Making outdoor flowerpots for flowers do it yourself

It is well known to everyone that even a small, unobtrusive trifle, created with their own hands, gives the house a special charm, decorates it and can even tell about the tastes of its creator, his habits and hobbies. One of these business cards can be a flowerpot, made his own. Making your own outdoor flowerpots for flowers is not only an excellent option for improving the local area, summer cottage and garden plot, but also a bright blotch, giving a harmonious look to the local area.

At present, small ornamental flowerbeds, which harmoniously fit into the design of the natural territorial complex, are very popular. Growing live plants in street vases is simple enoughbecause you can always choose the right soil composition, replace it, as well as create optimal conditions, depending on the needs of placing the pot in a well-lit or, conversely, shaded places. Thanks to modern techniques, technologies and materials it is possible to arrange for flowers simple and complex, stationary and portable, hanging street pots and flowerpots, as well as on struts.

Stationary decorative flowerpots will be a good accent for the villa or country house., arranged along the paths and paths leading to the house. Perfectly complement these decorations and a terrace with a porch. With the help of hanging flowerpots it is possible to decorate arbors, garden arches, walls of an architectural structure. Moreover, a room shrouded in plants planted in open ground and in flowerpots will become many times brighter and more beautiful. Stationary models with different decorative elements, collected in original compositions, will be able to decorate the landscape for a long time.In turn, portable flowerpots or so-called mobile flowerbeds with flowering plants can be moved to different places, and if necessary they can be easily replaced.

In a large area, small pots will be lost, and large containers will be inappropriate on narrow avenues. They will break the harmony of space, make the design ridiculous. The pot of the ideal size will organically fit into the landscape, it will moderately stand out (to be located in plain sight, without focusing on a lot of attention). It will be a suitable frame for plants planted in it. Flowerpots are often installed on the edges of stairs, alleys and garden paths. They can also be put in any corner of the site, including in the center of the grounds.

As for the colors, today the use of white, monochrome beige, brown and terracotta colors is in fashion, gentle pastel colors are also relevant. They are perfectly shaded by greenery and all flowering plants. Flowerpots too bright colors overtighten attention to themselves, and the flower composition goes unnoticed.This is the wrong approach in the arrangement of land, so experts do not recommend decorating their land in this way.

On the modern market there are many interesting and beautiful models of flowerpots for the garden, but any person wants to bring some kind of individuality into their home or space surrounding it. There are a lot of options how to make decorative pots with your own hands. All that needs to be done is to choose a material that will successfully complement the already formed microclimate on the land plot, and proceed to the design of flowerpots and pots for the street.

For the manufacture of this type of products can be used both natural and artificial materials. It can be stone, metal, clay, plastic, glass, foam, concrete.

Raw materials for the manufacture of outdoor vases affect their characteristics:

• Clay models. This material has a high plasticity, so you can make flowerpots of various shapes and textures. Natural material has a high porosity. As a result, the root system of plants in such a pot is placed freely, and the plant breathes well through the soil.If the product is coated with glaze, it will lose its capacity. Clay pots are attractive and versatile, suitable for any interior.

• Stone products. On flowerpots from this material it is possible to carve volume ornaments and patterns. The process of their manufacture takes a lot of time, it is laborious, requires a lot of physical strength and endurance. That is why the stone flowerpots on the market are among the most expensive. The advantages of such tanks for flowers include high decorative properties, strength and durability, ease of maintenance. In addition, the stone is water resistant, which means that it retains moisture in the soil for a long time.

• Wooden vases. Created from natural wood. Artificial branches are also used, but such a combination does not always result in an attractive appearance, therefore, a combination of natural and artificial raw materials is used infrequently. The natural material is impregnated with an antiseptic, so that wooden flowerpots stand as long as possible and do not spoil (do not rot and are not eaten by living creatures), lacquer or paint if desired. Wooden pots retain moisture well, so they are suitable for planting moisture-loving plants.

• Metallic. Most of them are made of cast iron, brass, steel, zinc.They are containers of even geometric shapes. All of these materials rot under the influence of moisture, so the compositions of them are painted. Also, we should not forget that metal vases quickly heat up in the sun, so they need to be watered from time to time on especially hot days, otherwise the roots of the plants planted in them will “burn”.

• Concrete vases. The characteristics of this raw material are almost the same as those of stone, but the cost of concrete products is much lower. In the conditions of hot summer street vases of concrete retain moisture in the soil, so the plants in such containers are comfortable. The root color system in a concrete sarcophagus does not overheat and does not overcool. This is due to the low thermal conductivity of concrete. Vases made from it look solid, because of their massiveness, they are suitable for large areas.

• Plastic. Flowerpots from artificial raw materials can be the most different forms and coloring. In pots made of plastic (plastic pipes) you can plant frost-resistant perennial plants that do not require transplantation in winter.

In addition to the presented materials, the hypertouch, glass (glass bottles) and other improvised means can also be used. Attract many flowerpots of tires, foam, plaster.As the decor fit cones, wood and plastic parts.

Independently, you can make street vases of almost any available materials, it’s enough to arm yourself with inventory and dream. For personal production of containers for planting fit wooden boxes of large and small sizes, garden watering cans, car tires, old cans, barrels, jugs, wheelbarrows, carts and much more. This garden decor will surprise with its simplicity and originality. It looks creative, so it will certainly make the land unique and memorable.

Flowerpots can be painted in different colors, and wood to improve the properties and extend the life of the product from it is better to cover with antiseptic or varnish. Cute can be called woven from a rod or wire compositions from different sizes of baskets.New life will gain old dishes (earthenware jars, bowls, pots), if you adapt it for planting. Old vinyl records after heating can be arranged as you please. They bend beautifully, taking a variety of forms. With the help of several such unique flowerpots, made by hand, you can create different floral arrangements.

You can decorate vases with stones, pebbles, shells and the like. You can also arrange flowerpots mosaic coating. This is done with the help of broken glass of different colors, fragments of porcelain (they are attached to the surface with tile glue, in small squares with transparent building glue).

Stump, if it is whole, not rotten and it was not damaged by termites, you can originally convert it to a pot. For the work you will need a drill and a chisel. At the first stage of creating a unique tank, you need to drill the surface of the stump in different places, make as many holes as possible, then use a chisel to remove all the unwanted wood from the stump to make a deep bowl.The finished deepening is covered with earth and flowers are planted there.

The sawed tree with the plants planted in it looks very creative. In it it is necessary, as in the stump, to make a depression, after placing a pot with planted greens.

Decor of tires for the local area is easy to do. All that is needed is old car tires and about 30 minutes of personal time. For a future vase, a sharp knife or electric jigsaw needs to cut triangles (the width of each base should be 10 cm) (these will be the petals of the original product, they need to be turned inside out). On the perimeter of such a flowerpot, you can make decorative incisions.

After that, you need to paint the product. The color is selected based on the overall composition. You can also put on the finished vase decorative pattern. After the paint is completely dry, a non-woven agricultural fabric is placed at the bottom of the tank, which passes moisture and provides drainage, then the entire volume is filled with earth.

Concrete vases are convenient in operation and differ little from products made of stone.

To create such a street work with your own hands, you need:

• cement-sand mixture;
• two containers of the same shape (different in size): the big one will become the shape for the product, the second will be needed to form the walls of the pot;
• finishing paint;
• sunflower oil;
• plastic tube.

The sequence of actions is as follows:

• you first need to make a cement mortar. High-quality mixture consists of cement and sand in a ratio of 1: 3, water is added to it, if desired, dye.
• All surfaces that will come into contact with the solution, you must wipe with vegetable oil or other oil solution.
• In a large container you need to pour a layer of cement mortar with a thickness of no more than 2 cm, then insert into it pieces of plastic pipe (5 cm each) that will form drainage holes.
• Place a smaller container in the larger cavity so that the drainage tubes are completely hidden. The gap must be filled with cement mortar.
• After the mixture has hardened, you need to slowly get a smaller form from a larger one.
• Then the cement form must be sprayed with water, wrapped in a film and allowed to dry completely (as a rule, this process takes a week).
• After you need to carefully knock the product out of shape. The work is over. You can fill the pot with earth and plant plants.

The outdoor vases for flowers created from natural materials: stone, wood, fit into the natural environment that surrounds architectural structures. Original containers for planting can be made from wooden barrels, boxes, carts. Suitable branches, cones and the like.

Beautiful design can be organized from things that have long become unusable and gathering dust without need. Jugs, bowls and buckets, old vinyl records, worn shoes - all this can be a beautiful addition to the backyard.

Land improvement ideas come to life:

• Vinyl record, used over the fire, will be a unique outdoor pot. The flexible material, while it is not frozen, is given the desired shape, if desired, it is decorated with stones, glasses, and shells. You can also paint the surface or varnish to give shine.
• Painted and decorated pots, bowls, jugs, mugs can be an unusual pot for your favorite flower.
• A box of plywood or a table from a non-working sewing machine can look like a semi-antique pot.

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