Floral arrangements using old vehicles

For this purpose, any old vehicles that are unsuitable for their intended use will do. It often happens that it is a pity to throw them away and they have been idle for years in a barn or garage. Thanks to your imagination, such things can take on a new life. Absolutely everything can be used: bicycles, motorcycles, old cars and even boats.

Original flowerbed in the courtyard of a country house

To create a flower garden using a bicycle or motorcycle, it is necessary to attach capacious containers to the frame, front and rear trunks, in which flowers can be planted. To combine all the elements with each other, it is recommended to paint them in a single color scheme. This will give the mood to the whole design. An important advantage of this type of flower garden is mobility. The ability to rearrange it at any time to another place greatly expands the options for further use of space.

The flowerbed-car will become a unique design element of the backyard territory

In the case of using an old boat or car, the flower bed will turn out to be stationary, but at the same time more voluminous. The boat is perfect for creating decorative planters. To do this, it is enough to firmly fix it on the ground and fill it with soil. Use the same principle in the case of a car. Remove all unnecessary parts from it: seats, engine, filling the trunk and hood. Then you can start decorating with flowers.

An old bicycle painted in a bright color is a great option for a flower garden

Helpful advice! For the arrangement of «transport» flower beds, it is better to use a spacious open lawn. Otherwise, the design will take up too much space and clutter up the space.

Various vehicles can act as a flower bed — from a bicycle to a boat

With the help of a special mesh filled with nutrient soil, you can arrange horizontal and some vertical surfaces. It is best to use curly or small border flowers in this case.

Mini-flower beds in containers made from improvised materials

Creating miniature flower beds in containers is an elegant solution to two problems at once: decorating a summer cottage and getting rid of old unnecessary things. In addition, such an arrangement of flowers will help to protect them from children and pets. To create a mini-flower bed, you can use anything: from old plumbing to unnecessary clothes and shoes.

Flowers growing in wooden boxes — a mobile and attractive-looking option for a flower bed

Flowers planted in old shoes look very original. At the same time, the larger the size of the shoe, the more interesting it can be decorated. Making a flower pot from worn shoes is simple: you need to make a few holes in the sole, which will help equip the drainage system. After that, the inside of the shoe is filled with earth and flowers are planted inside.

Mini-flower beds arranged in shoes look interesting and unusual

A clear plus of such an impromptu container is the ability to easily rearrange it to a convenient place. You can always place it on the porch, on the fence or on the steps. This will allow you to easily decorate the interior at the right time.

An old birdcage can be a good base for creating a flower bed.

Of the shortcomings, it is worth noting the need for daily watering and weekly top dressing.

Also, old toy cars of sufficient size, leather bags and briefcases, a cracked jug, etc. can be an excellent basis for mini-flower beds.

Wooden flowerbed-palette

Such an unusual and original flower garden is quite simple to manufacture and does not require super-complex woodworking skills. Materials you will need:

• plywood sheet;
• wooden bars;
• manual cutter along the contour;
• varnish or paint for woodworking.

Design option for a wooden flower bed-palette

First you need to cut out the shape of the palette of the required size. Then make holes for pots of the desired diameter. Two legs are attached to the back of the structure so that the surface is at a slight angle. In order to increase the life of the flower bed, it is coated with a special varnish or paint for wood from the outside and from the back. After drying, you can insert pots with bright flowers inside.

«Artist’s flowerbed» looks original and is quite simple in execution

An excellent solution for such a flower garden will be pots with petunias, nasturtiums or violas. And do not forget to complement the composition with a rake and a shovel, because these are the tools of a gardener-artist, with which he “draws” the world around him.

To create beauty in the surrounding space is the true vocation of man. Using the above recommendations, you can create a unique flower bed that will delight you every day throughout the warm season.