All about barrel beds

It is impossible to collect everything about barrel beds in one short publication. People who want to place everything useful in a small area do not forget about beauty. Flowerbeds and flowerpots are made from improvised items, in order to save precious meters - multi-tiered, striving in height, compact and picturesque. A suitable material for this is containers that have become unnecessary on the farm. They find constructive use.

A flower bed from a barrel is not the only option for using a container that is no longer needed. Craftsmen make street ovens, garden furniture and barbecues from barrels. However, the most popular option is a flower garden, which can be built from a plastic or wooden container. A stationary or mobile structure will come in handy near the house, in the recreation area, in the garden or near the fence.

For those who like to be engaged in creative work in the country, a banal barrel made of any material gives a huge scope for independent activity.

The original features of such flower beds are as follows:

• containers that have become unusable will always be found, if not at home, then with friends or even at a landfill;
• there is a chance to use your own ideas or ready-made options created by other craftsmen;
• there are many forms and materials that can be used in the manufacture of a product;
• structures can be simple or complex - lawns are flat, multi-tiered, raised in height or attached to a permanent structure, an old tree;
• the barrel can be used as a mono decoration or as part of a picturesque composition - rockery, terrace, stylish oasis;
• the choice of plants depends not only on the shape made, but also on the location, in this regard, a mobile structure is preferable - transferring it from the illuminated to the shaded space, you can vary the landscape decor.

For the greater preservation of their own work, they use stain, varnish, bright colors, upholstery materials.

The equipment of flower beds from barrels is a great opportunity to decorate a small area without resorting to redevelopment, without looking for other solutions, how to set up a flower garden, without disturbing the established ecosystem of garden beds and trees. This self-created beauty can be placed anywhere in a small confined space, moved if necessary, and renew the plants every year.

The easiest to handle with your own hands is called a wooden barrel. Having the usual tools for giving, you can easily come up with a design. Even a half lying half of a worn-out wooden barrel from pickles can turn into a lush flower bed. Ideas for more durable, plastic ones are more limited, but you can also arrange them cut at different levels, decorate with ampelous plants, or build a pyramid.

Processing the usual surroundings of the suburban area - rusted barrels, where water was previously collected for irrigation, will require a large investment of time and effort.

However, a preliminary drawing will tell you how to make a beautiful flower bed even from an unpresentable old barrel with a capacity of 200 liters. According to folk craftsmen, you need to start making a flower garden with finding a suitable source. Much in the formation of a structure depends on its shape, material of manufacture and dimensions.

From a large barrel, multi-level structures are better obtained, in which you can plant flowers of different appearance or color. Do not neglect 50-liter ones - they make compact country flowerpots, prefabricated compositions. Complex designs will require more time and effort, but they will bring satisfaction with their own work, surprise and admiration for guests and neighbors.

Of the iron ones, fewer options are offered. The most common is a flowerpot, painted or painted with aerosols, made of two halves of a barrel sawn in half or into unequal parts.

There are three options for transforming a metal container:

• cut into two or three parts and make multilevel flowerpots;
• make paired flower beds from two identical ones (they can be placed on both sides of the gate, the entrance to the house, or dissolve in the landscape, having achieved complete merging with the surrounding nature;
• lay on its side, cutting off one side and drilling the drainage holes.

The need to process a rusted surface will complicate the task of a home designer, however, after painting, he can turn into an artist, draw any ornament, make funny figures out of paired ones, or come up with options for depicting funny animals looking out from under a flower cap.

Polymer materials are known for their resistance to environmental influences, so the problem of disposing of unnecessary items is especially acute. Supermarkets offer ready-made flower beds from plastic barrels for sale. But if the dacha has its own raw materials, then you can simply save money by organizing a short-term production of an accessory for decor. Detailed instructions for making one of the options are in this video.

As with metal, painting and painting are considered the only options for transforming plastic. However, the ease of processing with thermal action and cutting tools refutes the established stereotypes, allowing you to create real masterpieces. Plastic tanks are transformed under painting under Khokhloma or Palekh, flourish under floral ornaments, transform beyond recognition under geometric or stylized national ornaments

Hand painting can be replaced with stencil and then it can be done quickly or entrusted to children.

Of the options offered, there remain - halves (a cut both vertically and horizontally), slotted sidewalls (like a standard solution for growing strawberries), flowerpots with petals from small in volume and compositions from cut off at different levels. Paired rooms, united by a common theme of painting, look beautiful.

The largest number of variations is offered for wood products. The only difficulty is in the way of fastening the strips after removing the metal hoop. However, when used in a neatly trimmed or pristine oak wine barrel, properly accented metal details give the homemade flower bed an expensive and vintage look. Wooden tubs are no less effective as a flower bed or flowerpot in the country.

For placement, you can use stands from old stools and even bases with wheels from a baby carriage.

Craftsmen choose options for trimming barrels depending on the location:

• at a blank wall or a single swing gate, multi-tiered flower beds will look great;
• at full height, you can leave structures placed around the perimeter of the site or in the recreation area, in the corners of the open terrace;
• cut at different heights - an excellent solution for the inside of the fence;
• The longitudinal halves on the pedestal are especially decorative - they can be installed in any empty place - near a garden bench, in front of windows, near a well or on a playground.

A barrel made of wood itself has a unique decorative effect and is easier to transform due to the natural texture, the relative ease of processing natural building materials. But for long-term operation, you will have to work hard, covering both wooden strips and metal hoops with special compounds.

A fashion trend in landscape design is a flower stream. Flowers growing from a large container laid on its side are a spectacular solution, and in this case the barrel is in the list of accessories for decoration. The choice of suitable plants depends on the degree of light and the shape that the grower intends to give to his stream. If the flowerbed is stationary, you can plant perennials; in a portable one, annual seedlings will also come in handy. You can plant thyme, arabis, ageratum, obrietta or other flowers that bloom profusely and for a long time.

Do not forget the traditional, modest and pleasant options - pansies, daisies, marigolds. Instructions for creating a stream are shown in the video.

For tall or half structures, climbing plants are recommended. The choice of plants also depends on the illumination of the place, the abundance and effectiveness of flowering, but to a greater extent it is determined by one's own preferences.

Don't try to copy someone else's results. The element of creativity is the main factor that inspires summer residents to work with their own hands. The originality of the solution can be found by looking at other people's achievements. Here are some examples that can give a creative boost:

• flowerpots from a plastic barrel;

• beautiful flower beds with little effort;

• luxurious options in wood and metal;

• gorgeous streams requiring only the work of a florist;

• compositions of differently cut wood and halves;

• couples from metal barrels.

Flowerbeds in the country can also be equipped from other scrap materials - car tires, stumps of sawn trees, stumps, furniture, washbasins and even old shoes. However, it is the barrels that make it possible to achieve a particularly interesting design without taking up a lot of space in a small area.

Instructions for creating a flower bed from a barrel in the video below.