Preface
You can surprise not only with the beauty of the flowers, but also with the design of the flower beds. Original fences for them can be made from scrap materials, ordinary and very extraordinary.
The time and effort spent on creating a flower bed may go to waste, and its appearance will only cause some moral satisfaction for the work done, if you do not follow certain rules for arranging a flower garden. The flowerbed will become the pride, the highlight of the site or garden, and will delight those who will have to see it again when the following mandatory actions are performed in the proposed sequence.
First of all, it is necessary to provide and, if possible, create favorable growing conditions, high-quality drainage and regular watering - these are the main rules for planting and growing any plants, including flowers. To do this you should:
- Select, taking into account the natural conditions of the area where they are supposed to be planted.
- Select a location and draw it on paper, taking into account the location of nearby residential and commercial buildings, as well as the natural conditions of the area.
- Mark the future flower bed at the chosen location.
- Prepare the soil for planting a flower garden and create conditions for its regular watering after planting.
- Design and arrange flowerbed fencing.
- Sow seeds or plant seedlings.
- Regularly care for the created flower bed, including watering it in a timely manner and removing weeds.
When fulfilling the second point, take into account that flower beds are usually arranged in open spaces so that the flowers on them are clearly visible from any side. The shape of flower beds depends on the imagination of the person creating them and compatibility with existing elements and details of landscape design. Flowerbeds can be:
- square;
- round;
- triangular;
- diamond-shaped;
- complex shape, consisting of several figures.
Almost any materials and objects, including improvised ones, are suitable for decorating a flowerbed. It is important that the created flower garden and its fencing are in harmony with the adjacent landscape and its elements. Things and objects that have become unnecessary, and it was a pity to throw away, can serve as an excellent basis for making an original flower bed. To do this, you just need to show your imagination.
Suitable materials at hand can be found in a landfill, where there is a lot of various useful goods, and found literally everywhere, as they say, under your feet - the same stones, bricks, bottles. However, you should not place too many artificial objects in the area of one flower bed, as the flowerbed may look like an overgrown trash can. It is necessary to observe the measure and correctly select both the materials themselves, the elements, and their ratio.
There are a great many ideas about what and how to use to make a flower bed from scrap materials. The simplest and some of the most original are offered below. The financial costs of implementing these ideas will be practically zero or just a few pennies, and the created flower beds will turn out to be unlike any others in the area.
Flower beds made from the most available materials
Very often, worn-out car tires are used to create small flower beds. The simplest and most traditional way to use tires: place them in selected places and, preferably, paint them in any preferred color with enamel or oil paints; After drying, pour fertile soil inside, into which you can then plant flowers. Such flower beds can be placed along the house, garden paths, and even form a whole composition of small flower beds from them.
But there are also more complex ways to use tires, and accordingly, the created flowerbed fencing will turn out much more attractive. You can lay out the tires in the form of a pyramid, at the base of which there will be one with the largest diameter, and at the top - with the smallest. Or place several at the bottom, and in the next tiers reduce the number of wheels, reducing them to one at the top. This way you can create a stepped pyramidal flower bed of almost any size and height, although flower beds with 2-3 “floors” (tires in height) would probably be optimal. Before installing the next tier, soil is poured into the wheels of the previous one.
In the second option, when the “floors” consist of several tires, it is better to lay the wheels of the next tier overlapping with those lying in the previous one - this way the structure will be more stable and the flowerbed will be more beautiful. Tires can be painted in different colors and different flowers can be planted in them. You can also work on the appearance of the tires. To do this you will need a jigsaw and a very sharp knife. The tire must be laid on a flat, dry surface, and then its upper side part, the bead, must be cut off. Due to this, a more attractive fence will be made at the same time and the maximum usable area for planting flowers will be obtained.
The cut can be made not exactly along the circumference, but can be cut out using a jigsaw into waves, petals or teeth. In this case, it is necessary to make preliminary markings, for example, with chalk. When finished cutting, turn the tire inside out. The result will be a kind of smooth vase, from the appearance of which, after painting it and planting flowers, you cannot immediately tell that it is made of tires. Using the same knife and jigsaw, you can cut out various shapes from tires, which will not only serve as decoration for flower beds, but will also be real masterpieces of garden design.
Alternative options - empty bottles and pipes
Empty bottles are perfect for fencing a flower bed - they are also a very affordable material. It doesn’t matter whether they are plastic or glass. They can be left empty, especially if they are made of colored material, but it is better to fill them with shells, multi-colored pebbles, small pebbles or other filler. The bottles just need to be dug into the ground along the contour of the flower bed upside down. But you can use them differently, in a more original way.
For example, you can make round flower beds, the fencing of which will be made of bottles lying on top of each other in several rows with the necks directed towards the center of the flower bed. Glass containers are best suited for this. The first row of bottles must be placed on a hard, level base - for example, a sheet of iron or a concrete pad. The glass containers must be “tied” together from the neck side using cement mortar. They will also need to carefully plaster the inside of the flowerbed. Then, after the solution has set, fertile soil is poured into the flower garden and flowers are planted.
Separate small flower beds are made from large-capacity plastic bottles, from 5 liters and above. The containers can be laid on their side and a part of the wall can be cut out from the top, soil can be poured inside and flowers can be planted. If the bottles are painted the same way and decorated accordingly, and then arranged in a small group using your imagination, you can get a small family of piglets, sheep or other animals on the site. Such flower beds can easily be moved from one place to another if necessary, thereby changing the appearance of the garden.
Cuttings of metal or asbestos pipes are also perfect for making flower beds from scrap materials. All you need to do is simply dig the products selected according to the length vertically to the required depth into the ground, and then paint. For metal pipes, it is advisable to pre-treat the buried part with an anti-corrosion compound. Products of large diameters can be used to design individual small flower beds - soil is poured into a dug pipe and flowers are planted. Trimmings of small diameters are placed in a row along the contour of the flower bed. If such a fence has large diameter pipes, then plants can also be planted in them.
We use natural materials
Stones are used to fence flower beds. They can be dug along the contour of the flower bed or laid one on top of the other in several rows. For this, it is best to select the flattest stones of approximately the same size. Small pebbles can be used to make a permanent flower bed fence that will remain in the chosen location for many years. It is necessary to dig a shallow trench along the contour of the future flower garden.
You need to place the formwork in it at the required height and pour in cement mortar, into which beautiful small pebbles should be pressed until it sets. Shells, shards of broken glass or tiles are also suitable as decoration. If there are unuprooted stumps from cut down trees on the site, then this is an excellent chance to create flower beds with a beautiful fence that is in harmony with the vegetation of the garden. It is enough to cut out the middle of the stump to the required depth, fill the resulting recess with soil and plant flowers. If desired, the outside of the stump is painted.
You can also use logs, logs and parts of cut tree trunks in a similar way. Moreover, it is not necessary to dig them in or install them vertically - they can be laid horizontally. In the upper part you must first make a shallow cut. Then, along the contour of the resulting cutout, the wood is removed deep into the log, where soil is then filled and flowers are planted. From individual logs, having decorated them with various wooden elements, you can create various original floral compositions - for example, a composition of a train and trailers with plants.
Wooden material is also used in a more prosaic way - from beams or logs with a small cross-section, fencing of flower beds of various geometrically regular shapes (including various polygons) is laid out.
The most original flower beds are made from furniture and bicycles
The most original creations, not all of which may be to the taste of absolutely everyone, are obtained from objects and objects that we use in everyday life. For example, a flowerbed from the body of an old car. You need to remove the engine, the hood, clear the trunk, and you can cut off the roof. Containers for flowers are installed in the vacant spaces. Some people manage to make flower beds out of bicycles by installing flower beds on its trunk, seat and frame. An old boat is perfect for a large flower bed. And some people use a regular bath.
Various pieces of furniture that have served their purpose also make very nice and very unusual flower beds. Anything is suitable for this: wardrobes, chests of drawers, bedside tables, beds, tables and even chairs. They are dug to some depth into the ground or left to stand on legs. Having removed unnecessary elements, soil is filled into the vacant spaces or containers with it are installed. Lush growing flowers are planted. The backs and high vertical elements serve as excellent supports for ivy and vines. Some people use various dishes, toilet bowls, shoes, TV cases or CRT monitors, and much more to make flower beds.
With the arrival of spring, many summer residents go to their garden plots. For any amateur gardener, it is important not only to grow vegetables, fruits and fruit trees on their plot, but also to give it a beautiful appearance that will delight not only the owners of the garden plot, but also all the neighbors and guests who come to the dacha.
Decorating a garden is a kind of art. On your site, you have the opportunity to create unforgettable paintings from flowers, expressing your inner world with them. It’s not without reason that they say: “An artist paints his pictures with paints, and a florist paints with flowers.”
In this regard, summer residents planning to decorate a flower garden on their site have questions: what types of flowers are best to buy to make their site more beautiful, where and when is the best time to plant them, what can you use to decorate your flower garden?
Selecting a design and drawing up a layout
Let's look at how to decorate flower beds with your own hands step by step. First of all, it should be noted that the concepts of “flower garden” and “flower bed” are identical. The flowerbed has the correct shape and is necessarily fenced with a border. But when creating a flower garden, you don’t have to adhere to the rules and give free rein to your imagination.
When growing a flower garden, you must take into account the following factors: the general appearance and area of the garden plot, the number of buildings and structures located on it, the varieties of fruit and vegetable crops planted in different places on the plot, as well as your financial capabilities.
There are directly opposite ways to arrange a flower bed on a site:
- matches the style and design with the appearance of the garden plot
- on the contrary, a deliberate and complete contrast with the garden plot
It should be noted that there can be many flower beds in the garden, differing in style and design.
Preparations for creating a flower garden at the dacha with your own hands should begin in winter.
By the time you design a flower bed, you need to clearly understand what types of flowers will grow on it, and how it will look in general.
Moreover, you need to purchase flower soil and specialized fertilizers for planting.
Making a flowerbed with your own hands
Creating a flower bed with your own hands is similar to transplanting a plant into an ordinary flowerpot and takes a lot of time. However, there is nothing complicated in this process.
To create a flower bed in your garden plot you need:
- Prepare and clear a place for it;
- Remove the top layer of soil;
- Be sure to do drainage. Broken bricks and crushed stone are quite suitable for this;
- Place a border along the edges of the flowerbed;
- Add new soil;
- Let it sit for at least 10-12 days;
- Start planting flowers.
Selection of plants for a flower arrangement
The flowers in the flowerbed must look beautiful and please the eye. However, you don’t need to plant all the flowers you have on it. If you do not have the opportunity to constantly travel to the dacha, you should select varieties of flowers that do not require special care.
To create a beautiful flower bed, you must follow these tips:
- It is necessary that the plants are adapted to the same conditions. That is, flowers with the same requirements for care, weather conditions and soil composition are planted in one area;
- select plants that will bloom throughout the entire period;
- be sure to take into account the size of the plants;
- connect plants according to color combinations.
Most often, from eight to fifteen species of plants are planted in one flower bed. When creating a flower garden, you must definitely use the principle of multi-tiered plants.
The tallest flowers are placed in the center, and low-growing plants are planted along the edges, as if framing them and the entire flower arrangement. The side from which the flowerbed is open to view is also of great importance.
In addition to flowering plants, the flowerbed may contain decorative foliage plants, usually perennials.
Note!
It should be noted that the process of creating such a composition is a little more complicated and requires a lot of imagination from the owner.
Planting
Plants are planted in two ways:
- seeds;
- seedlings.
If you decide to plant seeds, you need to prepare everything in advance. In early spring, flower seeds are sown in high-moor peat.
Depending on the duration of flowering, plants are divided into three types:
- annuals (need to be planted annually);
- biennial (bloom profusely in the second year);
- perennial (bloom constantly, becoming more beautiful and luxuriant every year).
When planting seeds, you need to separate one group of flowers from another, leaving space between them. This is done so that the grown plants do not interfere with each other.
Note!
If the flowers grow too densely, they need to be torn out or some of them transplanted to a new place. Planting seedlings is much more convenient. In this case, you will not have to wait for the seedlings to appear and the result will be visible much faster.
Flower beds require constant care. First of all, it is necessary to regularly inspect the flower garden and remove wilted inflorescences. This encourages perennial flowers to bloom again and helps maintain the beautiful appearance of the plant.
Interesting design of a flower garden at the dacha
As a rule, organizing a beautiful flower garden does not require a lot of financial resources. To decorate a flower garden, you can use many homemade products. This will give your flower garden a special individual style and make it look like a fairy tale.
To create a flower arrangement, you can use any material, depending on the imagination of an amateur gardener.
You can use single “pots” and furniture that has served its purpose, parts of wood, unnecessary materials for construction, almost all types of transport in which flowers can be planted.
Note!
Tires are very popular for creating flower beds. They can be placed one on top of the other in the form of a fun slide. Think about what things you don't need at home. They can be very useful in a summer cottage when creating a flower garden.
The advantage of such flower beds is that they are mobile and, if necessary, can be easily moved to another place. It should be noted that photos of flower beds decorated in this way will be simply stunning.
Decorative elements when creating a flower garden
To add originality and zest, you can use special garden figurines, children's toys and decorations. Very often among the flower beds you can see figures of various animals and birds: hares, deer, squirrels, hedgehogs, swans, titmice, as well as heroes from fairy tales: gnomes, Snow White, the Frog Princess and others.
In many cases, small toy windmills, fountains or castles are used in such compositions.
And illuminated lanterns located around the perimeter give the whole picture an additional effect and elements of a fairy tale.
You can also organize a flower garden in the courtyard of your home. Carefully thought out and made with soul, it will not only provide aesthetic pleasure, but will also make the atmosphere around your home magical and unforgettable.
Photos of flower beds with your own hands
A flower bed is a real decoration for any garden plot or local area. Usually these mini-oases have a beautiful curly shape and are fenced with small fences. However, flower beds can be made from absolutely any thing. It's time to sort through the deposits in the barn and garage and choose for creativity those items that, it would seem, are no longer suitable for anything. It’s easy to make flowerbeds with your own hands from available materials - all you need to do is apply a little imagination, patience and desire to create unique installations from fresh flowers and objects in your local area, which can thereby be given a second life.
Those who want to amaze guests and neighbors with the beauty and uniqueness of their garden plot often invite landscape designers to visit. The profession of these people is to create unique beauty from flowers, combining them in all possible ways. However, the services of such people are quite expensive. What to do if you want to decorate your dacha, but don’t have the extra money for it? Of course, use your own imagination and use your ability to search for the necessary information on the Internet! And, having learned something new and interesting, put it into practice.
New life for old things - crafts for the garden
Schemes and shapes of flower beds, methods of combining plants by color and shape can easily be found in gardening magazines or on websites for flower fans. At the same time, one version of a flower bed can be combined with another at your request and, thus, it is often possible to create completely unique, inimitable and very beautiful installations.
But before we present options for flower beds that can be made from old unnecessary things, let’s get acquainted with what types of flower beds exist.
Table. Types and types of flower beds and flower beds.
| Name, photo | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| All plants begin flowering at the same time, but the flowers differ in color and type of buds, as well as in size. |
| In this case, flowers are planted in groups, selected according to the timing of flowering so as to evenly replace each other as some fade. |
| A flowerbed in which plants of the same type, type, and color are planted. |
| In this case, all the plants spread directly over the surface of the earth, covering it tightly. |
| Walls, fences, and garden buildings are decorated in this way. Boxes with flowers stacked on top of each other, where plants grow through the cracks in the containers, can also serve as a vertical flower bed. |
| Such flower beds are usually formed around bushes and tree trunks. |
| Simply put, this is a flower border enclosing a garden path or lawn. |
| A flowerbed-slide with inclusions of stones and driftwood, which is covered with all kinds of, usually low, plants - small perennials. |
| Any flower bed that is formed in a wide vase or other container can be portable and often decorates alleys or the porch of a house. |
| A flowerbed, to create which various additional structures can be used. |
Each of these types of flower beds can be improved and turned into a real work of art. And creating an unusual art object based on an ordinary flower garden is an excellent opportunity to try yourself as a landscape designer.
What are the benefits of unusual flower beds?
There are several main reasons why flower beds from old shoes, teapots or chests of drawers may appear on some gardeners' plots.
- Such flower beds attract the attention of guests, demonstrating the owner’s creativity.
What can you make a flower bed from?
You can make unusual flower beds with your own hands from almost anything. For example, flower beds made from car tires have already become familiar, but still remain relevant. Moreover, if earlier they were simply filled with soil where flowers were planted, now gardeners are trying to give them unusual shapes - swans, flowers, shuttlecocks and much more can be easily created from an outdated tire and an ordinary large knife.
Often flower beds are formed from stones, driftwood, and embankments. It is enough to pour a mound of soil, compact it, cover it with pieces of brick or large pebbles, and on top lay several picturesque branches selected from the forest, plant flowers - and the original alpine hill is ready.
A very beautiful flower garden can be created from old furniture. In this case, anything can be used - the frame of an old sofa, chairs, beds, chests of drawers.
Favorite, but, like tires, the usual “bases” for flower beds are plumbing equipment. Old pipes, bathtubs, sinks can become not only a pond, but also a flowerbed itself.
Flowerbeds on wheels have recently become increasingly popular. Moreover, absolutely any product that has wheels can be turned into an original flower garden. If you have an old bicycle, then just attach a couple of leaky buckets to it, paint them and plant vines in them - that’s it, your unusual transport is ready! Broken and rusty cars, motorcycle cradles and other items are used for the same purpose.
On a note! It’s especially chic to turn an old “Zaporozhets” or “Moskvich” into a flowerbed. Everyone will definitely envy such a flower garden. And you shouldn’t feel sorry for the old car - no one will drive it anyway.
The fence around the house is often decorated with old shoes, which are turned into original flowerpots. Make drainage holes in the soles, fill the boots with soil, plant flowers and hang them by the laces from the railings. You can also form real installations from shoes by placing them in rows on a shelf - here you have a ready-made vertical flower bed, which, if desired, can be easily disassembled and the plantings moved to another place.
Teapots, barrels, basins and other items can become hanging mini-flower beds or beautiful flowerpots. Even an old stump that you have been meaning to uproot for a long time can become a wonderful flower garden. The most important thing is to show your imagination and see what you can turn an ordinary and seemingly worthless object into.
Do-it-yourself vertical flower beds - a magnificent decoration for a summer house
Where to begin?
Where to start creating an unusual homemade flower bed? The first step is to clear out the old junk in your shed or garage. Then you need to think over the design of the flower bed and choose a place for its location. To do this, carefully examine the area and choose a piece of land that is clearly visible. It should also be relatively well lit.
On a note! It is best to place flower beds (and especially unusual ones) where they will be clearly visible from the house or porch, as well as from the street, if you want to please people passing by with their beauty.
When you create a flowerbed project, be sure to draw the shape of the flower bed on paper, and also mark where and what flowers should be. Consider their flowering time, growth rate, petal color, height and much more. If you are forming compositions from perennials, then you should select plants with special care - if next year it is easy to replace with others, then perennial crops will grow in your flowerbed for several years.
Those items from which it is planned to create a flower garden should, if necessary, be washed, provided with drainage holes, painted, and unnecessary parts removed. If this is some kind of container, then expanded clay must be poured onto the bottom as a drainage material so that excess moisture does not accumulate in the soil itself.
DIY tire flowerbed
We present to your attention two master classes on creating flower beds from scrap materials. Let's try to make a flower garden from old tires and ordinary logs. Since car “shoes” are very often used as the basis of a flower bed, let’s start with them.
Step 1. Select the tire sizes you need. Tire wear is not important here - it can be completely “bald”. But the tire itself must be intact. Also take and sharpen a regular kitchen knife well. It is best to take one with a pointed tip and a larger blade to make cutting more comfortable.
Step 2. On the surface of the tire, draw a zigzag along which you will cut the rubber to give the tire a “flower” shape. It is convenient to draw with a pen (in the image the zigzag is indicated by a red line to make it easier to see).
Step 3. The thinnest layer of rubber is in the sidewall of the tire, so start cutting from there. And having already made a hole in it, cut the rubber up and down from it.
On a note! Before cutting, make sure there is no metal cord inside the sidewall. The cord is usually found in truck tires.
Step 4. On the outer corners, cut the pattern almost to the beginning of the tread.
Step 5. Cut out the entire design in the same way.
Step 6. Turn the tire over and, starting to cut the rubber in the middle of its side, cut off the excess.
Step 7 Along the edge of the back side of the trimmed tire, make cuts in a circle until the tread begins.
Step 8 Now turn the tire inside out. The preparation for the flower bed is ready.
This blank can be painted, dried, and then filled with soil and flowers can be planted.
Video - Flowerbed from a tire
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DIY flowerbed made from old chairs
Very nice and unusual flower beds can be made from old chairs. To do this, you will need the chairs or stools themselves, some paint, sandpaper, brushes and, of course, desire.
How to make a flowerbed from old chairs
Step 1. First, remove the old paint from the chairs and carefully sand their surface with sandpaper. If necessary, they can be partially disassembled, but there is no need to rush. It is important to decide how the container with flowers will be attached. It is quite possible that it will be placed in a hole cut in the seat. In this case, cut this hole to the size of the pot.
Step 2. Remove dust from the surface of the chairs and coat them with paint. It is most convenient to paint from spray cans. The procedure should be carried out outdoors, as the paint has a very strong odor that is difficult to remove. After this, dry the chairs thoroughly.
Step 3. You can also paint the pot or flower boxes if desired.
Step 4. You can create a beautiful floral design on the backs of chairs using paints and brushes. It is best to paint with acrylic paints.
Step 5. After the drawings have dried, install the pots, add soil and plant the plants.
Video - DIY log flowerbed
Bottles are also good
Original and interesting design solutions can be realized if you try to use bottles as a flowerbed (or rather, its fencing). In this case, both plastic and glass are suitable.
If you fill plastic bottles with sand (for weight) and stick them around the perimeter of the flower bed, you get a very durable fence that is not afraid of any weather conditions. At the same time, bottles, if they are colored, do not need to be painted. But if desired, an original ornament may well appear on their surface.
Flowerbeds created from improvised materials will become not only a “home” for your plants, but also another opportunity to demonstrate your talent to others and prove that you can create beautiful things with your own hands.
Peculiarities
A flowerbed in a country house is, first of all, a decorative element. Without a neat flower garden with many colorful plants, it is impossible to imagine a full-fledged plot. It will look gray, boring and empty. Therefore, almost all owners decorate at least one flower bed on their territory.
But besides aesthetics, flower beds have a more important meaning. For example, some experienced gardeners plant flowers next to their beds to attract insects. Having flown to the flower beds, they will also pollinate your garden. In addition, some insects fight garden pests, for which gardeners are also grateful to them.
Flowerbeds also help drain the soil, which is why they are sometimes planted where the quality of the soil does not suit the owners of the site in one way or another. And flowers that have outlived their short life may well become an excellent soil fertilizer.
However, the main purpose of the flowerbed is to please the eyes of those who live on the site, as well as to decorate the area next to the house. To make the flower garden look beautiful, they try to place it in an original container with soil. Such structures made from scrap materials become not just a container for flowers, but a full-fledged decorative element in your garden.
Choosing flowers
Since the main attention is always focused not on the flowerbed itself, but on its contents, you need to be able to carefully select plants that will not only look harmonious in one container. They must also “get along” with each other, without oppressing, but also without shading. In addition, it is worth remembering that there are plants that are demanding to care for, and those that grow quietly without your attention. You should choose flowers based on your capabilities, so that a beautiful flower garden does not wither or dry out a couple of weeks after its design.
If you do not want to regularly plant new flowers, then select perennial plants that will delight you with their flowering for several years in a row. Such sprouts include snowdrops, tulips, and black-browed flowers. They are easy to care for. Mother Nature herself can take care of them.
And if you are not afraid of difficulties, then plant more “delicate” flowers, such as rare roses, for example.
It is important that the plants you choose are suitable for the climate in which they grow.. Some exotic flowers have a hard time surviving without sun, others don't like constant rain, and so on. Find out all the necessary information about flowers before planting them in your flowerbed.
Most experienced gardeners also know that the combination of plants looks different. Flowerbeds can be made classic or more original, following simple rules, or completely ignoring them. Here are examples of the main types of flower beds that are used to decorate areas of private houses. You can adopt them for yourself or create something of your own, trying not to repeat existing patterns.
Chameleon
Like the animal after which this flower bed is named, a flower garden is capable of changing its appearance at one moment. It all depends on what angle you look at it from. The space of such a flower bed is filled with assorted flowers that contrast sharply with each other. At the same time, despite such a riot of colors, the flowerbed looks harmonious from all sides.
Irregular flower garden
This is one of the most common forms in which flower beds are made. Here all the plants are planted in even rows or circles. Everything looks simple, neat and well-groomed. The only disadvantage of such a flower bed is clear from the name - she will not please you with her blooming appearance on a regular basis. The flowers will gradually fade.
Plants are selected that bloom at the same time, so it turns out that in one season the flower garden pleases the eye with an abundance of colors, and after a couple of months it becomes empty.
Regular
This type of flower bed is the exact opposite of the previous one. When choosing flowers for her, they try to find those plants that bloom in turn. And it turns out that when one part of the flower garden withers, the other is just blooming. This alternation is pleasing to the eye. A flowerbed can serve as a decoration for your yard throughout the warm months.
Carpet
Unusual, but difficult to implement flower beds are carpets. From above, such a flowerbed looks like a green carpet decorated with bright flowers. It looks simply amazing. But creating such living patterns is quite difficult, because you first have to make a sketch of the flower garden on paper, then draw the patterns on the ground, and sow the seeds. And it’s still not a fact that everything will work out the first time, because plants may behave completely differently than expected, thereby disrupting the harmony in the area.
You now know the basic garden compositions of this type and can use them to decorate the area adjacent to your house.
Subtleties of design
When you have sorted out the colors and their possible combinations, you can move on to creating flower beds and their further design.
Kinds
Before making the simplest flower bed with your own hands, it would be a good idea to familiarize yourself with the existing varieties of flower beds. Almost all complex compositions can be created with your own hands without spending extra money on such decoration.
Many novice gardeners are familiar with the concept of "Alpine slide". But not everyone knows what it really looks like, or where such flower beds come from.
Rock gardens- These are flower beds stylized as Alpine mountains. To create them, the soil is first prepared. A slide is made from earth or stones. The ground can be laid out with small pebbles, covered with moss or a thin layer of green grass. The plants that decorate rock gardens are those that grow in alpine meadows. If you do not have access to such colors, you can always replace them with something similar.
Another original type of flower bed, which is not at all difficult to make with your own hands, is a water one. In our country, this type of flower beds is not used so often. But it is popular in the East. So, if you are decorating your yard in an oriental style, then such a design solution will allow you to convey the desired atmosphere. A water flower bed does not require much space. The flowers are located in a small pond, which is also decorated with living plants around the edges. Lilies and other flowers that are able to survive in such an environment are planted in the water.
Flower beds stylized as decorative beds look beautiful. In them, plants are usually planted in even rows. Sometimes they form some kind of geometric pattern. For example, a square, rectangle or spiral. Real herbs or vegetables can also coexist with flowers in a decorative garden. For example, carrots, thyme or basil.
Word "mixborder" seems incomprehensible to many. But in reality there is nothing complicated here. It's just a flowerbed that blooms almost all year round. Even inexperienced gardeners can arrange it. It is enough to familiarize yourself with the characteristics of flowering plants and place flowers that bloom at different times of the year in one place.
On the territory of many suburban areas there are front gardens. This is not a separate flowerbed, but a row of flowers growing along the path. This beautiful passage design is used very often. A vertical alley designed in this way pleases the eye and makes you want to walk around your area more often.
There are several more flower beds with interesting names. For example, arabesque, which is a patterned flower garden. The easiest way to implement such an idea is to plant flowers in circles or spirals. In addition, you can try to create some kind of pattern or symbol that is important to you. An arabesque can even be a flowerbed on which some inscription or initials of the creator are planted with plants.
Flower garden with a beautiful name "discount" found in many parks. This is a long rectangular flower bed, which is often located next to the wall of a building or fence. The tallest plants are located closer to the wall, and the short ones are located next to the passage. This not only looks beautiful, but also allows all the sprouts to develop evenly without crowding each other.
The last type of flower beds - rockery It is a combination of low flowers and stones of different sizes and shapes. It can be decorated with flowers or plants weaving along the ground, as well as ornamental grasses.
Decor
A beautiful flower bed in itself is a wonderful decoration of the site. But you can also use some additional decorative details.
So, for example, in a courtyard decorated in an oriental style, in addition to flower beds, you can also create a rock garden with your own hands. For this you do not need any special materials - just select the simplest pebbles of different sizes and shapes.
When decorating a site in a rustic style, you can use simple household items. These could be old buckets, pots, barrels and other similar things. Most often, flower beds are located in such unnecessary containers.
You can also use vines as decoration. It is easy to weave from it both a full-fledged fence and a low fence for a flower bed. Both options will look quite organic.
Also, flower beds are often decorated or surrounded by familiar garden sculptures - all kinds of gnomes or animals.
Original ideas
One of the most favorite materials for creating flower beds with your own hands is car tires. To build a simple flowerbed from a tire, you just need to move it to a suitable place, fill it with soil and sow flowers there. However, it is possible to create something more complex.
For example, cut the tire, cut off its top part so that teeth are formed, or simply wrap the tire with a clothesline. The last option is suitable for decorating a plot in a rustic style - your original flowerbed will resemble a nest or a wicker basket.
You can try creating a flower bed out of wood. Boards, stumps, vines or thin branches - all this can serve as the basis for your future flower garden. It can be woven or knocked down from boards. You just need to follow the instructions step by step.
You should decorate such a flowerbed using available materials with bright colors, painting the entire surface with one color, and also creating some interesting patterns.
Where to place it?
Beautiful flower beds can be placed almost anywhere. However, often site owners prefer to place them where they cannot interfere with free movement around the territory.
At the entrance
The first and most logical option for placing a flower bed is right at the entrance to the site. In this case, the flower garden will be noticed by everyone who comes to visit you. As a rule, two identical flower beds are placed next to the entrance on opposite sides of the gate or gate. In addition, the path is also decorated with flowers.
Under the house
A flower bed next to the house is another interesting means of decorating the site. It is usually located next to the main entrance or under the windows. By placing a flower garden next to your dacha house, you can constantly enjoy not only the beauty of the plants, but also their aromas.
On site
If you do not want to place a flower bed near the entrance to your yard or house, then place it in the sunniest place on your site. Thanks to this solution, you will definitely be sure that the flowers will have enough warmth and sunlight.
So that decorative flower beds really serve as a decoration for the site, and do not create additional problems for you, You need to follow some tips to make life easier for a novice gardener:
- Provide plants with suitable conditions for growth and development. Plant them in full sun and fertilize the soil. Some flowers need additional protection from wind or heavy rainfall, most also need protection from frost, so in winter the flower beds are protected either with special coverings or with a dense layer of leaves.
- As for creating flower beds from available materials, try to do everything so that your creation looks organic on the site. If this is a rustic-style yard, then you can easily decorate it with wooden items or flower beds surrounded by a wicker fence. Next to a luxurious old mansion or a modern cottage, such structures look ridiculous. The same applies to flower beds made from tires, bottles or other similar materials.
- Sometimes a coat of paint or thoughtful decor helps correct the situation.
If you didn’t manage to create an even blank for the flowerbed the first time, decorate it around the edges with artificial flowers, rope or metal decorations. This will immediately improve the appearance of the product.
Beautiful examples
Better than any spatial reasoning, beautiful examples inspire. The imagination of enthusiastic gardeners is almost limitless, so flower beds are made from everything that comes to hand. Here are some of the most successful examples.
New life for an old car
The creativity of ordinary gardeners sometimes causes real delight. Here is an example of how something that is not at all intended for this can be turned into a flowerbed. For example, an old, outdated car. There is no need to send your old car to a landfill. It can be filled with different plants.
The main type of flowers is climbing, because they weave everything around so beautifully, covering the shabby details with a dense floral carpet. And in the cabin there is enough space for simple flowers, which can be admired through the car windows. Such an original flowerbed is proof that nature still defeats all technology, no matter how ubiquitous it may be.
Plantings of flowers without fencing look like ordinary field plants, and not an element of landscape design. Borders for flower beds can highlight their beauty and create a unique atmosphere on the site. Next, let's look at what they can be built from without spending money.
Advantages of flower beds made from scrap materials
The use of purchased materials initially implies a certain effect of routine and standardity. But self-production allows you to:
- Make the site unique.
- Save money by wisely using things that others throw away.
- Carry out zoning of the site.
- Show a vision of beauty in standard things, as well as design abilities.
The advantages of fencing for flower beds made by yourself are obvious. Now let's look at what materials can be used to arrange them.
What can you make a flower bed from?
The possibilities for creativity in this direction are endless. Any object that holds soil can be used to plant plants.
Car tires
Tire flower beds are one of the most common options for fencing flower plantings. In everyone's yard you can find several tires that are not suitable for direct use. There are such options for their use:
- You can simply take a tire, paint it and plant plants in it.
- The tire is cut, cuts are made on it and you have in your hands a swan or an interpretation of another animal. The metal frame allows you to give the tire any shape.
- Several tires are laid out on top of each other and a multi-level front garden is obtained.
- You can attach chair legs to the tire or hang it on a chain from a tree.
Flower beds made from tires make it possible to add originality to a site and prevent the uncontrolled growth of flowers.
Stone
Stone flower beds are the easiest way to fencing (especially in rural areas). The use of this material allows you to:
- Design a flowerbed with minimal investment.
- Eliminate the need for surface treatment (painting, cutting, etc.).
- Achieve durability of the structure.
- Create a landscape design that harmonizes natural elements as much as possible.
Manufactured flower beds from stone are the simplest method, which is characterized by a long service life and natural beauty.
Old furniture
When carrying out repairs, they often replace old or broken furniture, but rarely does anyone realize that it can be used to build a flowerbed with their own hands in the country. Ideal for such purposes:
- Iron beds. They are painted and dug into the ground to the level of the side walls. Climbing plants are planted near the backs, and beautifully blooming flowers are placed on the base.
- Nightstands. Flowers are planted in pulled out drawers and in a hole that can be made in the countertop.
- Chairs. Even an ordinary broken chair can be turned into a landscape design element. Give it stability by digging it into the ground or wrapping the legs with rope.
Borders for flower beds can be made from almost any furniture. The main thing is that you have enough skill and patience to implement your plan.
Plastic bottles
This material has been used to create fencing for flower beds for quite a long time. To create a flower bed from bottles you need:
- Give the bottles the same look if the idea requires it. There are options for using multi-colored containers. The main thing is to make sure that there are enough bottles to fence the intended area.
- Fill them with soil.
- Dig into the ground along the desired contour.
You can create an original fence for flower beds using plastic bottles filled with earth, with the bottom cut off. They dig into the ground in the same way. One type of flower is planted in the middle of the flower bed, and another type is planted in the soil that is collected in bottles. With the help of this embodiment of the idea, you will get a living fence.
Transport
Do-it-yourself flower beds at the dacha can be built from transport. For such purposes you can use:
- Bike. It can be dug into the ground up to the middle of the wheels, and the baskets in front and on the trunk can be filled with soil in which the plants will be planted.
- Old boat. It is filled with earth or flowers in pots are laid out in it.
- Automobile. Earth is poured into the hood or middle of the car to the level of the window openings. Such a composition will be a reminder of the absolute power of nature and its victory over human inventions that destroy it.
Decorating flower beds is a real opportunity to create something beautiful and original. Before implementing an idea with transport, make sure that substances that can harm plants (battery, etc.) are removed from it.
Dishes or shoes
When arranging flower beds using improvised materials, you can even use old dishes and worn-out shoes.
Pay attention to drainage. Its presence is mandatory. Only when it is laid out, the soil is filled in and flowers are planted. Also, do not forget to make several holes in the waterproof shoes.
Plant flowers in teapots, pots, cups, boots, boots, etc. Use them to create a real fairy tale that will bring a little fiction to life.
Log
Borders for flower beds can be made from wooden logs. To do this you need:
- Find a big log.
- Using the tool, select the middle from it.
- Paint the log (will extend service life).
- Pour soil inside.
- Plant flowers.
This combination of natural components can be complemented by stone flower beds, creating a purely environmentally friendly landscape design.
Some more interesting ideas
Flowers can be planted in:
- Wooden chests.
- Ceramic vases.
- Old stumps.
- Iron cells.
- Cast iron and ceramic baths.
- Drywall products that are created specifically for these purposes or have a niche suitable for filling with earth.
- Glass products.
Fences for flowerbeds will transform any area, giving a second life to those things that should be thrown away. It is better to find just such a use for dishes, boxes, containers and other items that are a pity to throw away, but are no longer possible to use for their intended purpose.
