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April 20, 2022

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Hello, DIYers!

Many times, we find junk laying around the house or in the garage and simply decide to pitch it. Today, however, we are going to challenge you to try and find a way to upcycle your items into something beautiful for your garden! These can sometimes be some of the most creative and charming items that help to decorate your garden, all while helping the environment. We’ve included some awesome garden upcycle ideas to help you get started!

Hanging Basket from Old Lampshade 

What to do with a ripped or broken lampshade? Well, you can turn it into a unique hanging planter!

Found Salvaged Living 

Hanging Plant Chandelier

This is a gorgeous overhead feature for an outdoor table! Painting the wheel with a bright color adds a wonderful touch to this project!

Found Ideal Home 

Landscaping with Glass Bottles 

You can use glass bottles in the garden a ton of ways! One of which is landscaping!

Found Dishfunctional Designs 

Tin Can Wind Chime 

Decoupage yourself a beautiful wind chime for your garden using tin cans!

Found Pillar Box Blue 

Toad Stools from Old Tires 

These are so adorable! If you have tires lying around, why not give this a try?!

Found Grillo Designs 

Repurposed Cabinet Potting Bench 

An old cabinet doesn’t have to go to the dump! You can spruce it up and turn it into a lovely potting station outside!

Found Lost and Found Decor 

Old Tire Into A Gorgeous Planter

Old tires can be great to use in landscaping and gardening!

Found Addicted 2 DIY 

Upcycled Lantern Stand With Patina

Once upon a time it was a lamp stand… now it’s a beautiful garden planter and light!

Found Salvage Sister and Mister 

Bicycle Wire Art 

An old bicycle wheel is great for turning into wire art, such as this tree of life! You can even add colorful beads to light it up in the sunshine!

Found A Crafty Life 

Decorative Tin Can Planters

Tin cans can be painted and decorated into something lovely for your garden! Plus it is easy to punch drainage holes at the bottom of them!

Found Pillar Box Blue 

Bottle Cap Flowers 

Have a bunch of bottle caps? Instead of pitching them, why not make some fun garden decor?

Found Crafts By Amanda 

Upcycled Bicycle Wheel Garden Art 

Hang bicycle wheels as a feature in vertical planters! It makes for beautiful garden art along your fence or shed!

Found Ideal Home 

Ladder Plant Stand 

A broken ladder isn’t safe to stand on, that’s for sure! But you can turn it into a safe space for outdoor (or even indoor) plants!

Found Love and Renovations 

Large Bundt Planter 

This colorful planter was made with a large bundt pan on top of a lamp base!

Found Pinterest 

Stained Glass Garden Spinner 

This colorful, spinning wheel is made out of an old bicycle wheel!

Found Flea Market Gardening 

Moroccan Style Painted Wood Pallet Planter

We already know that wooden pallets can be used for pretty much anything in the DIY world. You can add a pop of color by making this for your garden!

Found Pillar Box Blue 

Garden Lamp Totem 

Colorful, vintage lamps can make a beautiful garden totem!

Found Little Vintage Cottage 

Coconut Shell Mushrooms

Fairy toad stools are easy to make with coconut shells!

Found Craft Invaders 

Spoon Garden Markers 

Getting rid of a mismatched set of silverware? If you have no one to give your old set to, why not try this?!

Found Life is a Party 

Hubcap Garden Flowers 

Hubcaps are great for painting and using as art in the graden!

Found Curbside Classic 

Flower Bed from Metal Frame 

Your metal bed frame doesn’t need to go in the trash! You can me this beautiful “flower bed” literally!

Found Pinterest 

Birdbath from a Vintage Lamp

This old floor lamp has been spruced up! The iridescent shell dish topper makes for the perfect finish!

Found Sadie Seasongoods 

Planter Tire Swing 

If you don’t have any little ones to play on a tire swing, you might consider making a tire swing planter instead!

Found Creative Green Living 

DIY Watering Can 

If you don’t have a hose, this tip can be a lifesaver! Just make sure to clean out the laundry detergent bottle well before using it to water plants!

Found Living a Frugal Life 

Vintage Tricycle Planter 

How beautiful is this?! You can paint the tricycle for a pop of color or leave it looking vintage!

Found Judy Sterman

Solar Light Chandelier 

I see a lot of chandelier’s out for trash or for free, especially when people are remodeling! Scoop one up and make this fabulous solar light!

Found Pinterest

Umbrella Planter 

Secure an umbrella into a dreamy plot of earth to create the perfect mini-garden!

Found Goods Home Design 

Paint Stick Garden Markers 

Suddenly unsure of where all of these paint sticks came from? Upcycle them in an herb garden!

Found Happy Hooligans 

Hanging Bird Bath 

Have a lid where the dish has gone mysteriously missing or broken? Don’t throw it out! You can use it to hang a bird bath!

Found Sadie Seasongoods 

Trampoline Archway 

Lovely!

Found Get Trampoline 

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