Tire beds

In the spring, many gardeners, amateurs and professionals, try to decorate their site with flower beds. This gives the garden originality and originality. Buying factory flowerpots can cost a pretty penny, but this is not a reason to refuse to decorate your site. Exclusive flower beds can also be made independently using inexpensive improvised material, for example, you can create an original flower bed from tires.

First of all, you need to decide on a place for a flower bed. It should be well lit throughout the day, not blown by the wind and have a relatively flat surface. Next, you should create a container - the basis of the flower bed. This can be done from boards or other strong material.

It is necessary to prepare the soil mixture. The soil should not be very oily and heavy. Moisture should pass well to the roots of plants.

Then the plants should be prepared. In order to save water, some moisture-loving plants can be dug into the ground in containers with drainage, the rest can be planted simply in the ground. Do not forget about the tiered arrangement - the whole plant should be clearly visible.

The area around the flower bed or several such flower beds can be covered with gravel, turf or sand. This will facilitate care, retain moisture and will not give free rein to weeds.

DIY flowerbeds from tires

This is the best way to decorate the site inexpensively and beautifully - to make flower beds from old tires. You need to find tires of any size and different shapes of treads.

It is necessary to choose a flat place for the future flower bed and prepare the soil mixture. Tires should be pre-painted and allowed to dry.

When painting, you can use several colors.

You should not put tires on top of each other, as water and soil will flow between the cracks and mud smudges will form.

When forming a flower bed, you can use several tires, or you can plant the composition in one of them.


Tire hedgehog for garden decoration

For planting, it is better to choose perennial plants that will please more than one year. Do not forget about the colors of plants - they must be combined with each other. It will be interesting to look if the flowers overlap in color with the flower bed.

In order for the flower bed to turn out to be original and pleasing to the eye, you should give free rein to your imagination and surrender to the creative process. It is good to involve children in this activity - interesting proposals often come from them.

Flowerbeds of tires and tires in the form of tea cups. Let's have a flower tea party in the garden