Recycling in the Garden

Recycling in the Garden

I believe in recycling, reusing and creating garden art from found materials.  Several years ago I visited a research garden that used wine bottles to border flower beds. I liked the idea so much that I have incorporated it into my yard. One of the benefits is it gives me an excuse to drinking plenty of wine! I don’t stop there though because I love the blue Skyy vodka bottles as well!  Water collects on the bottom of the bottles for the birds and butterflies to drink from too.

I frequent the Habitat for Humanity Resale Store for pieces of PVC that I paint and use as garden art. Concrete blocks can be used as planters and plant stands; broken pieces of concrete from a sidewalk or driveway can be used for a retaining wall.  I always notice what people have thrown away, because sometimes it become art in my garden.

A concrete base I found in someone's lawn trash. It makes a nice plant stand. I have another one I put a piece of glass on top of and use as a table.

Bottles used around a flower bed as a border.