Crafts from an old washbasin. Beautiful flower beds at the dacha with your own hands, photo

Every time we throw something old and seemingly no longer needed into a landfill, we cannot shake the feeling that we are doing it in vain. They say that people differ from animals in having imagination. I suggest you get a little creative, rummage through attics, closets and sheds, and breathe new life into old things.

The first thing that comes to mind is our favorite flower beds. It’s almost impossible to imagine a dacha without a flower garden! Correct classic flower beds already seem boring and uninteresting? Let's make them bright and unusual.

Flowers in boots

Tired or slightly damaged rubber boots, Crocs from which children's feet have grown, and even worn-out shoes can turn into a wonderful container for flowers.

Rubber boots are ideal as a potty. They will not suffer from frequent watering and will retain their original appearance even several years after use. And the bright and unusual color in combination with green foliage and colorful flowers will look just wonderful.

No less original in quality garden pot bright children's crocs will look like...

...or gardening boots.

Flower garden in a chair

An old, outdated chair or armchair can easily be turned into a beautiful and bright mini-flower garden. It is enough to work a little, so that the chair does not look like trash, replace the seat with a flower pot, any other suitable container or geotextile, fill them with nutritious soil and plant any plants with a shallow root system. A few will add a special charm climbing plants when they wrap around the legs and back of the chair.

Ladder for flowers

It's interesting to try to breathe new life into an old, unnecessary staircase. You probably have one of these lying around in your closet or garage. Strict geometric shape wooden stairs It will contrast favorably with the green plants chaotically suspended on it.

And by placing horizontal shelves on stepladder steps pre-painted in a bright color, you can get a wonderful rack for flower pots.

For decoration garden plot Almost any will do useless thing, be it a watering can, clay pot, kettle or old fence. A little imagination, a little creativity and some free time will turn your site into the most comfortable and unique in the world.

Original landscape decorations are always very expensive if you buy them in stores or order them from craftsmen. By showing your imagination and putting in a little work, you can make unique decor yourself. It won't cost a penny. Moreover, you will finally get rid of unnecessary things and dispose of leftover building materials after renovation. All in your hands. If they are gold, then even trash will turn into charming and completely functional country decorations. Give your junk a wonderful new life!

You can start with the simplest thing - crafts from old things that have served their purpose. Surely everyone at their dacha has a lot of items about which they say: “There is no need to store it, but it’s a pity to throw it away.” It can be various containers– buckets, watering cans, rusty barrels, as well as children’s toys, old clothes, shoes, furniture. Each of these things can become cute landscape decoration and “work in a new specialty” for at least one, or even several seasons.

The easiest way is to make flower beds from trash. Let's look at a few ideas.

For example - small flower pot from a children's ball. All you need is an old ball, a tool that will be convenient for cutting it, and a little patience.

To make such a pot, you just need to wash the rubber ball, carefully cut it in the middle and make small holes in the “bottom” of the new container. Option - do not make holes in the ball, but use it as a stand-pallet for a small flower pot

The second option is flower beds in old containers. For small flower beds Aluminum and plastic basins and watering cans will come in handy. If you find a barrel, it is a real treasure. You can make a funny figurine out of it. In addition to the barrel itself, you will need paints and brushes.

This non-trivial decoration is very easy to make. Old barrel you need to clean off the rust, paint, paint, fill with soil, plant flowers in it. All!

Another option for designing a container is fabric or burlap. Basins and barrels do not need to be painted, but covered with old fabric. If it is monochromatic, then a funny pattern would be appropriate.

These figures are made from ordinary barrels covered with burlap. The container is simply “put” into the bag suitable size, stretch and secure the fabric. It looks like a tall pot. To bring it to life, just paint a face and put a “belt” made of old rope on the figurine

Stands for flowerpots can be made from old furniture– chairs with backs, small armchairs or regular stools.

Thus, a chair with a back gives plenty of room for imagination. It can be used as a stand for climbing plants or flowerpots. To do this, a hole is cut in the seat. required diameter, the “frame” and the back are painted, a homemade or ready-made flowerpot is installed

The seat can be replaced with geotextiles, where soil can be poured and mosses and climbing plants can be planted. Long stems will braid and hide the back and legs. The result is an interesting floral decoration that can be placed in a gazebo, next to a pond or in the middle of a broken flower bed. In the same way, you can use the backrest from old bed or other similar item

Unnecessary clothes and shoes can also be used as flower pots. All you have to do is sew the legs of old jeans, fill them with soil and hang them up - you’ve got a ready-made flower garden. True, it will not last long, but it will be useful. An excellent garden decoration would be a “flower pot” made from an old sneaker or boot.

Torn sneakers don’t have to go to the landfill. Fill them with soil and plant bright flowers. They will please the eye all season long

Use old clothes for! Stuffed animals have not been used to scare away birds for a long time, but they may well become the highlight of the landscape. To create such a figurine, you will need pants, a shirt, any headdress, a small packing bag or pillowcase, stuffing material, and sewing supplies. The frame can be made from two bars - long and short.

On a long bar you need to fill a short one at a height of 1.7 m (you will get something like a cross). A white packaging bag or pillowcase should be filled with straw or nitron and shaped into a ball. This will be the head of the scarecrow. She is impaled on the top of the pole.

All that remains is to attach it and paint it with markers to make a face. Hair can be made from ropes or straw. Now all that remains is to “dress” the stuffed animal in a shirt and pants, pin them together with pins and stuff them with stuffing. On the head - a hat.

If not suitable materials to create scarecrow hair, you can use regular plastic bags. They are simply cut into strips and attached to the fabric head with sewing pins

To complete the look, you can make a scarecrow “hands” from old gloves or mittens. If a stuffed animal is made not just with decorative purposes, and to combat birds pecking at the crop, you can add a “scare effect” by attaching old CDs to the hands of the figure. When the wind blows, they will rotate, shine and drive away birds.

The video presents the best decorative stuffed animals that can only be found on the Internet. Perhaps you will be inspired by the ideas of their creators:

How to make a pond from an unnecessary bathtub?

All or almost all summer residents dream of having a pond on their property. Even the smallest artificial pond seems like an oasis of coolness in the summer heat. You can buy a ready-made container at a specialized store, or you can use old bath, remaining after repair. By ennobling her natural stone and by planting greenery around the pond, you will create a real masterpiece.

If you simply bury the bathtub in the ground and decorate it with flowers, it will look relatively nice, but will not cause delight. But if you collect the stones left after constructing a well or pit, and line unnecessary plumbing fixtures with them, you can simultaneously get rid of the bathtub, not remove the stones from the site, and at the same time get luxurious landscape decor. As a binding material for laying stone, you can use a cement frost-resistant mixture for outdoor work.

Work order:

1. You need to dig a hole the size of the bathtub, install plumbing and cement it.
2. When the cement platform with the container is ready, a decorative stone slide is laid.
3. The remaining stones are placed around the makeshift pond and cemented.
4. When the cement dries, water is filled into the bath or left empty to collect rainwater.

After all, the area around the stone pond is decorated with vegetation, flowers, benches are installed, or left in its original form.

The finished pond retains the shape of the bathtub. If desired, it can be modeled using stones. It is best to choose a shape that will allow you to conveniently clean the pond from debris and dirt.

Swan flowerpot made of bottle and putty

Near the stone pond you can place a pair of wonderful swans, for the production of which you will need construction waste and two 5-liter plastic bottles.

A cut bottle will serve as a frame for the swan's body. square shape, which is filled to make it heavier cement-sand mortar or any other filler. The neck is made of a metal rod. It is bent in the shape of a number 2, inserted into the neck of the bottle and secured.

The neck is one of the most difficult parts. To securely secure the rod, you can use tile adhesive. And for proper finishing neck putty, a regular medical bandage will be useful. It is wetted and wrapped around each new layer, pressing it to the base

Pieces of mesh, cut to the shape of the wings, are attached to the bottle. The finished frame is finished with putty. The most difficult thing is to form the neck and head from putty; you will have to be patient so that they turn out beautiful and smooth.

The tail is made from a piece of the same mesh and putty. When the craft is completely dry, it needs to be sanded with sandpaper and painted, and the weighting agent must be taken out of the bottle to create a depression.

A swan figurine is not a simple decoration for a garden or artificial pond. You can plant plants with a shallow root system in it. The result will be a beautiful flowerpot, ideal for installation near a stone pond from a bathtub

What can be made from construction waste?

After the renovation is completed, there is always a lot of different waste left. Almost all of them can be used for landscaping the site. Even construction garbage not useless.

For example, from tiles removed from the wall in the kitchen or bathroom, you can lay out beautiful garden paths or curbs. Used drywall or plastic is quite suitable for creating useful and aesthetic crafts.

Option #1 – drywall and plywood

Drywall, plywood, OSB boards are universal materials. Cutting them into pieces the right size and fastened with a mounting profile, you can create amazingly beautiful flowerpots, arrange them, make useful things for decorating a gazebo, durable ones.

This charming little cow is made of plasterboard. To make it, you just need to form a square flowerpot from plasterboard, attach a muzzle, paint it and install it on the legs of an old stool

Option #2 – tin and stainless steel

You can create a mass from tin and stainless steel interesting crafts. Pieces of material are suitable for making garden lamps, ashtrays, urns, hanging containers for seedlings or flowers. They will even use cans from paints and adhesives.

You can see what a lamp made from a jar looks like in the video:

Option #3 – lumber

Anything will do on the farm, especially if that “everything” is leftover lumber. Timber, slats, boards are perfect for creating containers, boxes, shelves, racks, systems vertical gardening, stands.

Previously used parquet board can become a charming Horse container if you add a funny horse face and a mane of twigs. The figurine can be painted or varnished

Option #4 – thermal insulation materials

Remains of foil insulation are useful when creating. They can be used to decorate the outside of sculptures. The foil surface reflects beautifully in the sun and makes the craft stand out against the background of the garden. However, there may be a more practical application for insulation - thermal insulation of greenhouses and utility rooms.

The video below shows ideas for crafts made from foil or foil insulation:

Option #5 – battle and remaining bricks

Bricks and building blocks can be used even if they are split. These are ideal materials for the construction of fences, borders, and flower beds.

Fairytale castles and columns and lamps will look great in the garden. Brick can be used to lay out the bases for a durable table and benches in the gazebo.

Brick can be used for zoning the territory of the site. Fencing separates flower beds from garden plants to focus attention on the decor

Even more decor ideas: video examples

Human imagination is limitless, and many summer residents have learned to usefully use the most unnecessary, at first glance, materials. Check out their experience:

Has junk accumulated in your apartment? Don't leave it alone square meters, take it to the dacha! Bottles, tiles, old pants, construction waste, waste - there is a place for everything here.

Bulk materials will become wonderful sculptures, and bottles will become real palaces. Even garden decor It will only last one season, you will be pleased to look at it. If he lives longer, you will have a reason to be proud of your golden hands. Don't miss this chance!

Do-it-yourself flower beds using improvised materials are a great way to landscape your site, making it an expressive and amazing element of landscape design.
An unusual idea for a flower bed in the form of a stream of old vase.

You can turn an old cage into such a flowerpot. To do this, just fill it with soil, plant hanging flowers - their shoots will look beautiful, entwining the thin metal bars of the cage.

Old galoshes can also come in handy if you decide to creatively decorate your yard.

I was surprised by the idea of ​​a flower garden made of painted plastic bottles.

I’m also delighted by the flower garden in the shape of a butterfly. To create such a flower bed you will need thick waste wire from which you can make a frame. Soil is poured into it and plants are planted.

An old barrel should not be thrown away! It is ideal for creating flower arrangements, the main thing is to show your imagination. You can cut the barrel in half or lengthwise, and pour soil into the resulting parts. Even if you just put it up and plant it with bright flowers, it will look impressive.


A flowerbed in a log looks very stylish. In order to have enough space for flowers, you will need a log of large diameter - 50 cm or more. There is also an economical option for such a flower bed, when wooden box they are sheathed along the length with a slab, and two cuts of logs are glued to the ends of the box.


From plastic PVC pipes you can make a vertical flower bed. The depth of such clubs is quite small. Only plants with a shallow root system will feel good here: purslane, succulents. Where will the drainage go? excess water? If you make holes at the bottom, then dirty water will stain the wall. You can make an irrigation system with tubes for drip irrigation of each module, or you can do it simpler - use a design such as a flowerpot for cups with small flowers.


An original version of a garden container for flowers is obtained using soft forms, for example, such as a bag. We fill the original pot with something heavy and press it into a plastic bag filled with solution. When the mold hardens, we put a bag moistened with liquid cement mortar on it, wrap the edges of the bag inward and coat it with the solution. Important detail- rope tie.


In the garage of any car enthusiast there will definitely be a couple of tires that have served their purpose. The “lazy” option for a flower bed made of tires with your own hands is to choose a place that is level, lay the tire, fill it with fertile soil and plant flowers inside. And to add attractiveness to the flower bed, you can paint it in the color you like, because tires hold paint perfectly!


Or you can use a broken bicycle and place containers with plants on it, firmly securing them to the handlebars and trunk. It is better to choose climbing petunias.

An excellent option not only for the garden, but also for the home. A plastic cup and three old CDs - and you have a miniature flowerpot ready for your desktop or kitchen.

The use of old furniture for planting flowers is limited only by your imagination and the size of the dacha. Old beds with metal or wooden slatted headboards look unusual; you can build a large flower garden on them, all the plants will be in one place and play a major role in decorating the area. Well, I really like the flowerbed from an old bedside table, which was created by my mother’s friend, Aunt Rose.


A musical flowerbed in a piano is my dream!

Plastic bottles surround us everywhere. We throw them out every day, but who said we can’t use them in the country! From a large plastic bottle and plaster you can make a swan or other garden figurine. Looks quite unusual, doesn't it?


There are a huge number of ideas of what can be made from pallets, but the option of a flower garden and at the same time a doghouse looks unexpected. The pallets need to be carefully sanded, protruding nails should be drowned and painted so that your beloved pet does not get hurt on the untreated surface.


Another interesting idea using plastic bottles.

A vertical flowerbed is a magnificent decoration for a country house!

And one more idea that I will definitely implement on my own summer cottage, - chest with flower treasures. Amazing magnificence!

We are accustomed to the fact that a dacha is a place where we can take those unnecessary things from the apartment that we would hate to throw in the trash. Because of this, such a pile of rubbish often accumulates at the dacha, which is almost impossible to clear away.

Below are collected 20 interesting ideas that are worth implementing if you have country cottage area.

Flowerbeds at the dacha

1. If you place large stone vases in the garden and plant flowers in them, your plot will immediately turn into a royal park.

1. Got an old mailbox lying around? You are unlikely to need it, so plant flowers in it and hang it on a fence or gate.

1. An old bed can be transformed into a real one blooming garden. Place a chest of drawers next to it, hang an old mirror, and your garden will turn into a fairy tale!

1. Flowers that winter in an apartment can be planted in boxes, and then there will be no need to plant them in open ground.

1. You can also use plant boxes for vertical gardening. This way you can plant succulents or any hanging (hanging) plants.

1. And from small boxes you can create a whole composition.

1. An old chair can turn into an unusual flowerbed, just remove the upholstery and pull out all the springs and excess fabric.

1. An old bird cage makes a great hanging plant bed. It can be hung from the ceiling of the gazebo or from a tree branch.

1. IN glass bottle You can also plant flowers. This mini-flowerbed will definitely surprise your friends!

1. Make a small bag out of burlap and grow in it not only flowers, but also fragrant herbs, which are convenient to add from the garden directly to tea or dishes.

1. Do you have a recently cut log lying in your garden? Adapt it to a flowerbed! Cut a small depression along the entire length and plant your favorite flowers there.

1. Old shoes can be turned into a wonderful flowerbed, you just need to plant flowers in them and hang them somewhere by the laces. The older the boots, the better, because water will not stagnate in leaky “beds”!

1. The stump of a cut tree will turn into an excellent flower bed if you attach pots of plants to it. But remember that the flowers must have flowing shoots to cover the pots.

1. Even old and useless pipes will become a great place for growing plants.

1. An original idea, for the implementation of which you only need an old can.

1. Don't throw the old bathtub in the trash, take it to the dacha and plant more flowers in it!

1. A broken cart can always find a place in the countryside.

1. Place a box on an old bicycle and plant flowers in it. And if you also paint it a bright color, then such a flowerbed will attract the attention of all the neighbors!

1. A beautiful composition that can be created from old tools and flowers.

1. You can even convert an old boat into a flowerbed. A little fresh paint and bright flowers will help it look great on your site.

Are you familiar with the situation with rubbish in the country? Then don't waste your time! Next weekend, get out on your property and tend to your garden.

Do you want to decorate your property with original garden beds, but don’t know where to get ideas from? Here you will find best examples floral arrangements that will transform your garden in a matter of moments! We will tell you how to make a beautiful flowerbed with your own hands, give examples and several master classes with photos.

A flowerbed made with your own hands is one of the best ways decorate the area, add originality and expressiveness to it. A beautiful flower bed will become the most attractive corner of your yard and, perhaps, even a kind of connecting link that unites the house, garden, plants and outbuildings into a single harmonious composition. You can use absolutely any materials, even the most unusual ones, to make flower beds.

Regardless of the attractiveness of the flowers, a flowerbed that does not have a fence will look unfinished. The fenced flowerbed will immediately be transformed and become more neat. Such fences, by the way, are necessary not only to mark boundaries, but also for many other purposes - for example, they prevent the spread of plants (especially ground cover) throughout the area. In addition, the sides protect fragile shoots from pets walking around the site.

Of course, today ready-made forms and fences for flower beds are sold, made of wood, stone, plastic and even metal, but after construction/repair work there are always excess building materials, pipe cuttings, wood, pieces of bricks - in a word, everything that you want Can be used to make lovely flower beds. For example, the remains of linoleum or metal tiles can serve as fencing.

Polyethylene containers are a real problem for a responsible summer resident. The solution may be to use plastic bottles to create flower beds. This solution is recommended for areas where there are a lot of moles - the bottles from which the flower fence is made will become a serious obstacle for pests. You can even alternate bottles different colors to make the composition look more colorful.

Note! Before digging, it is advisable to fill the bottles with sand or soil - this way they will not be deformed and will become more stable.

New life for old things - we use improvised means!

People often transport unnecessary things to their dacha. Various chests, boxes, chairs, shoes and clothes - all this lives here last days to completely dry out or burn in a fire. But you can also make beautiful and original flower beds from old things!

Some flowers spend the winter in the apartment, and are transported to the site only in the summer. But they don't have to be planted in the ground - you can leave them directly in the box, and then, when autumn comes, move them back into the house.

Boxes can also be used to create vertical flower beds. These conditions are ideal for hanging crops and succulents. You can hang such structures on a wall, fence or other vertical surface.

If you have drawers from old chests of drawers or bedside tables lying around, don’t rush to send them to the landfill - instead, use them to organize a compact flower bed. The color and shape of the boxes may vary, as well as the overall style. But they will all be harmoniously combined with colors.

Sometimes even seemingly useless things like old shoes can find a new life. You can plant flowers there, and then hang your shoes somewhere (even by the laces). Moreover, the older the shoes, the better - there will certainly be no stagnation of water in shoes with holes.

Another option for creating an original flowerbed is to use an old one iron cage. Plant climbing crops in it and hang it on a tree or inside a gazebo.

Very unusual flower beds are also made from glass wine bottles. This is guaranteed to surprise your guests! But be careful when removing the bottom, otherwise you may cut yourself.

A small but very functional flower bed can be made from a piece of burlap. Make a bag from the material and hang it, for example, on a pole. What is typical is that it is suitable for both flowering crops and fragrant herbs(you can add the latter to tea directly from the “bed”).

To create a flower bed, you can also use things that are simply lying on the street. A striking example of this is a dilapidated log. Take it, cut out a longitudinal depression and plant flowers there (this option will be described in more detail below).

A stump that you couldn’t get rid of can also turn into a flower bed. Tie pots to it with wire and plant spectacular flowing flowers there.

But another option is a milk river, as if pouring out of a can. But in this case it is very important that the green background is monochromatic.

Is your old bicycle no longer a means of transportation? But you can turn it into the highlight of your garden! Paint it, and instead of the trunk, install this container with flowers.

The next example is a full-fledged composition. Combine with old colors garden tools, experiment.

A massive stone vase will also look good as a flower bed. As an option, you can use a large clay pot for this purpose (this one can stand in the open air for several seasons).

Today mailboxes They are almost never used anymore, but you shouldn’t throw yours away! Make a compact flowerbed out of it and hang it on the gate.

Video - Making flower beds from old things

Master Class. Do-it-yourself vertical flower bed

Vertical flower beds are found in last years increasingly popular. Let's look at a short step-by-step instructions for making such a flower bed using multi-colored flowers. The best option for composition it is, of course, .

For work you will need the following consumables:

• wire mesh;
• plastic ties;
• soil mixture for flowering crops;
• large flower pot;
• strong cellophane.

After preparing everything you need, get to work. For the convenience of visitors, the information is presented in table form.

Table No1. Instructions for creating a vertical flower bed for the garden.

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wire mesh

Master Class. DIY flowerbed "Palette"

We are all artists at heart, and therefore to create something beautiful (including ordinary garden flower bed) you definitely need to be creative.

To make such a flowerbed yourself, first decide on the flowers that will decorate it.

In addition, you will need pots in which the seedlings will be transplanted and where they will bloom throughout the summer.

Also prepare a rake and shovel - they will also be needed.

As a base, you can use a sheet of plywood, polystyrene foam (not recommended, since the material is light and can be blown away by the wind) or furniture board.

To secure the base, prepare clamps in advance.

You will also need paint or stain, varnish.

So, first, take the base and draw a palette on it with a marker.

After this, cut out the shape using a jigsaw.

This is what the finished base should look like.

After this, make the fastenings. The sample drawing below shows what they should look like.

To make flower bed fastenings, use bars.

Using clamps, attach the fasteners to the base of the future flower bed.

Using pipe scraps, you can make stands for rakes and shovels.

After that, decorate gardening Tools– for example, paint them with polka dots or paint them one color.

Then take the base of the flowerbed and, if furniture board or plywood was used in production, cover it with stain, and then with varnish.

Wait for the coating to dry and install the flower pots. That’s it, the beautiful “Palette” flowerbed with your own hands is ready!

Video - Making a flower bed from a wheel

Master Class. DIY flowerbed “Turtle” made from car tires

We offer another interesting option for creating a beautiful garden flower bed. Step-by-step instruction is given below.

Table No. 2. Instructions for making a flowerbed “Turtle”.

Flowerbeds of annuals - diagrams

Flowers for flower beds are selected according to color, variety and many other factors. And to make flower beds from annuals, the diagrams of which you will find in, on your own, you do not need to have the skills landscape designer. The main thing is to calculate everything correctly before starting work and become familiar with the basic rules for creating flower beds.

Master Class. Do-it-yourself log flowerbed

To make such a composition you will need the following consumables:

• log (diameter – 40-50 cm, length – about 200 cm);
• flower seedlings;
• gravel;
• primer;
• film.

In addition, the work will need:

• simple scissors;
• chainsaw (can be electric);
• wooden hammer;
• bit.

So, everything is ready, you can start working directly.

Table No. 3. Instructions for creating a flower bed from an old log.

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Master Class. DIY floating flowerbed

A floating flowerbed is a kind of plant island moving across a body of water. It looks amazing, and making such a flower bed at home is quite simple. Essentially, it is a plastic or wooden base with a sealing mesh and soil placed on top for planting flowers. Instead of soil, you can even use pebbles or hydrogel, but it is important that there are already aquatic inhabitants and other plants in the reservoir (they indicate the presence of nutrients).

What plants are suitable for this? In principle, any, but be sure to take into account the floating ability of the structure, because too large plants can easily flood the island. We also note that it is better to give preference to crops that love moisture (sedge, lilies, papyrus, variegated potted flowers or ornamental grass).

First, decide what material you will use to make the island. Determine the dimensions yourself, as well as the immersion depth (preferably about 7 cm from the bottom). Please note that the soil should not be washed away by water. Use gravel to adjust the diving depth.

1. A ready-made tray (or, alternatively, a mesh pot) can be purchased at the store.
2. The container can also be made from boards (you will get a small box with holes), treated with impregnation to protect it from moisture. Such a box must be covered with spunbond or geotextile, and then covered with a drainage layer and soil.
3. The third option is to use plastic bottles. They need to be cut, holes made in the base, and then covered with the same geotextile.

It is quite obvious that a container filled with soil will not float on its own - for this you need:

• cut from packing foam (this is what remains after purchase household appliances) rectangular frames that will hold the island on the surface (they are attached to the top of the flower bed, and not to the base);
• foam the perimeter of the flowerbed and its upper part with foam;
• make a pontoon from plastic bottles along the edges of the island;
• use an inflated car inner tube.

What about floating flower pots?

They can also be launched into the water, but the reservoir must be small and necessarily without aquatic inhabitants. For example, you can cut a base from foam plastic flower pots, as in the image below, necessary for stability on the water. However, such floating pots will need to be watered regularly.

How to decorate a floating structure?

1. You can disguise the unattractive edges of the island with earth, moss or branches.
2. You can also install LEDs on such a flower bed, the operation of which is controlled using a remote control.
3. Finally, you can put animal or bird figures there (for example, a ceramic stork).

Note! Before launching a floating flower bed, it must be tested! If it is unstable, then it should be modified. Also keep in mind that the flowers will grow, which will change the balance of the island.

Master Class. DIY flowerbed made from old chairs

To make such an original flower bed, prepare:

• old chairs;
• spray paint;
• sandpaper.

All other materials depend solely on your imagination. You can, for example, use a wooden box instead of a pot. In any case, first remove old paint from the chairs and sand them thoroughly.

Clean the chairs from dirt and dust, and then paint. It is quite obvious that it is better to do this outside, because there is no doubt about the toxicity of the paint.

If necessary, you can also paint the flower pot.

When the paint is dry, you can paint the chairs. We recommend using for this acrylic paints included in the paint-by-numbers kit. These do not wash off and do not require varnish.

Thanks to such original flower beds, it is quite possible to compose entire compositions.

This one, for example, is made from old shoes and children's sneakers that no one has worn for a long time.

Flowerbed from an old bicycle

As you can see, you can make a beautiful flowerbed with your own hands, and there are really many options. We hope the master classes offered here will help you with this!

Video - DIY stone flower beds