Summer is the most favorite time for summer residents and gardeners, because in addition to the planting and harvesting season, you can show your imagination and decorate your own plot. What is used as a garden decoration? A variety of materials are suitable for this: plastic bottles, tires, old furniture, plywood, firewood and much more. Landscaping of the site will reflect the character and taste of the owner. Unleash your abilities and start making DIY garden crafts to decorate the garden. The photos from this article will help you visualize what handmade products from improvised materials look like.
Plastic bottles for garden decoration
Today, almost all drinks are produced in plastic containers, from water to milk and kefir. Most often, all bottles accumulate on the balcony or in the pantry, since it is not very convenient to throw them in the trash - the container takes up almost the entire bucket. Is it worth throwing them out at all or can they become good material to decorate your garden?
Any site should have a beautiful flower bed, but sometimes there are not enough building materials to fence it. Plastic bottles are ideal for decorating a flower garden in the country. To do this, you will have to decide on the place where the flowers will grow. After that, around it is necessary to dig a trench into which bottles will need to be inserted. Pick up a plastic container of the same size and fill it with sand to make solid and reliable supports. Then insert and bury the bottles upside down.
Flowerbed from plastic bottles
Flower from a bottle
To do this, you need to draw a blank, and then decorate and cut it. In order for the flower to look like a real one, the edges of the plastic are slightly melted over the flame of a candle.
Butterflies from plastic bottles
Many gardeners have already planted a palm tree from plastic bottles on their plot. It is very easy to make, as bottles are a versatile material and easy to work with. You will need to prepare brown and green bottles, as well as a frame for the palm tree so that it does not blow away.
bottle palm tree
Do you have an ugly facade of the house? Try decorating it with flowerpots. To do this, it is not necessary to buy expensive flower pots, just pick up a few plastic bottles, make cuts in them, fill them with earth with flowers and hang them on threads.
Craft Ideas for Garden Decoration
How to decorate a garden country cottage area? It all depends on your imagination and the available materials. Remember that flowers and ponds will attract the eye for a long time, and crafts from improvised materials will have to be updated periodically. Combine natural and artificial materials, then your site can rightfully be called unique.
Everyone in the concept of "beautiful ornamental garden" puts its own meaning. For some, these are even rows of trees and benches on the lawn. For others, the best design of an ornamental garden is in the complete absence of this very design, that is, the site should look as close as possible to the natural area without any decorations. So how do you make a decorative garden so that all members of your family feel comfortable in it? And how to choose an ornamental plant for the garden in order to get maximum beauty with a minimum of effort?
What are the options for decorative paths in the garden: photos, types, sizes
Decorative paths in the garden are of great importance. We walk on them (and on some we drive a car), we transport goods. And in terms of aesthetics, paths are often the most visible lines of a landscape.
If plantings in a natural-style garden have soft, vague outlines, then the paths give rigidity to the lines and set the framework.
That is why any options for paths in an ornamental garden are so important, and must be laid down at the planning stage, and then the plan should be strictly adhered to. Attempts to straighten and simplify something during implementation will result in visual disharmony, in which you will then live.
The size of the paths in the garden should be comfortable. In practice, this means that the main path should be of such a width that 2 people can easily pass on it (at least 1 meter), the secondary paths should be sufficient for the passage of one person (50 cm), the step paths should have a step diameter of at least 40 cm ( the length of the foot of an adult plus 5 cm on each side), the passages between the beds in the garden - so that you can pass and carry a wheelbarrow (50-60 cm).
These are the parameters on which savings are inappropriate: it will affect the usability and may damage the elements of the garden next to the path. Agree, it is better to take the crop out of the garden (and bring fertilizer, manure, etc.) on a wheelbarrow than to carry the heavy fruits of labor in your hands. And stepping on my mother's favorite flower just because it was close to part with someone on the path is completely insulting.
At a distance it is better not to save. But you can save on sales!
Here are the paths in the garden:
- from clinker bricks;
- from natural stone;
- concrete tiles;
- from crushed stone, gravel or screenings;
- wooden;
- herbal.
The choice and in addition to this main list is huge. And options are possible for any wallet. Perhaps you already have some of the materials (for example, I had an old log house that could be used for crafts). The rest is worth looking for in your area. Gravel, crushed stone and screenings are usually inexpensive.
The need to reduce the cost of these decorative elements for the garden and summer cottage often has a positive effect: the same materials are used in garden design. This is not a minus at all, but a plus, because uniformity is important not only in style, but also color scheme, invoices. If boulders are found in your area, limit yourself to them, do not buy and add flat limestone or sandstone. It may be "rich", but not at all harmonious.
Not very often used types of garden paths and passages can be left simply under turfing. The grass will hold if you walk on it several times a day and occasionally drive a wheelbarrow. It should be borne in mind that the turf is especially vulnerable when the soil is waterlogged (in the off-season and after heavy rains).
See how beautiful the decorative paths in the garden are in the photo below:
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Beautiful design of an ornamental garden: paving
Requires no further maintenance, gravel beds are difficult to protect from falling leaves, and grass paths will need to be mowed regularly.
When designing an ornamental garden with your own hands, do not forget that the main paths, the load on which will be strong and constant, of course, require a hard coating. Usually these are “paths” between buildings in the garden - a house, a bathhouse, a utility block, a garden, a toilet and, of course, an entrance to the site. To make an ornamental garden, determine for yourself where on the site you will most often spend time, where to walk and transport something heavy. Between these places and the house, there should be hard-surfaced paths. Do them first. Secondaries will suffer.
When arranging an ornamental garden, a hard coating is also required in the space near the porch, as well as near the gazebo or utility block, workshop. These are places of increased load on the soil, the earth on them will be strongly compacted, the grass will be trampled down.
No matter how much you want to make paving from stone or at least tiles, gravel and screening paths are much cheaper and easier to perform, and with some tricks they can also be made beautiful.
As you can see in the photo, steppes for decorative paths in the garden are easy to make yourself from cement, gravel, sand, metal residues and plastic bottles:
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You just need to dig holes, install a "formwork" from a tape cut from a bottle, and fill it with concrete.
Paving tiles can also be made by yourself from the same materials. For the manufacture of these decorative elements of the garden, you can use ready-made molds for casting.
Small architectural forms in an ornamental garden: beautiful structures
The long phrase “small architectural decorative forms of the garden” refers to a variety of small structures (arbors, pergolas, benches, bridges, etc.), as well as inanimate objects decorating the garden (sculptures, decorative carts, etc.). On the slang of gardeners for small architectural forms, it is customary to use the abbreviation MAF.
In principle, small architectural structures of the garden are something that you can do without in the garden if you wish. Sculptures and figurines serve as accents and can be replaced with flowers. Feeders and drinkers for birds are generally not required (birds have survived without us for millions of years), trellises and pergolas serve to delimit space and plant climbing plants. And if there is no desire to plant the latter, then you can visually protect something, for example, with a sheared hedge. And benches are needed rather in vast gardens, where there is such space that one should sit down to rest.
But what is there, completely without raisins, the garden is boring. Then let's come to a reasonable compromise: there will be small architectural forms in our garden, but only home-made ones. It is better to leave the money for something more substantial, and give all sorts of lovely little things at the mercy of the creativity of family members. If there is someone handy in it, there will be no problems.
To get started, choose from all the decorative forms for the garden one thing that you need the most. What is good about small architectural forms: they do not have to be done all at once, but you can add a little, as the need arises, the implementation of the project or the surging inspiration.
It can be made from the remains of lumber, old garden trees or fallen forest trees, the remains of wooden buildings, stone, if it is on the site. When building these beautiful structures in the garden, your imagination will help, as well as our principles - accuracy and durability.
Tapestry for climbing plants is also a simple design, not far from them in terms of performance. And the cost of materials and price finished product in the store differ by 3-4 times.
In addition, garden furniture and other small things can be made in winter, when there is almost no garden work.
Practice on the trellises, and there it’s not far! However, here it is worth remembering about moderation and making the next structure only if it is consistent with the plan and is generally necessary and appropriate. After all, even the most beautiful gazebo will be empty (which means spending on it will be in vain), if there is no one to gather in it, talk and drink tea.
Figures and sculptures in the garden are a separate article altogether. It's so easy to go overboard with them! And, honestly, what is sold in garden centers has nothing to do with beauty and art. But anything can become a sculpture and decoration of the garden! The best do-it-yourself garden decoration is an old trunk, a large stump or snag, a huge boulder. Natural "sculptures" are also good because they fit perfectly together. Stone and wood are perfect partners.
If you have the talent of a sculptor, then you can try yourself as a sculptor, especially if you start with simple materials, such as concrete or wood.
Stones in the garden: do-it-yourself site decoration (with photo)
From the most necessary and irreplaceable elements of the garden, we moved to the optional and now we got to the real pampering. The fashion for alpine slides broke out about fifteen years ago, but soon subsided. IN middle lane, where stone is rare and very local in nature, structures made of it look alien and funny. Let's admit it: on the endless plains, in the forest region, we have no traditions of working with stone. The taste for its use in the garden has not been formed. And alpine plants, due to the peculiarities of the climate, feel uncomfortable.
In addition, if its mandatory components have not yet been created in the garden, cleanliness and order have not been restored, there is no logic to build a rock garden. A knee-deep hill among the weeds against the backdrop of a rickety fence is ridiculous and absurd and has nothing to do with beauty and economy (our two main goals).
The same can be said about retaining walls. They, to be frank, have nothing to prop up. The plots, if they have a slope, are insignificant, there is no point in terracing the slopes. Imported limestone, suitable for retaining walls, is very expensive. And local multi-colored rounded boulders are not so aesthetic and problematic in masonry. Yes, and not free.
Other gave mountainous and rocky areas. There, the stones in the garden as a decoration of the site form the basis of the landscape and the subsoil, they look natural and organic. Moreover, usually the owners of gardens with an abundance of stone complain about the difficulties of gardening and dream of more standard conditions.
Decorating such a garden with stones with your own hands is not a whim, but simply a necessity. After all, its pieces are removed from the soil during its cultivation. In addition, on steep slopes, it becomes necessary to keep the soil from being washed away. For this purpose, retaining walls are constructed.
The creation of rock gardens and the cultivation of alpine plants in them is also common in countries where stone is commonplace, and people have been learning how to fold it for centuries.
Here you can see a photo of the design of a garden or a summer cottage with decorative stones:
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Thus, if your garden is on a plain, hills and mountains are not visible in the background, and the earth does not give you a single pebble, you can save a lot on stone. You just don't need it. There is no need to buy it and create artificial structures from it.
But if you have purchased a plot where the stone literally sticks out of the ground, you can again save money: extract it and use it in the design. This is again the principle of following nature.
The photo "Decorating the garden with stones with your own hands" shows what compositions on the site can be created from this natural material:
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Wood in the garden
And another source of excellent free material is any wood. If there are old buildings on the site that are to be demolished, or unwanted trees, they are not only potential firewood (although this is also a savings), but also decorative elements or future building material. Stumps and thick winding branches can become decorative elements. Boards - a new fence. And also a strong frame - a retaining wall, framing the beds or part of the paving. The tree darkened from time looks very natural. And chemistry will help to make it, despite its age, durable.
Antiseptics, wood impregnations extend the service life of wooden structures several times. Chromium-based antiseptics are especially effective. They also give the wood a pleasant natural greenish brown color. Especially carefully it is necessary to process the places where the tree comes into contact with the soil. For example, it is convenient to soak the ends of the boards by placing the ends in a bucket with an antiseptic for half an hour. Its ten-liter capacity is inexpensive, but it lasts for a long time. Therefore, small costs lead to savings in the future.
Reservoirs in the decorative garden and do-it-yourself photo of the design of the pond
Water in nature and in the garden is very attractive. Any water feature makes guests stop, admire; kids - to observe the living creatures that live in it. The reservoir is constantly changing, reflecting the sky, sometimes cloudy, sometimes blue, reflecting the garden changing from season to season, its owners. Water is never boring.
But a decorative reservoir for a garden is one of the most costly and time-consuming elements. There is no urgent need for it from an aesthetic point of view: it does not set the boundaries of space and volume (although it is an obstacle). Ponds, streams in the garden - pure pampering, whim, whim, charming and attractive, but generally useless.
Therefore, if you have a dry area with deep groundwater and permeable soil, then in order to save money, ponds and streams should be abandoned.
Another thing is when the water itself goes to our garden. After all, there are places where groundwater is close to the surface or the underlying clay does not allow surface water to quickly go deep into the soil. Under such conditions, a decorative pond in the garden becomes logical and even almost necessary. And let's remember our principle of non-resistance to nature. A wet area can be raised for a long time and painfully, literally digging money into the ground. And you can use what is given to you. And make a water garden.
See how beautiful the decorative ponds in the garden are in these photos:
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This principle is used by almost everyone in my village near Moscow. A gentle hollow lies across our gardens, and because of the underlying multi-meter clay, all melt and rain water ends up in this depression, even in summer it is humid there. And in every garden in this lowest place there is a pond. Actually, nothing else can be done there: it dries out too late for the garden, unbearably damp for fruit trees. And the ponds perform a double role, even a triple one. In the spring and during rains, they divert and accumulate water. In summer they provide water for irrigation. And they serve as a source of various pleasures: fishing, observation, planting aquatic plants.
Clay allows you to make a decorative pond in the garden with your own hands without waterproofing, it turns out saving on geotextiles, film or plastic form. Plants can be planted in such a natural reservoir: they will find food in the silt and will live independently for many years. All living creatures start up in it: from dragonflies and frogs to fish.
Reservoirs made on a tip from nature, of course, must also be designed in a natural style. Take a closer look at the shores of natural reservoirs in your area. Surely they are herbal, and only where the passage to the water is trampled, there is sand. A different design of the coast may turn out to be alien. The shape of the pond depends on the general concept of the garden: in a formal garden, the pond will be of a strict geometric shape, in a natural one - arbitrary, softly outlined.
The soil taken out during the construction of the reservoir can be put where it is really needed: raise the area near the planned house, pour it where there are irregularities, make the flower beds slightly raised. It just seems like there is a lot of soil. In fact, the volume of a pond with a depth of one and a half meters (this is the optimal depth) and dimensions of 4 by 4 meters is less than 24 cubic meters. Over a plot of 5 acres, this volume will be distributed with a layer of only 5 cm. No, no, it's a bad idea to fill the area with soil taken out when digging a pond: it is infertile. This is just an example of how volume is related to area.
When designing a pond, the planting of plants around the pond is, of course, severely limited by the abundance of water. But even in this case, there is a set of woody and perennials that will not only withstand these conditions, but will also happily settle in them. By the way, most of them are actively growing.
Of course, the water level of a natural reservoir "walks" depending on the weather. About once every ten years during dry years, your pond almost dried up. The view, of course, is not aesthetically pleasing. This is the case when nature has to help, if there is somewhere to pump water. True, artificial reservoirs require replenishment not much less often, because the water evaporates from them, and the exposed film is unsightly. In addition, many need to be drained for the winter.
How to choose beautiful ornamental plants for the garden (with photo)
Probably, it is on plants that you can almost not spend money at all. It is the plants that are the most massive garden filler, they are needed the most, and it is desirable to plant each variety or species in arrays. However, plants have one great property: they grow. They multiply and increase in size, produce seeds.
This means that all gardeners have surplus plants, and the seeds disappear altogether or create unwanted self-seeding.
And if you learn how to cut and graft, you can grow shrubs and trees from very small pieces! Having taken a couple of turf branches from friends, in 3-4 years you will be able to get an excellent backstage. And from one purchased thuja "Smaragd", immediately cut off, in 5-6 years a pretty hedge will grow.
When you need to quickly get many plants of the same species or variety at once, seeds help. They are available to almost everyone, you just need to learn the methods of sowing: at home for seedlings or on the street before winter.
Many beautiful ornamental garden plants are not very divisible, but actively reproduce by self-sowing. And if for perennials this is usually a minus, because. they simply become weeds, then for the bulbous ones it’s rather a plus. Plant 10 bulbs of Siberian Scylla per square meter, and in five to seven years this entire meter will be strewn with blue flowers!
In addition, you are surrounded by a limitless number of plants that can and should even be used in the garden. In every locality there are highly ornamental plants worthy of the most exquisite garden. Take at least trees: pine, spruce or oak have all the qualities - they are winter-hardy, unpretentious, have beautiful crown graphics, and are plastic in terms of shaping.
Look at the photo - such ornamental plants for the garden as liverworts and anemones, gentian and hazel grouse, chamomile and bluebells, and much more are asking for the site:
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And this is in the middle lane depleted of glaciation! What to say about the Caucasus, Altai or Far East with their richest flora! From woody, bulbous and perennials of these regions, you can easily make a magnificent garden!
If you got the desired plant, but the place for it is not ready or you need to grow more planting material, it is convenient to have the so-called shkolka: a special bed for the temporary maintenance of plants. It is also convenient to grow seedlings of perennial plants from seeds. This bed, like, say, a garden, should be located in a secluded corner and be hidden from the general view, because. is purely technical in nature, the plants are planted randomly and there is no composition.
Using all these options, you will fill the garden with plants for almost a penny in a couple of years. The rest will be done by your care and time.
The device of a decorative lawn in the garden (with photo)
It is difficult to do without a lawn in an ornamental garden. After all, in fact, the grass cover in it occupies the entire area remaining after the construction of the house and auxiliary structures, paving, dumping and paths. There is no empty land in nature.
Any patch that is not occupied by cultivated plants will be occupied by what is commonly called, namely, the natives of this area. You can, of course, leave it like that. But, firstly, a garden is not created for the same reason, in order to admire the same thing that is already growing outside of it. Secondly, weeds (although some of them are even quite attractive during flowering) are not very decorative. And thirdly, weeds are aggressive, grow like an avalanche or oversow, constantly striving to displace cultivated plants. It is better that their access to the garden be stopped.
Take a closer look at the forest or meadow vegetation: it is always based on cereals. We notice more bluebells, chamomile or tansy, but all this is mixed in nature with a variety of herbs. And the lawn is made up of them.
Of course, as you can see in the photo, special mixtures are ideally used for the lawn in the garden:
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In these mixtures, at different stages of creating a lawn, grasses complement or even replace each other. Modern varieties lawn grasses specially selected to be as low as possible or more resistant to a variety of conditions (trampling, drought or waterlogging, shade, etc.). But a real lawn is a very expensive thing. Not every soil suits him, in winter he can support him under snow, and in summer he must be watered, otherwise elite cereals may die. Soil preparation for a lawn involves both a sand cushion and a loose mixture. And of course it all makes sense. As a result, an ideal smooth emerald low grass rug is created - a place of rest, morning sports exercises, children's games, as well as a background, a frame for planting.
But have lawns always been like this? After all, varieties of herbs did not appear on their own. They have been brought out in recent decades. And before that, the famous English lawns were sheared by sheep, simply by eating the grass that always grew on pastures.
Instead of sheep, of course, it is easier for us to start a trimmer or lawn mower. But the idea of cutting what is already growing on the site is not so bad. Many have already tried it in practice. Where the nettles were earing, silky grass turned out, the number of dandelions decreased by an order of magnitude, and there is nothing to say about annual weeds. Even the gout, the most unkillable weed, pressed its head to the ground and began to get lost among the grasses.
Pay attention to the photo - when creating an ornamental lawn in four years, you can get decent lawns:
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Gradually pour soil into the holes, and they become smaller. The grass can withstand a bedding of about 3-5 cm at a time. You can add more after a while. Actually, the lawns looked quite good already in the first year of mowing, just every year their quality improves.
Actually, the arrangement of native ornamental lawns is a continuation of the principle of harmony with nature. Rather than fight it, arranging ideal conditions for foreign varieties, you can surrender to its mercy and have a lawn laid in this place by nature.
Loams are the best and most common soil near Moscow. On other types of soils, nuances are possible. For example, sandy may be too poor and dry to organize natural lawns. But who is stopping you from experimenting and trying? Perhaps you invent your own methods of working in such a specific garden, or you grow grasses adapted to the sand.
And now watch the video "Ornamental Garden", which shows how you can arrange your site:
Many people ask themselves: how can you diversify your summer cottage? Decorate it? For this purpose, do-it-yourself crafts for a summer residence or a garden are ideal, which, today, are considered a very popular and original decoration of a suburban or summer cottage.
By the way, for people who love their summer cottage, such crafts will not be superfluous. After all, they can significantly embellish the plot. Yes, and materials for crafts in the country and in the garden will not be very difficult to find. For example, you can use what you can find in your attic.
wood crafts
At a minimum, you can try to make a hanger with your own hands from wood, which is considered one of the mandatory attributes of a summer cottage. To do this, you need to attach hooks to the prepared wooden knot. The resulting design can be fixed on a tree and varnished. It will turn out quite original and practical decoration.
No less original and beautiful, it turns out crafts for a garden or a summer house made from snags with your own hands. It is only necessary to dream up a little and a simple snag will turn into a beautiful decoration. From larger wooden elements, you can make a flower stand.
stone crafts
For this type of do-it-yourself crafts, it is best to choose a river stone. It even looks very good in suburban areas. For example, from a river stone, you can make the edges of the path, or, overlay a flower bed. The created effect can be enhanced even more by using stones of different sizes. And if you use paints, then beautiful little animals or giant berries can turn out of them. Most original crafts from stone, birds (especially exotic ones) are considered. But to carry out such work, you will also need rods, preferably metal (required for the neck, legs and plumage). The beak can be easily cut out of some soft metal. And as the eyes, you can use black pebbles.
Crafts from unnecessary and old things
If you have unnecessary sleds lying around in your summer cottage, in the garden or at home, then you can turn them into an unusual flower bed. On the sled, you can put a box of earth and decorate the resulting structure as your heart desires.
Just paint the barrels or the fence on the countryside paints, you can apply stencil drawings, it will really enliven appearance your site.
And from old empty plastic bottles, you can very easily and simply make a great cover for a garden path with your own hands. To do this, simply cut off the bottom of the bottle, about 3-5 cm, and stick the paths into the ground to the base. If there are bottles different colors then you can lay out a funny pattern. If you are diligent, then such a path can be made from the caps of these bottles, so the path will look more beautiful and aesthetically pleasing, and they have much more color options.
And if you make country crafts from old tires, you can get quite original birds or animals. It is better to use tires from passenger vehicles and preferably a winter tire without studs, they are softer. Tires can also be used to make swings, benches or flower beds, but this is more commonplace. For example, old plumbing is perfect for an unusual flower bed: a toilet or a sink, or maybe even a bath if space allows. 
Even worn-out shoes can be used as a flower bed, just plant some flower in it, give it an unusual look and place a few pieces in the center of the flower bed. Use whatever comes to mind: old pots, plates, basins, plastic tour and other items you don’t need, you can make a scarecrow out of them or decorate a flower garden, collect a variety of figurines and compositions. Show your imagination and use the brightest colors and your cottage, garden or suburban area will be unique.
In groups of gardeners and flower lovers of various social networks, you can see photos of ideas for giving, embodied with your own hands, from improvised means - ceramic dishes, cart wheels, old furniture and kitchen utensils are used. Baskets-beds are woven from willow twigs, and funny garden figurines met at a decorative well and are having their unhurried conversation:
Perhaps some of the proposed ideas will appeal to readers and will be used in the design of their own site.
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Many summer residents prefer to make garden furniture with their own hands. As a rule, these are wooden benches, tables and chairs.
The most diverse plastic furniture is now on sale, which also has a lot of advantages, but it is wooden home-made products that harmoniously fit into the design of Russian gardens.
In the design of the benches (both with and without backs), details from rounded logs that replace the legs look organically. These logs are fastened with 200 mm nails, the bench is stable, and at the same time it can be easily moved to another place in the garden. 
Garden furniture made of deliberately roughly knocked together wood, such benches bring a rustic flavor to the garden. 
And you can even use logs as a table and stools: 
If you have children, build a horse bench for them, and if you want to get a health effect from country furniture, put together an aspen chair. As you know, aspen suppresses bad energy. 
With some ingenuity and skill, it is quite possible, as you can see, to make your own garden furniture.
To create unique and attractive corners in your garden, it is not necessary to spend big money. There are many simple, cost-effective ways.
To create garden decorations with your own hands, you can successfully use willow branches - it is easy to build a wattle fence, a flower bed or a support for climbing plants from them.
Tyn - wicker fence
Willow wattle can divide your site into zones: a playground, a garden, a recreation area. With it, you can unobtrusively fence yourself off from neighbors in the country. Such a fence looks quite colorful, but you need to take into account the style of buildings on your site and the general style of the garden. If your garden is decorated in a rustic style, wattle will come in handy.
Willow vines are harvested in the spring, it is advisable to choose annual rods that will need to be soaked before weaving. The more bends in the process of work, the thinner the rods should be.
Along the perimeter of the future masterpiece, even pegs with sharpened ends are driven in at the same distance. Then wicker rods are threaded from different sides of the stakes - this is how it turns out horizontal fence. You can also create a vertical wattle fence, which can turn into a hedge, since willow branches, with constant moisture, have a greater ability to root. 
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The low wattle fence looks pretty flowerbed framing: it can be of any shape, or it can even be a basket-flower bed.
The potential of willow twigs is not exhausted by this: any wicker structures, benches, chairs, funny figures can be created from the vine.
Unfortunately, wicker twig garden accessories are not durable. But do-it-yourself decorations make the summer cottage special and original, as in these photographs of a wicker fence: 
A garden is not only fragrant flowers, a neatly cut lawn, a relaxation area with a gazebo and a barbecue area.
Trying to make the look of the garden unique, designers come up with new ideas that become not only the pride of the owner of the site, but also a local landmark.
One of these original things for giving can be boats - both old and made specifically for decorating the garden. Lightweight models of boats are good because they can be easily moved to any corner of the garden.
The boat, a symbol of travel, will bring the spirit of romance and adventure into the garden. Floating along the green sea of the lawn and carrying a variety of annuals, the boat will help you create your own, author's garden. 
Based on materials from several sources
Before you decorate your garden, consider whether these decorations will be "temporary" or if they will remain on the site for several seasons. It depends on how you can decorate your garden - with products made from short-lived materials or solid structures.
Photos of how to decorate a garden plot, and interesting ideas for decorating a garden are offered on this page. You will also receive tips on where to place garden decorations and how to choose the right garden figurines.
We decorate the garden with our own hands: garden design ideas
The number of garden decorations in the garden is generally not limited by the rules. There are only tips. It is not at all necessary that a lot of jewelry, figurines is bad. Sometimes it's beautiful. It all depends on the situation and your taste. If you are unsure about a particular garden ornament, it is best not to purchase it.
Decorations for the garden, the photos of which you see below, create comfort on the site, even if they are very small! First of all, these include garden figurines and sculpture. They produce a strong "local" effect, enlivening this or that corner of the garden, making it cozy and stylish.
The size does not matter for the effect produced, it is important what kind of figure it is and how correctly, “to the place”, it is placed.
So, it's decided - we decorate the garden with our own hands and the photos presented on this page will help you navigate the variety of options offered.
Ideas for decorating the garden with sculptures
The basic principle of the idea for decorating a garden with sculptural figures is this: they must be good quality, neatly made.
The best option is ceramics or a special polymer resin.
A special chic is hand-painted figurines. Avoid cheap plastic stamping and overly repetitive patterns, and remember that garden decorations should match the style of the garden. However, not everything is clear with stamping: a lot depends on the manufacturer. Sometimes there is literally nothing to take in stores, and in the markets you can buy beautiful plastic figures, but skillfully painted, in which the material is completely unobtrusive. The advantage of garden figurines is that they are mostly small items, they are easy to rearrange, combine, store in winter. And also - it is quite possible to make them yourself. This is a chance to get unique items that you will not find in any other garden.
The figurines have two uses. Firstly, they are used on their own, and secondly, as components of various thematic corners, landscape miniatures. Either way, figurines and sculpture are creative elements in your yard.
In addition to figurines and sculptures, there are some other items that can also be attributed to garden decorations.
These are containers for plants, but only original, beautiful, artistic supports for plants, plug decorations, bird feeders and garden hanging modules, decorative balls for flower beds and decorative bridges.
How beautiful to decorate the garden and where to place the figurines
If you still don’t know how to beautifully decorate the garden and where to place the figures, remember the basic rule: garden decorations are things “for the soul”, mood, so arrange them the way your heart tells you.
But remember that it is better to use garden decorations where you will often see them and can admire them.
Ideas for decorating the garden: combining functions
Most figurines and sculptures are separate "works" made of weatherproof materials, just decorations. But one of the ideas for decorating a garden is to combine functions.
So, for example, a garden figurine can be a container, a fountain, a holder for bushes at the same time, a garden thermometer or a lamp can be built into it.
Interesting ideas for the garden: choice by meaning
The choice of garden figurines is great, and everyone can choose according to their taste!
One of the interesting ideas for a garden is choosing by meaning. Firstly, each thematic corner has its own figure.
So, naturally, you can buy a frog, a turtle, a fish, a heron to the pond, put a fisherman gnome on the bridge, put decorative mushrooms in the “forest” corner, put a mole figure with a shovel at the entrance to the garden, put a decorative wheelbarrow with flowers or a mill etc.
How to decorate a garden plot with a collection of figurines
One of the ideas on how to decorate a garden plot is to collect a collection of figurines. For example, many gnomes can “settle” in the garden, and all with different “tools” of labor, depending on the corner where they stand.
In addition, you can also come up with a “scenario” for which you will purchase or make figurines.
For example, if your theme is "fairy tale", then you need to collect fairy tale characters.
Garden decor ideas from various materials
Much can be done on your own. Bring your design ideas to life! Moreover, you can easily find everything you need in your country house.
Garden decor ideas from various materials are embodied from different materials: cement, large and small stones, metals.
Garden design ideas can be made from old pots, string, old tires, and even polyurethane foam.
In the photo, how to decorate a garden, you can see that almost everything is made from unnecessary remnants of various materials.
Interesting garden design ideas
Main - interesting idea for garden decoration: for example, from an ordinary children's ball you can make a garden figurine in the form of a berry.
Garden mushrooms can be made like this: legs are made from pipe sections, and hats are cast from cement in an old small bowl. Decorate ready-made mushrooms with a mosaic, paint.
Another design idea for the garden: after some practice, you can sculpt animal figurines from polyurethane foam. But first you need to make a simple frame from reinforcement or, for small figures, a frame from plastic bottles and wire.
Various handmade decorations are able to emphasize the natural beauty of a suburban area and bring hidden design talents to reality (and almost all of us have such talents). But before you start directly to work, first examine your stocks. And do not forget about one sacred rule of all summer residents: do not throw anything away.
To create original garden decorations, you will need absolutely unnecessary, it would seem, things: old dishes and furniture, holey shoes, car tires, barrels, plastic bottles, scraps of building materials, firewood, etc. The most effective ways are the use of plastic, stones and wood. For example, from old tin cans you can make such a cute Tin Woodman, who, as you can see, still managed to find his heart.
And cans of beer and other carbonated drinks come in handy for creating cute balloon lanterns that can be hung next to the window.
The main thing in the manufacture of various decorative elements is a sense of style. Therefore, first decide on a style orientation, taking into account the area of \u200b\u200bthe territory, the existing design style, as well as your capabilities and wishes.
All ideas for decorating a garden can be divided into two large groups:
- non-functional;
- functional.
Let's get acquainted with the features of each of them.
Non-functional jewelry
This includes those decorations that perform an exclusively decorative function, that is, there is no practical use for them. These are various figurines, souvenirs and crafts. However, many of these ornaments could very well be the highlight of any garden. Here, for example, are crafts made from smooth stones painted with acrylic paint (although you can take any other). Moreover, for greater effect, you can use fluorescent paint.
Great crafts can be made from old boards and stones. Additionally, you can use beads, multi-colored glass and all the same acrylic paint. From all this you can make funny figures of men, animals, gnomes or insects. At night, such sculptures will look like magic lanterns if the stones are painted with fluorescent paint. And from ordinary steel wire and golf balls you can make such cute ants.
Note! You can involve your children in working with applications and paints. Believe me, you will have a great time this way.
Even old cutlery can come in handy. Of these, you can make, for example, such a dragonfly.
But the most economical of materials is plastic, more precisely, old plastic bottles of various sizes. You can literally make anything out of them - piglets (more on this later), elephants, proud swans or cute sparrows that can be seated along the fences. And if you take another nail polish, you can decorate the garden with such multi-colored butterflies carved from plastic bottles.
Recently, it has been very fashionable to decorate the site with all sorts of colorful characters made by oneself. From old spoons, you can make such a hanging decoration in the form of a fisherman and small fish.
But back to plastic. It can be used to create not only animals, but also various plants (palm trees, cacti, roses, daisies, etc.). It may even be a fabulous flower that will delight the eyes of science fiction fans.
Note! Decorative elements from plastic bottles are recommended to be placed as far as possible in the depths of the garden, especially if there are small children in the family. The fact is that you can accidentally cut yourself on the cut edges of the bottles.
A lot of decorative elements can be made from rusty metal sheets, pipes, and old tools. For example, here is such a woodpecker, for the manufacture of which corrugated board and a circular saw were used.
Metal decor in the form of a bird
To create colorful mushrooms in the garden, you can use dishes (including disposable ones), unnecessary children's toys.
Video - DIY original ideas for a garden
Functional Jewelry
These are elements that successfully combine decorativeness and functionality, i.e. they are not only beautiful, but also bring certain benefits. If you have old plastic / iron tubs or other containers, you can use them to create garden ponds. You can plant aquatic plants or fish in the ponds. Additionally, you can use tiles, pebbles or boulders, as well as decorate the shore of reservoirs with other elements - for example, such lighthouses made of painted plant pots.
You can enclose the borders of the pond with concrete blocks or granite, as shown in the image below.
Do not forget about plants - you can use car tires, buckets or plastic bottles to create extraordinary flower beds. Moreover, many make flower beds out of chairs, beds and chests of drawers. It is also better not to get rid of old stumps, because you can make excellent flowerpots from them by planting flowering plants. Why, even a work boot can be painted, placed on a mosaic ball and something can be grown there.
Perfect for the role of a pot stand and an old bicycle that can be completely painted if desired.
Note! If you use stumps as flowerpots, then plant flowers in clay pots, since planting them directly in wood is not worth it - it will rot from moisture.
A very simple, but at the same time beautiful element can be made using paint cans (preferably with streaks) as flowerpots.
Do not rush to throw away old wooden chairs - you can make beautiful swings out of them and paint them with bright paint.
And here is another original option - the use of an old hanging birdcage for planting succulent plants.
Rare gardens do without the sonorous bird song. And to make the birds feel comfortable, you can make beautiful birdhouses for them, decorated with decoupage and other decorative elements. Birdhouses themselves can be made from old furniture or remnants of boards.
A bright birdhouse can be made from the old Lego constructor which children no longer play with.
And if you live near a park, you can make a squirrel feeder. To make it, you will need a toy chair, which should be attached to the tree with two self-tapping screws. On a long self-tapping screw attached to the chair, wind a head of corn, which you will periodically change later.
Making your own garden decorations
We offer you several step by step instructions for the production of original decorative elements.
Piglet from plastic bottles
To make such an ornament you will need:
- plastic bottle for 5 l or 6 l;
- 2 liter plastic bottle (you will make ears out of it);
- four cups (you can replace with cut bottlenecks) for the legs;
- scissors;
- a pair of large buttons (these will be used for the eyes);
- moisture-repellent pink paint;
- Super glue;
- wire;
- marker;
- tassel.
After everything is ready, proceed directly to work.
Step 1. First, clean the large bottle of stickers.
Step 2 Cut out ears from a two-liter bottle. At the base of each ear, leave approximately 5 cm for the attachment.
Step 3. Make slits on the head for the ears. Insert the ears there, fix in the desired position and glue with superglue.
Step 4 Glue the legs with the same glue, then attach the wire twisted into a spiral - it will serve as a tail.
Step 5. Paint the resulting design with pink paint, trying to distribute the latter as evenly as possible.
Step 6. When the figurine dries, glue the buttons, finish the patch and the contours of the ears.
What to do if there is no place for a flower bed
Bat
An original decoration of the garden can be a bat hanging on a tree, a fence, or even next to the front door.
To make such a mouse you will need:
- wire;
- rubber chamber or large tire;
- nylon threads;
- foam sponge;
- double sided tape;
- feathers or pieces of fur;
- black fabric (necessarily elastic);
- acrylic paints in matching colors.
Step 1. In accordance with the planned dimensions, cut out a piece of the required size from the rubber. To do this, draw the outline of the animal. To add volume to the ears and paws, you can cut them separately.
Step 2. Cut out the torso and muzzle from the washcloth, cover them with elastic fabric. Sew the resulting elements with a blank of rubber using nylon thread. If desired, you can additionally secure the elements with wire.
Step 3. Glue the legs to the body, passing through the wire. Cut out narrow strips of rubber that will give volume to the wings. Glue the strips with double-sided tape, grabbing with threads for greater security.
Step 4. Start painting. Color the ears, draw the nose and mouth. Make the chest a little lighter by putting a few black strokes in order to imitate fur. Glue the fur on the neck, ears and paws with adhesive tape.
plastic swan lantern
From a plastic film, you can make a beautiful and unusual swan. And if you additionally equip the bird with lighting, the garden will look even more sophisticated and charming.
Prepare for work:
- scotch;
- 6-7 m of polyethylene (preferably 150 microns - this film is used in greenhouses);
- aluminum wire;
- 5 l bottle;
- isolon.
After that, proceed to the main manufacturing stage.
Step 1. Having thought over the dimensions of the figurine, make a frame out of wire and a bottle as shown in the image below.
Step 2. Cut the isolon into thin strips, wrap the frame around them. For greater reliability, fasten the strips with tape.
Step 3 Cut the plastic wrap into strips. Give them a fringe by making small cuts on one side.
Step 4 Wrap the film strips (fringe on the outside) around the frame, starting from the tail. Burn the film periodically (use a heated screwdriver) to attach it to the main element.
Step 5 Similarly, separately make the wings, attach them to the body.
Step 6 There are a few options of how to make the backlight in this case. You can, for example, take an ordinary round lantern and insert it into a bottle, after making a hole. You can also decorate the outside of the bird with flexible LED tubes.
Note! It is advisable to place the swan near the reservoir.
And in conclusion - a few more interesting options for garden decorations.
Decorative elements look good in the garden
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