Flower containers can be portable or stationary - especially if they are large. Then they can be called both containers and mini-flower beds at the same time. They are good because they allow you to create a wide variety of compositions. And also, unlike the classic flower pots, stationary containers can be decorated in any way you like. For example, in the form of a large basket!
Such a garden composition in the form of a basket is beautiful, catchy, and at the same time harmonious, since the very idea of a basket can be combined with any plants and any garden design option. Many gardeners plant flowers in old baskets. But to get a truly stylish garden accessory, you should still use just an old, even very large basket - it will be too small for a real flower bed, and will look too trivial. It’s better to “weave” a stylized basket yourself! Moreover, it is not at all difficult. What about the costs? Virtually none, since everything needed to make a flower bed-basket will probably be found at your dacha.
To work you will need:
- Several wooden slats 3 cm wide.
- Old checkered oilcloth
- Antiseptic for wood
- A piece of plastic box for electrical wiring 2 m long.
- Clothesline
- Scissors
- Hacksaw
- Cover from garden barrel
- A little sand
- Trowel
Manufacturing procedure:
1. Saw wooden slats into 45 cm long pieces. In total you should have about 40 pieces. Coat all parts with wood preservative.
2. Cut the old oilcloth into strips 4–5 cm wide. The length of the strips is as long as the oilcloth allows.
3. Place the lid of a garden barrel on the ground in the selected location. Outline it with sand or string, then remove.
Place the bottom of the future basket in the place where your flower garden will look impressive
4. Using a garden trowel, install wooden slats along this circular “path”, with small gaps between them. Just cut the soil with a shovel and insert each slate deeply into it.
Strengthen the slats to the diameter of the future basket
5. Weave the exposed slats with oilcloth ribbons, like a basket. If the length of the tapes is not enough, connect them together with an ordinary stationery stapler.
6. Wrap plastic box clothesline.
Choose a durable clothesline
7. Bend and insert the box into the resulting basket as a handle.
The cart is ready! Now you can pour soil into it and plant flowers, put containers with flowers, and place a mini-garden for herbs on the table.
Flower bed-basket for garden compositions
IN modern world there is a huge amount innovative materials, which are used to decorate flower beds. Very beautiful and original version is a flowerbed in the form of a wicker basket.
This composition does not require the use expensive materials. Thanks to the simplicity of the design, you can build a flowerbed with your own hands.
Photo example:
Wicker flower beds are characterized by the presence of several varieties. They can be ground-based and mobile, making them easy to carry. There are also hanging flower beds and baskets. With their help, the garden is revitalized, as well as summer cottages. IN in this case It is necessary to ensure that the flower bed is fixed at a certain height.
In the second case, the creation of a flower bed should be carried out taking into account certain subtleties:
If the gardener strictly adheres to all the above rules, this will allow him to create a very beautiful flower bed.
How to weave a large flower bed: step-by-step master class
There are several ways to weave flower beds. They can have horizontal or vertical rods. Let's consider the process of constructing a stationary flower bed:
Creating such a flower bed is a very simple and low-cost procedure that any summer resident can do with his own hands.
In search of something incredible for their plot, many people create more than one basket of stones for the garden with their own hands. Such products become the highlight of any territory. The size of the basket is as varied as its shapes and sizes. The most common material for creating baskets is tracing stone. This article will show a master class on creating a masterpiece for garden decoration small size. But such flower beds can be made in several copies and placed throughout the garden.
Basket of pebbles
The most interesting and affordable material for creating flower beds is pebbles. Her different shape and color will add brightness and unusualness to the composition. The properties of pebbles include: incredible beauty and shine after watering or after rain. The pebbles become shiny, acquire a smooth texture and are simply pleasing to the eye. Of course, it is impossible to complete a flowerbed-basket in one day, since it takes time for the material to harden and better fix other parts, but the wait is worth it.
Flowers are used for planting unpretentious varieties. Such a basket cannot be carried by holding it only by the handle; it is quite heavy. To ensure the safety of the entire product, lifting is done by the bottom and carefully transferred to a stable surface.
Tools for work:
- gray flat pebbles - about 222 pieces;
- cement glue;
- wire mesh size 26*26 cm;
- plywood blank 26*26*2 cm;
- jigsaw;
- paint and brush;
- hammer and 8 flat head nails;
- pencil;
- container with cement;
- tools for working with cement mass;
- tape and transparent film;
- nippers and scissors;
- 2 plastic pots.
The process of creating a basket with your own hands. Initially, in the given master class, the collection and arrangement of all necessary tools V walking distance. The rim of a plastic pot is cut to a width of 2.6 cm. After that, it is compressed into an oval and applied to the plywood to create an outline on the plywood using a pencil. Using a jigsaw, this oval must be cut out.
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The rim, placed on an oval blank, is fixed to nails located at equal distances. The base is covered transparent film. The cement solution is diluted to a thick consistency and poured into the workpiece up to 1.2 cm high on top of the film.
A mesh cut to the size of the workpiece is placed on top and lightly pressed down.
WITH reverse side A small amount of cement glue is applied to the pebbles and fixed to the bottom. Now the base needs to dry. To do this, it should be left in a cool, dry place overnight. After which the plywood blank and the rim are removed, the film is torn off.
By applying glue to the back side of the pebbles, the walls of the flower bed are laid out. This action is performed from row to row, increasing the volume of the basket by slightly tilting the walls.
Having laid out the first five rows, a break is taken at intervals of 35 minutes in order to harden the solution and ensure the strong stability of the subsequent rows of the basket wall.
If it seems that the walls are weakly held, and the structure does not have time to dry, it is better to use an object in the form of a metal cylinder for support.
The next two rows using flat pebbles are the final ones, the next row is laid out with round pebbles. When laying out a row using round pebbles, it is necessary to leave space on two opposite sides, equal to size flat pebbles. These gaps will serve as the beginning of the basket handle. Excess cement is cleaned up. For one hour, while the materials for the rim are being prepared, the basket stands without any action above it; the flowerbed needs time to dry.
Two rims are cut out of a plastic pot. For strength, they must be connected with tape. The resulting blank should be placed in the spaces left for flat pebbles for handles. When the handles are in place, they must be fixed on both sides simultaneously with pebbles with a large amount of cement mortar. The handle is laid out from the bottom to the top, the last pebble should lie in the upper part in the center.
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A time interval of two hours will be sufficient time for the handle to dry from the cement. But before this time expires, it is necessary to clean up the excess solution. When two hours have passed, you can remove the plastic circle and cement that has accumulated on the handle with inside.
All! You can place the flowerbed basket in its designated place, fill it with soil, plant plants and enjoy the beauty and fragrance of flowers.
Clubs in the form of baskets for the backyard can be created not only from pebbles, but also from other available materials. This can be seen in the photo below.
Flowerbed-basket on country yard looks beautiful, creates an effect home comfort. Making a braid is not that difficult if you have a little patience. Classic material for the basket is a vine, but resourceful summer residents have adapted to use old linoleum and even boards.
Advantages and disadvantages of a wicker flower bed
A flowerbed in the form of a wicker attracts attention with its originality. To know how profitable it is to create it, you need to understand its pros and cons.
The advantages of wicker borders for flower beds can be characterized by four facts:
- A basket-shaped fence effectively fits into the rich and poor landscape design. The flowerbed is succinctly combined with the architectural ensemble and is suitable for growing simple and exotic varieties of flowers.
- It is economical to create a basket. There is no need to purchase materials. The owner uses what is at hand.
- Wicker wicker is an environmentally friendly design.
- It’s easy to weave a basket yourself.
Of the shortcomings, only one point stands out. After a season of use, baskets lose their attractive original appearance. The reason for this harmful effects weather conditions, mechanical load, careless care of the flowerbed by the owners.
Selection of weaving material
The classic material for weaving a basket is wicker. The more flexible the rods are, the easier it is to work with them. Twigs of willow, dell, birch or willow are good for work. From fruit trees, twigs are taken from apple, dogwood or raspberry trees. Excellent results obtained by using grapevines.
The rods are cut with pruning shears. Minimum length – 600 mm. The vines are sorted by thickness. Rods with a diameter of 0.6 to 15 mm are used to weave the sides of the basket. A vine 15-30 mm thick is used for stakes, around which the braid is wound.
Harvesting of vines is carried out in the fall. You can cut twigs at other times of the year, but not at the beginning of summer. At this time, the vine is still immature and will break when bent.
Advice! The best vines for baskets are willow and willow. Grape vines are not inferior in quality.
From artificial materials For weaving baskets, old linoleum cut into strips is used. Anyone will do flexible hose, wire
Varieties of wicker flower beds-baskets
Conventionally, wicker flower beds are divided into two types:
- Ground wicker fences for flower beds are available in large and small sizes. The design resembles a fence. The shape of the basket is given at your discretion: round, rectangular, oval or complex polygonal. Even though the basket is installed on the ground, it can be moved to another location if necessary. The braid is made without a bottom. For transportation, the fence is simply lifted, the soil from the flowerbed remains in place. After installing the basket, it is again filled with soil.
- Hanging wicker flower bed resembles a flowerpot suspended from the ceiling of a canopy or open veranda.
When creating a hanging braid, take into account 4 rules:
- The fastening should allow the flowerpot to rotate freely around its axis. The basket is periodically turned by hand to ensure uniform sun illumination of the flowers.
- Flowers for pots are selected that are not demanding to care for. A good option considered to be petunia, pansies.
- Almost all house flowers have developed roots. To prevent them from displacing soil from the basket during growth, it is made with a volume of at least 10 liters.
- Braid is unable to retain water during irrigation. The flower pots are equipped with a pallet. During irrigation, they are washed out of the soil along with water. useful material. Flowers need to be fed more often.
General care for flowers in pots is no different from the care of plants growing above ground.
If we compare the two varieties, then a wicker fence for a flower bed is most often erected by summer residents with their own hands. Sometimes such a basket is complemented with a wicker trellis. Spread along the support climbing plants, forming beautiful wall near the flowerbed.
Flowerbeds-baskets differ in the type of weaving:
- with a horizontal vine arrangement;
- with vertical arrangement of rods.
In both options, the basis of the braid is stakes driven into the ground. They are placed at a distance of 300-400 mm from each other.
With horizontal weaving, the rods are twisted between the stakes, laid parallel to the ground. To connect, the ends of the vine are cut at an angle, joined together, and tied together with wire or strong bark. Each new rod is inserted from the back of the peg. The procedure lasts until the height of the braid is equal to the tops of the stakes.
When weaving vertically, additional horizontal slats are attached to the stakes. The vine is twisted between them, positioned perpendicular to the ground. The weaving process is similar. Only the arrangement of the rods is different.
Experienced craftsmen create a multi-tiered wicker flowerbed or use complex look weaving, for example, oblique and checkerboard. In the first option, the vine lies at an angle relative to the stakes. In checkerboard weaving, the rods are laid horizontally, but they do not wrap around every pillar, but from 2 to 4 pieces are passed through. The result is a complex pattern.
Unusual baskets are woven from twigs different trees. They differ in color, which allows you to create beautiful drawings. To achieve this goal, the vine can be painted.
Advice! If you drive fresh willow or willow pegs into the ground for braiding, they will sprout with regular watering. You will get a beautiful green hedge.
How to make a flowerbed in the form of a basket with your own hands
To create a flowerbed-basket yourself, you first need to stock up on materials. The second important issue is understanding the craft of weaving. There is nothing complicated about this. You can learn how to weave a vine using the master class presented in the video:
Flowerbed-basket made of vines
An inexperienced person can weave a basket for ground installation with a vertical and horizontal arrangement of rods. More often than not, the second option is more acceptable. To begin with, it is better to take the simplest shape of a flowerbed: a circle or a rectangle.
To weave a flowerbed-basket from willow, follow these steps:
- In order for the ground flowerbed to have increased strength, the vine is harvested 15 mm thick. Pegs are taken with a diameter of about 3 cm. The tools used are a knife, pruning shears, and a mallet.
- A place is selected for the flowerbed. A contour is marked on the site using a construction cord. Cleaning off with a shovel upper layer soil with weed roots.
- Measure the perimeter of the flowerbed and calculate required amount stakes The parameter depends on the installation step. If the vine is short, then the distance between the pegs is reduced to 250 mm.
- The length of the stakes is calculated taking into account the fact that half will go into the ground. The protruding ground part determines the height of the fence.
- One end of the stakes is sharpened with a knife. It will be easier to drive them into the ground with a mallet. The blanks are processed protective impregnation. Additionally, you can open it with varnish. The stakes are driven in at the same distance from each other. The docking location is determined by the length of the vine. Where the lock will be, an additional support is driven in at a distance of 50 mm from the main peg.
Advice! Sometimes stakes made of metal rods are used for reliability. This type of flowerbed fencing will last longer, but looks less attractive.
- The vine for weaving is cut to a minimum length of 600 mm. The rods should cover 3-4 spans. To increase flexibility, the vine is soaked in water before weaving. The bark is removed from the rods and treated with protective impregnations.
- Horizontal weaving begins from the bottom of the supports from the ground. The vine is twisted in a zigzag around the stakes. Weaving starts from the thick end of the rod and ends with the thin end. At the junction, the ends of the vine are cut at an angle of 45 degrees. The branches are tied to the stakes with wire.
When the flowerbed-basket made of willow twigs is ready, the bottom is covered with film, the prepared substrate is poured, and flowers are planted.
DIY flowerbed-basket made from boards
The boards are not suitable for weaving due to their lack of flexibility. However, you can create a flowerbed in the shape of a basket from them. The structure is made rectangular. For supports it is advisable to choose oak board or from larch. Hard wood lasts longer in the ground. The slats for the sides are cut along the length of the fence. It is optimal to make the thickness of the workpieces 10-15 mm so that they can bend a little.
To build something like a wicker fence for a flowerbed with your own hands, drive supports around the perimeter of the marked area. The pitch between the pillars is determined empirically so that the planks can bend between them. Each plank is fixed to the support with self-tapping screws. At the corners, mounting angles are used for joining.
The finished structure is treated with protective impregnation. The braid is opened with varnish. To give a beautiful shade, stain is used.
Flowerbed basket made of linoleum
The advantage of a basket made of artificial materials is long term services. Beautiful fences for flower beds they are made from old linoleum. First, the material is cut into strips 100 mm wide. The supports are driven into the ground from plastic pipe. The ribbons are intertwined with horizontal laying using the vine method. To keep the rows more firmly, the linoleum is fixed to the posts with a stapler.
Weaving is carried out to the top of the supports. To give the end of the braid an aesthetic appearance, it is framed with a strip of linoleum, covering the ends of the pipes. Upon completion of weaving, the design of the flower bed in the form of a basket begins decorative elements. First of all, a handle is attached from a plastic pipe and wrapped in burlap for beauty. You can guide the weaving stems of vines along the handle. Side part flower beds are decorated with large artificial flowers, figurines of animals or fairy-tale characters.
Flowerbeds from old baskets
The option of creating a flower bed is suitable for lazy people who do not want to weave. An old basket is used as a basis. At ground installation the bottom will need to be removed. It is carefully cut from the basket so that the weaving does not fall apart. The fencing frame is installed in a prepared place. The braid is pinned to the ground with wire or pegs are driven in end to end.
It is better to use a small old basket instead of a flower pot. It is suspended by the handle from a support. The flowerbed can simply be installed on a stand. A multi-tiered structure is constructed from several baskets. Flowers are planted undersized and unpretentious. Pansies and marigolds grow well.
Caring for a wicker flower bed
In the spring and at the beginning of the first summer month, a flower garden in a basket at the dacha looks modest. Viola usually begins to bloom first. Petunia blooms at the end of June. The flowerbed becomes lush and “plays” with the colors of flowers until the end of summer.
The care required is the same as for a simple flower bed. The only requirement is increased watering. The soil in the basket dries out faster. A solution of fertilizers is usually applied chicken manure and potassium preparations. After each watering, the soil is loosened and weeds are removed.
Ideas for wicker flower beds in the shape of a basket in the country
Conclusion
The flowerbed-basket looks beautiful on the site where they are trying to create country style. Add wicker to the overall composition garden furniture. The flower beds look aesthetically pleasing wooden gazebos, awnings.
There is a very simple solution on how to make a fence for a flowerbed with your own hands - this is an ordinary wattle fence. This wooden fence It will look especially natural at the dacha.
Sometimes in a garden you can’t just use a border for a flower bed - you need a low fence that will not only divide the border of the flower bed, but will also block the path of small animals to the flowers and ornamental plants. But which one and from what?
From boards, wire or brick? Please note that they all require a lot of effort to install, costs purchased materials. The answer is simple - you need a fence made of stumps or wattle fence. You can do these with your own hands. Today we are talking about the fence.
Surely everyone in the garden has materials at hand to make a wicker fence. And there will be a place, of course.
Choosing a location for a country fence
First, choose a flowerbed around which you decided to make a fence. You can simply separate a group of tall flowers and shrubs, surround a tree with a fence, or put a small decorative wall, separating the vegetable garden and flower garden area.
After you have chosen a place, draw a line on the ground along the perimeter and calculate how many stakes you will need - they need to be driven into the ground with an interval of 25-30 cm from each other.
If you want a wattle fence for a year, then next to the corner peg you additionally need to drive very close (5-7 cm) one more wooden peg on each side to make a vine castle. U regular fence The wattle rods are cut at the corners, which is why they often fall out if you touch it. If you place additional pegs next to the corner pegs, then you can run the rods around the three corner pegs without cutting them. Such a fence will not have the ends of the rods sticking out at the corners and, by the way, is much more beautiful.
Let's prepare materials
For vertical pegs around which the twigs intertwine, find branches 2.5 -5 cm thick and cut to the required length.
To find out what length you need, first make length marks on one peg and try to drive it in according to the principle: “the deeper, the stronger.” Look to what depth it went into the ground in this area, add the height of the fence and decide on the size.
You can start preparing the peg. Cut the branches to the specified length, clear them of knots and sharpen them on one side. To prevent the branches from sprouting, treat the pointed ends with an antiseptic and paint them.
For weaving, we will need flexible shoots 10-12 mm thick: birch and willow twigs, vine, raspberry branches, which are thinned out in the fall anyway, are perfect.
It is easier to harvest twigs in spring and autumn, when there are no leaves on them.
How to make a fence for a flower bed?
The day before weaving, it is advisable to soak an armful of twigs overnight in a large basin or bathtub. It is best to pour boiling water over them - they will bend softly and lie down easily.
Drive the stakes around the perimeter and make sure that they do not wobble and are driven firmly. The stakes can be adjusted in height with a hammer. If you leave a few taller ones, you can hang small pots or jugs on them for beauty.
Next, braid the stakes with twigs in a zigzag pattern and make sure that the protruding parts go inward. Do not forget that each vine must be compacted and pressed against the previous layer. If the vine is too thin, you can take several pieces in one weave. Do not start the next layer until you have gone around the entire perimeter of the fence. And layer by layer, raise the fence to the height you need.
A few weaving rules:
- Do not start weaving the rod from the corner pegs. Start somewhere in the middle so that the branch, when weaving, passes the corner and ends on the other side of the perimeter. Then the corners will be prettier and the structure more stable.
- Align the thick end of one rod with the thin end of the next so that the knitting is even.
- Make sure that the end of the vine does not fall on a peg where there is already another tip from the previous layer. Either choose a vine of a different length, or shorten this one.
- To make the fence stronger, you can additionally tie them with rope in several places, for example, on the corner stakes.
- By adjusting the distance between the vertical stakes, you can make the fence more or less densely woven.
And finally, after finishing the work, trim the protruding edges of the rods - cut with a knife or pruning shears. That's it, the fence is ready!
The base of a flowerbed made of wattle
By the way, you can combine a wattle fence and a base for a flower bed. Such a flower bed is good in places where the soil is unsuitable for growing flowers - clay, stones or construction garbage. Make a low wall of wattle fence around this area, fill it first with crushed stone and sand in the case of clay soils, and cover the top with a layer of fertile soil.
For stability, use thick stakes less than 20 cm apart and drive them at a slight angle into the center of the flowerbed. After filling with earth, they will level out and steadily hold back the soil pressure from the inside. It is better to use rods that are a little thicker and more flexible - then the weaving will be denser, stronger, without large holes, and the earth will not spill out.
Such a flower bed with a wicker fence base does not require extra expenses and will look great both in the country and in the garden of a city house. Don't worry if you think wicker won't look good next to concrete, metal and glass. On the contrary, they will soften modern design houses, the look of cast fences and will create comfort in your urban garden.
I wonder how such a base for flower beds is made? If you have any ideas, write in the comments so that others can make a base for a flower garden or vegetable garden from a wooden fence.