Vases for flowers by own hands

• Vases from the wood
• Vases from the clay
• Vases from the metal
• Vase from the stones
• Vases from the plastic bottles
• Vase from the tire
• Vases from the concrete
• Vases from the old things

Greening the country territory plays an important role in theits beautification, because even a small flower bed with flowers can transform the site. There are many ways to decorate the territory, a huge selection of materials and technologies. On large areas, you can find whole architectural green constructions. A variety of vases made from improvised materials, for example, from tires or plastic bottles, decorate dachas, plots and even the local area. Of course, you can buy and ready samples of plastic, wood or metal. But very often for a dacha with a specific layout or for the appropriate landscape design it is difficult to find exactly what is needed. And making street flowerpots for flowers with your own hands, you can get the capacity of any configuration and size. Using improvised materials, you can make not only flowerpots, but also original figures that can be used for certain purposes, for example, for planting flowers. So, from what and how to make flowerpots for the garden with your own hands?

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Dimensions and shape of the

flowerpots First of all, you need to decide what size you need a pot, and what material you want to make it from. The main criterion in determining the dimensions is the location of its installation. There are a lot of options:

• on the ground;
• in limbo;
• with wall or guard fencing.

In addition, such a vase should harmoniously fit into the overall style of the site. Somewhere, the geometric forms look laconic, while intricately made copies with unusual, even extravagant forms, are more appropriate.

Important! In large areas, small flowerpots look ridiculous, they are lost on a large space, and vice versa - it is difficult to fit a huge piece into the design of a small section.

In terms of coloring, one rule should be borne in mind - the pot should not be brighter than the flowers planted in it. But a solid color emphasizes the style of the site.

Important! The most popular for outdoor flowerpots are colors such as: brown, white, gray and terracotta.

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Wood vases

Wood is a unique material suitable for any garden, the main advantage of which is simple processing. The minus of this material is that it is unstable to high humidity. But you can fight it. If you treat the wooden product with a special impregnation and then varnish, it will become a real decoration for any area. It is their material that can make original flowerpots for flowers by their own hands of any shape and any configuration, and in several ways.

Of

boards. By chopping off individual plates, you can make a flower pot of any size. This is a panel technology that allows you to get products in a basically rectangular shape:

• You make four shields and connect them into a single box that expands or contracts to the top.
• You can, of course, make a more complex design, but here you have to try.

Important! Most often, only the edging for the flowerpot is made of wood, and even an old, leaky bucket can fulfill its basis. Such a frame can be assembled very simply from dostochk, laid flat.

From the

beams You can assemble the flowers pot according to the principle of a log cabin:

1. Cut the bars of the desired size.
2. Make two cuts on each of them cuts for half the thickness of the bar.
3. Connect as a designer with each other, using nails and screws.

Important! Of course, the bars must first be well sanded and covered at least with stain.

From stump

Stump can become a container for flowers, it can be transformed into a beautiful pot. For work you will need a chisel and a drill.

Getting Started:

• To begin with, you need to drill holes on the stump surface, the closer they are to each other, the easier it will be to process the tree in the future.
• Using a chisel, gently remove the inner wood until the depth reaches the desired size.

Important! The dimensions of such a vase also depend on the dimensions of the stump itself, and, the shorter the stump, the thicker the walls.

• Inside it is best to insert a clay or plastic container of a suitable size.
• Now all that's left is to fall asleep and plant flowers.

From the cut down trees

Such a pot for flowers will look very original and beautiful. Planting flowers directly in the wood itself is not worth it, with frequent watering the tree can rot.

It's better to insert a pot or even a cut plastic bottle inside the carved wooden branch. The wood must be pre-treated with a special protective compound.

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Clay vases

Clay is a traditionally used natural material characterized by high ductility. From it you can make a product of any shape, size and texture.

Important! Such containers are best suited for growing flowers, the plants in such a pot will not rot roots.

But the main difficulty of making clay products with your own hands is a quality firing. For it you will need to purchase a large electric oven, which, in addition, you need also to connect. Therefore, it is much easier to use containers made from industrial clay. They do not differ in large dimensions, but for decorating the house or walls perfectly fit.

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Vases from metal

When choosing a metal as a material for making a flower flowerpot, you will have to tin or weld seams yourself, as the pot must be sealed.

Wishing, and most importantly - craftsmen to perform such work qualitatively, a little. In addition to the complexity in manufacturing, there is another disadvantage - rapid heating of the material in the sun. This accelerates the process of evaporation of water, and the flowers will have to be watered more often. It is undesirable to put metal products on the sunny parts of the garden, and if nobody lives permanently at the dacha, then there is a risk that the plants will die.

Important! If you still chose metal, then it is best to use ready-made tanks for the vase, for example, barrels, which can be cut to any size and zadkorirovat.

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Potstone from stones

This vase perfectly fits into any landscape in the country or garden area, it is not afraid of rain or snow and it has a natural beauty. There are two ways to make stone street vases for flowers with your own hands.

Stone plus mortar is produced

This is the simplest option, and if made from a simple stone that can be found anywhere, it is also the cheapest. However, if you want to get a really beautiful and original copy, then it's better to buy the material.

An excellent solution will be flat slabs of sandstone or slate. They can be cut into fragments of the right size and shape and join, using a frost-resistant tile adhesive.

Gabions

This, in fact, is a wire mesh made of metal mesh, filled with stone. Its advantage in the absence of cement, which with its grayness spoils the appearance of the product. True, on the other hand, the appearance of a metal wire mesh. But in general, gabions look good, the most important thing is to choose the right stone, and then the grid will go to the background.

Features of creating a decorative pot:

• Any rigid mesh with a rectangular cell, preferably stainless steel, is suitable.
• From it prepare the formwork - frame, which is then filled with stone.
• The greatest aesthetic effect can be achieved by laying stones on the principle of mosaic, creating a picture during the laying process.

Important! If you spill the space between the stones of fertile soil, then the flowers can also be grown on the stones themselves.

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Vases from plastic bottles

There are a lot of ways how to make a vase of plastic bottles, although, of course, this is an option for an amateur.

Option 1

The easiest way is to cut a two-liter bottle, and on the reverse side, make a hole for draining the water, tint with paints, decorate it to taste, for example, seashells or sea pebbles.

Everything's ready!

Option 2

If you need a large-sized specimen, then a twenty-liter bottle is suitable. To make the pot stable, it will have to be made stationary:

1. Baste a piece of reinforcement in the place where you plan to install the pot.
2. Cut the bottom of the bottle - this will be the bottom of the future vase.
3. In the bottom, drill a hole the size of the neck of the bottle.
4. Paint all surfaces with water-resistant paint.
5. When everything dries, you can collect the construction: on the armature we put the neck of the bottle, and the "skirt" from the bottom is planted on the neck.

Everything's ready! You can fall asleep and plant flowers.

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Tank from the

tire To decorate the infield area, even waste materials such as automobile tires will be used. These flowerpots for flowers with their own hands will emphasize the beauty of the plants planted in them. Make them easy, fast and practically free.

Important! It is necessary to choose a suitable material of suitable dimensions. Best fit winter tireless rubber, which is softer and thinner.

Let's start creating a decorative street pot:

1. First we make the tire markings. On the circle of the whole tire, the desired pattern is applied, along which the cutting will be performed. Inside is a metal cord, which will serve as a natural boundary, to which you need to make incisions.
2. When the drawing is done, you need to cut it. They can be produced by a well sharpened knife or electric jigsaw.
3. After the cuts are made, they must be turned inside out. The main thing is to turn out at least a third, then the work will go on easily.
4. Now we need to transform our pot: color it in the right color, add small decor elements. Cutted areas can be given different shapes, for example, oval or triangular.
5. Before filling the tank with earth and planting flowers, it is necessary to put agrotextile material on the bottom, which will ensure drainage of water and prevent the germination of weeds.

There are other ways to create street vases from tires. Various ideas you can learn on the Internet.

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Vases made of concrete

The only drawback is the large weight, but they are easy to make. A vase of concrete will last a long time and does not require any maintenance.

Make:

1. Take the capacity of the desired size and the other slightly smaller.
2. Treat the inside of the vegetable oil with the large side and the outside of the small container.
3. Take a plastic tube and make of it 4 identical lengths about 5 cm long. This will be our future drainage.
4. If you want to make a colored pot, you need to add a dye to the mixture. The solution is made as follows: on 2 parts of cement there are 3 parts of sand and water.
5. Fill a large container with a grout with a layer of about 2 cm. Insert the tubes for drainage and wait until the solution seizes.
6. Then into the large container we lower the small one, and fill the gap between the containers with the remaining solution.
7. After about 24 hours the cement slump will freeze. It is necessary to slowly and accurately get a small container, and the cement to sprinkle with water. In a large container it is necessary to withstand the next pot about a week before the complete hardening. At the same time, you need to wrap everything around the film and wet the solution regularly.
8. Then the pot must be carefully pulled out of a large container, and you can fill it with earth, plant flowers.

Important! You can treat the finished product with a metal brush to remove any irregularities and make the surface smoother.

The weight of a concrete product can be reduced if you make it without a bottom, just erect the walls, and that's it.

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Vases from old things

You can use any old things for creating street pots, for example, different jugs, old buckets, shoes and bottles of beer:

• Any old plate is suitable, you just need to hold it over the heating device and, when the material heats up, it can be given any shape. The main thing is to be careful not to get burned.
• Punched mugs, jugs, bowls are also excellent in this task. If you give vent to fantasy, you can come up with very original solutions, for example, a beautifully painted and decorated pot can be placed on a chair or a curb, which will serve as an excellent base for the flower garden.
• You can organize a flower bed using a table from an old sewing machine and a plywood box.

Important! As decorations, you can use broken glass, small pebbles, shells, nail polish. The most difficult thing is to select and arrange the decor elements correctly.

In this article, you have found many different in complexity of implementing ideas, how to make flowerpots for flowers with your own hands. Start experimenting with the simplest options, improving your skills and abilities. Then soon your summer residence will turn into a colorful and cozy island of rest.