most sophisticated and fashionable element of landscape design. Wicker fences are used to frame flower beds, they are installed near the entrance to the house, they separate functional areas, for example, the dacha territory from the garden.

Flower garden from old furniture

A flower bed made of furniture is a relatively new invention of modern flower growers and summer residents. Such original ideas for organizing space in the country can be implemented by anyone who has unnecessary old pieces of furniture in the household: cabinets, chests of drawers, chairs, benches, beds, and even sofas. Making flower beds from furniture with your own hands will not take much time and material investments. All you need to turn the idea into reality is soil and flowers, and paint, if retro style is not to your liking. Such flower beds are rarely painted. As a rule, carved finishes, original forms of legs and doors are used as an additional element of the composition. There are many ways to organize flower beds from furniture with your own hands:

• an original flower bed can be obtained from an old chest of drawers with drawers, if the boxes are pushed out in a cascade, pour soil into them, and plant ampelous plants that will hang down and create a living flower waterfall in the country house;

• outdated benches and chairs can become stands for flower pots, in addition, they can be moved, and thereby constantly change the landscape design of the dacha area;

• metal beds can be partially dug into the ground – their backs will serve as a support for climbing plants, and bushy flowers can be planted in place of the mattress.

Interesting and unusual ideas

A creative person in the country has a use for everything. The remains of various building materials, natural stones, even old plumbing and cars can be used to create unusual flower beds with your own hands. Now you can often find a flower garden, equipped in a toilet bowl, or a drain tank, and such a flower bed does not cause confusion to anyone, but, on the contrary, is considered the embodiment of an original idea. Reservoirs from the old bath are now also not uncommon. If you arrange such a miniature lake with water plants, put pebbles on the bottom, and install a bench next to it, you will get a unique corner for relaxation. Many designers and just amateur gardeners prefer to use stone to create flower beds. Alpine slides with exotic plants, rose gardens, and just flower arrangements framed with natural stone look elegant, stylish and expensive.

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