An unusual ‘themed threesome’ of garden/outdoor projects – fancy a cuppa something?
Bird Feeder from a cup and saucer
Potty greenhouse/shed/garden feature….
Your very own terrarium…
Tag Archive: recycling
A couple of interesting ideas for recycling tyres into useful garden equipment.
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Old tyre rubber re-formed into strips as edgings for grass- hmm… practical? aesthetic?
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A neat row of tyre containers- herbs? grass-lined seats?
An inspiring movie about how to create food growing areas using recycled bottles, buckets and other containers.
Old School Gardener
Here’s my latest trawl of interesting projects to enhance your garden. Most are from 1001 Pallets and a few from The Container Gardening Alliance.
Furniture…
A log lounger..
Baby chair from pallets…
Swinging bench from pallets..
Planting spaces…
A greenhouse from old windows…
A planter ladder….
An ‘A’ frame planter with old plastixc bottles, and cartons as containers..
‘Rustic raised beds’ !!
An experimental pallet garden..
Give plants a hand..
Drawers for plants…
Raised planter for my aching back…
and a few more unusual items….
A mobile bar – stools stowed underneath..
Old shutters used for decorative screening/fencing
Canadian rustic retreat..
Pallet Meeting Point..
Tool rack from pallets by Kylee Baumie at mylittleacre.com
Pallet bug hotel..
Old School Gardener
What great ideas for recycling tea cups and crockery!
Old School Gardener
Here’s a brilliant (if labour intensive) way to recycle old plastic bottles- as roofing material!
Cutting these bottles lengthwise creates perfect ‘hill and valley’ shaped’ tiles that can be interwoven
Alternatively, you can just squash the bottles and overlpa them like roofing slates!
Old School Gardener
Following the popularity of my previous collections of recycling project pics, here is another batch.
First, furniture….
Lounger from pallets
Bench from pllets
Now that’s what I call real ‘recycling’- coffee table made from old bicycle wheels!
‘Jack and Jill’ seat from pallets
Next childrens’ stuff…..
Cabin from pallets
Childrens’ futrniture from pallets and a cable reel
Planter entrance to a play area from pallets
Now some other useful garden structures……
Vertical planter from pallets
Water butt screen from pallets
Chicken Coop from pallets
BBQ from pallets
Compost bin from pallets
And finally a couple of mega projects to really inspire!
A ‘pop up’ music mix deck from pallets
A beach house from pallets
Most of these pictures come from the very useful site 1001 pallets, so thanks to them and their contributors!
Old School Gardener
A few more examples of creative projects for childrens’ play, shelters, planters and other projects for the garden and open spaces. Most from the site 1001 pallets.
Pallet play kitchen
Pallet play house
Pallet box planter
Pallet garden room
Pallet summer house
Pallet planter fence
Pallet pyramid planter
Pallet raised planter
Pallet herb planter
Pallet nature platform
Pallet cycle rack
Shed- come growing space extraordinary
Pallet fence with integral strawberry planters
Seasonal pallet creation!
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