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5 Ways To Upcycle In The Garden

From planters, seating and lighting, I’ve found some ingenious ways to upcycle things in the garden. They can save you money and also help to reduce the stuff we throw away and re-use them instead. Here’s my round up of some simple ideas to get you started.

1. Planters

No plant pots? No problem. You can really get creative with ways to re-use household items as planters. Just make sure you have drainage holes in the bottom, otherwise you could rot the roots of your plants.

Bread bin planter
My old bread bin had seen better days. But it makes an excellent planter for my herbs.

For other ideas on ways to re-use things as planters, check out my Pinterest board for inspiration: ‘Upcycled Planters’

Re-use household items as planters

2. Plant labels

For seedlings and your prize shrubs, you may want to label them. Here’s some ways to re-use items to label your plants.

Creative ways to make plant markers

3. Seating

A couple of years ago, we made some outdoor seating using pallets – you can find the step by step guide on how we did it here. The seats are still going strong now and we’ve saved ourselves a fortune on outdoor furniture.

An outdoor sofa made from pallets

Here’s some more inspiration for homemade outdoor seating.

Turn tires into ottomans, a bedstead into a sofa or an old trampoline into a teepee

4. Bird feeders

During lockdown, I posted a link on how to make a bird feeder from a toilet roll! (see post about ‘things to make with toilet rolls’ For something a bit more longer lasting, here’s a couple of ideas.

5. Lighting

Fairy lights around the garden are so pretty and can really help set a cosy tone for your garden. I love this idea of wrapping them around a couple of old hanging baskets – hang them from a tree, fence or wall and they’d make a nice feature.

This other idea of taking a solar light and putting it with an actual lampshade is brilliant. I love this whole way of making your outside space feel like another room.

More ideas…

For over 100 more ideas on upcycling in your garden, check out my Pinterest Board – ‘Upcycling Outside’

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