If a person wants to decorate the yard at his dacha, then the most unexpected materials at hand will be used. Automobile tires have long been adapted for this purpose, but in the past few years, flower beds have become very widespread. The fantasy of the master and the desire for the yard to look better than that of others allow you to make very beautiful and completely unusual flower beds from tires with your own hands.
Finding a few old car tires is easy, even if the household doesn't have a car. It is the availability and durability of this material that became the main reason for the popularity of such a direction of country applied art as flower beds from car tires. It is easy to work with them, and the older and worn-out rubber comes across, the easier it is to cut and turn it inside out.
Tires calmly relate to temperature extremes, they are not afraid of either winter frosts, no summer heat. In summer, under the scorching rays of the sun, the ground inside the black rubber base can overheat, the plants are unlikely to like this, so it would be better to paint the tires in bright hues... Painting will protect the flower bed from overheating and make it more attractive. Tires become protection for trees and bushes grown inside them when the lawn mower is working in the country or in the garden. For the same purpose, they are often used in city yards, where it is difficult to grow a young tree or bush.
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Types of flower beds from old tires
All flower beds that are made using old tires can be divided into two types: whole and cut. In the first case, you just need to clean them of sand and dirt, wash, paint, install in the right place, pour soil, plant flowers. It is very important not to forget to make a drainage layer of gravel, expanded clay or something similar, otherwise excess moisture will remain, the plants will not be able to grow due to rotting roots.
Whole tires are installed separately, in groups, in one plane or in several tiers. They make low (single) or high (from several tires placed on top of each other) flower beds, varying different in diameter or height. They are installed on the ground or on special stands, even hung on walls and trees. And you can cut out certain figures from tires, turn them inside out, make unusual flower beds in the form of famous animals or fantastic creatures. Using a knife and strong hands, an old wheel is turned into a luxurious flower vase on a stand. Fancy figures are made from old tires to decorate the yard or garden.
Flowerbed-pyramid
If the opportunity presents itself to get tires different diameters, then from them you can make a wonderful flower bed in the form of a pyramid. This is an excellent vertical solution for a flower bed if there is very little space in the country. Tires must be stacked on top of each other, starting with the largest, painted with paints in bright joyful colors. Of course, a flowerbed will turn out only if the difference between the diameters is at least 20 cm.It is this difference that is planted with plants, and from the second tier you can use ampelous plants hanging down beautifully.
If there are only tires of the same diameter, only 6 of them are needed. In this case, the pyramid is made by folding the tires in three levels: 3 - for the first row, 2 - for the second and 1 - at the very top. Such a flower bed takes up very little space, is clearly visible from all sides, it is filled with a variety of flowers and ornamental plants.
When in the country or in the garden there is a place to lay out a flower from 5 tires, then you can make an even more voluminous and beautiful flower bed-pyramid. The 5 tires of the lower row become the base, 3 are laid out on top of them and one more on top. Such a flower bed can be seen from afar from all sides, it can be made gentle chamber or brightly spectacular - it all depends on the choice of plants and the coloring of tires.
Hanging flower garden
If the dacha has a blank wall or a strong fence, the flower garden can be placed on them by hanging tires. The space inside is filled with soil, ampelous plants are planted, which will completely transform this place. You just need to think about drainage: put small pebbles and sand down, drill rubber so that there is a place for excess water to drain.
You can hang the tire on a tree or a special support with a chain, close the bottom with rubber or plywood with drilled holes, pour earth, plant flowers. But such a structure will be very heavy, water will drip from the bottom - this is not acceptable everywhere, although it may look very impressive. It will be easier to use the tire as a stand or flowerpot by placing flowerpots with pallets in it - it is not so hard, the pallets will keep excess moisture. This option is placed on verandas or walls of gazebos.
Other interesting ideas
The tires can be folded and painted so that a funny frog of 3 tires (some more plastic for the legs and eyes), a serious turtle from 1 whole and 1 cut tire will settle in the garden or in the country. You can make a composition from cups and a teapot. For her, in addition to the main material, you will also need a pipe for the spout of the kettle, a metal tape for the handles. The appropriate paint and thoughtful selection of plants will complete the wonderful decoration of the cottage. Paint and a little plastic (bottle) will be needed so that a large snake curls up in a secluded corner, between the rings of which ornamental grasses will break through.
If you have a sharp knife, imagination, determination to cut rubber, then you can make even more amazing flower beds. A pattern is drawn on the tire with chalk, then the rubber needs to be cut, turned inside out - as a result, you will get a wonderful flowerpot or even an elegant figure of a swan, a parrot or an absolutely fantastic bird of paradise. Cutting a tire is not difficult, the main thing is to have a sharp knife. For eversion, physical strength is required. The creativity of the craftsmen is embodied in fairy-tale characters, so bright snowmen, funny robots, Baba Yaga in a mortar or dragons harnessed to carts appear in the courtyards.
Step by step manufacturing
Figures of swans that decorate courtyards or playgrounds are very popular, but at the dacha I want to arrange as many flower beds as possible, so today it makes sense to talk about how to make a swan flower bed. Such a swan can be made in 1 hour, with effort and caution: rubber is elastic, cutting, and even more so turning it out is not too easy. Step-by-step instructions will help you cope with this quickly and with least cost... In addition to the main material, you will need such things: a jigsaw, a grinder, wire (for the stability of the neck), paint of two colors (white or black - for the swan itself, red - for the beak).
First you need to choose a tire, preferably an old, bald one - it is easier to cut it, without a metal cord. Then you need to draw a diagram, apply it to the tire itself. After that, you need to make cuts along the lines for the head, neck, tail and wings. It takes longer to cut with a jigsaw, but the grinder will melt the rubber and add bad smell... Now you need to turn the tire inside out - you will have to do this very carefully so as not to damage the rubber. The beak is made of plastic, rubber, plywood - whatever is at hand is painted red.
The two halves of the head are folded together, bending the cord for this, insert the beak, fix with self-tapping screws, they are also inserted into the place of the eyes. The head needs to be raised to give it the desired position, you will have to slightly press it into the wheel. You will get a kind of fold, which is fixed with self-tapping screws. Now it remains only to paint the swan with paint, to make a flower garden in the place of its back, to float across the expanses of the lawn. Several of these flower beds look organic near a decorative reservoir. You can make a composition of a white swan with white flowers on the back, a black swan with dark herbs (or dark pansies) and a blue tire planted with blue plants. If you want to make a swan figurine, and not a flower bed, you will have to cut more, and then carefully cut the cord along the edge.
Rubber needs to be replaced every 50-60 thousand kilometers. Worn tires can be returned to a collection point for a penny. And you can use it as a basis for creative experiments. The donut shape is ideal for creating a flower bed. If you connect your imagination, you can create stunning layered designs.
Where to get enough tires
For old tires, go to your neighbors in the garage cooperative or to the nearest tire shop. Unfortunately, suitable material can also be found in natural landfills. Under natural conditions, rubber takes more than 100 years to decompose! Take your worn-out tires to work - this way you will make a feasible contribution to caring for the environment!
Which tires are best for crafts
- When choosing between domestic and imported rubber, give preference to the second one. Foreign products are softer and easier to cut. Famous foreign brands: Michelin, Yokohama, Hankook.
- Rubber intended for use in winter conditions, most often more pliable than summer. It is easy to cut and process.
- The longer the tire has been used and the more wear it is, the thinner and softer it is. This means that it will be easier to work with her. Sometimes you have to not only cut, but also twist the rubber.
The tread pattern is practically worn out - it is unsafe to ride such tires, but they are ideal for creativity
What else is needed for work
- A reliable, sharp knife.
- An electric drill for drilling holes in the rubber for the entry of the knife.
- Grinder or file.
- Electric jigsaw.
- Metal brush for removing dirt.
- Chalk or marker for marking.
- Primer, PVA, degreaser, machine oil for lubrication.
- Rigid wire 5–6 mm in diameter, plastic clamps.
- Roulette.
It is convenient to work with gloves. Regular cotton items from a hardware store will do. Gloves will protect your hands from dirt, scratches, small cuts.
How to paint a tire
The choice of paint for rubber is an important and responsible decision. Depends on the hiding power, brightness, durability of the coating appearance and the service life of the finished object. In principle, all automotive paints and compounds for outdoor finishing work are suitable.
The best options are:
- Aerosols are highly penetrating. With their help, you can evenly paint over even the most hard-to-reach places... In order for the paint to be evenly distributed, the can should be kept at a distance of 30–40 cm from the surface to be painted. The drawing dries on average per day.
- Universal rubber paints (For example, "Rezel +") are easy to mix. Polymerize in an hour (at room temperature), completely freeze and acquire maximum strength after a day. Subsequently, they are not afraid of exposure to moisture, sudden temperature changes.
It is convenient to apply liquid paints with a large brush or sponge. Permanent markers are useful for drawing thin lines.
- The first step to creating a craft is to prepare the material. Thoroughly remove dirt from the surface, and degrease immediately before priming and painting.
- An excellent knife for rubber - sharp, with a thin butt. How to check the sharpening? Run a notebook sheet over the blade. A well-sharpened knife will cut the paper like a razor.
- When cutting the tire, lubricate the knife blade with machine oil - the work will go easier and faster.
- Before cutting out curly elements, do not be lazy to apply the markup. Focusing on the eye or on the tread pattern, you can mow the line and ruin the part.
- Prime the surface before painting the tire. A primer with a small amount of PVA will increase the strength of the coating and reduce paint consumption. Fast-drying compounds harden in 6–7 hours, conventional solutions require 10–12 hours.
Do you want an unusual flower bed? Decorative finishing for a tire can be found literally underfoot. For example, the surface can be pasted over with beautiful pebbles or smooth pebbles, cones, pieces of colored tiles or lids from plastic bottles... Small fragments adhere well to the primed surface, to the Moment glue.
Multi-tiered compositions
Imagine that the tires are parts of a constructor. Now come up with compositions from them: pyramids, turrets and other figures. To prevent the earth from waking up, geotextile inserts are placed on the bottom of the tires located on the upper tiers. Remember to make holes to drain the water.
Photo gallery: multi-tiered flower beds
For a flower bed of tires, choose tenacious and unpretentious flowers: marigolds, phloxes, marigolds Old textured rubber also has decorative properties Head ladybug can be made from an old bucket or canister, antennae - from knitting needles Use tires of large and small sizes, with different tread patterns 
Three tires of the same diameter, a pair of planks and a piece roofing material you can make a well Your favorite cartoon can be a source of inspiration
If you don't like the look of your tires, you can use stones to trim them.
Stones are fixed to the concrete mix
Smooth sea pebbles are also well suited for decoration.
The handle can be made from a separate piece of tire
Various parts can be cut from tires. Then "assembling the constructor" becomes even more fun.
Photo gallery: prefabricated tire beds
The flower bed is made in the form of an oval To create a chamomile flower bed, it is enough to cut three tires in half. Details can be fixed with construction brackets
Flower bed made of tires
Tire chamomile is both an independent model and a basic part of many designs. The flower beds can be arranged in a row, decorate the approach to the house or a recreation area.
1. Mark the rubber.
Lines go from thickening to thickening
2. Before cutting the tire, make sure that there are no metal cords inside. In ordinary rubber for passenger cars they are not, but may be present in truck tires.
Petals can be triangular, semicircular, square.
3. Cut off the side from the opposite side.
We make transverse cuts before the start of the tread, every 20 - 25 cm
4. Turn the part inside out.
Inside the product, you can make the bottom of the geotextile
5. It remains to paint the flowerbed!
The flower bed can be placed on a "pedestal"
Photo gallery: compositions based on the basic "flower bed" scheme
The flower is assembled from two tires, the lower petals are fixed with construction staples.
Flowerbed-bowl from a tire with a disk
1. We mark a zigzag cut line along the entire frontal circumference of the tire.
Thanks to the triangular petals, the flowerpot will look like a large flower.
2. Begin to cut the part along the contour.
Don't forget to sharpen your knife well before starting work!
3. Check if there are any uncut areas left. And we "turn out" the workpiece slowly, in parts.
It is more convenient to do the work together with an assistant
4. If there is a tube in the wheel, it must be carefully cut out.
We remove all unnecessary, for a flower bed the tire will definitely not be useful to us
5. The bowl is ready!
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You now have your own site. The first desire is to plant flowers on it.
What kind of flower beds to make? We need original ones, not similar to those of the neighbors. Flowers of unusual beauty in flower beds of various shapes with bright edging are the limit of desires. But what about the possibilities? A simple summer resident cannot afford modular plastic borders or concrete industrial flowerpots, in which flowers look divine. It is necessary to somehow get out of the situation. And somehow - it means with your own hands. You can use old car tires for manufacturing. And then paint them as your heart desires.
Unusual flower beds, carved from tires, will not play in your garden until they are painted. For this, paints intended for outdoor use are usually used:
- Enamel;
- Oil paint;
- Nitro paint;
- Aerosol car paint.
So, let's take a closer look at how to decorate a flower bed.
Simple multi-colored flower beds
The beginning of all work will be the installation of tires, filling them with earth and planting seedlings.
And then we will be original. Bright acrylic or oil paints that match in color will help in this. You can take, for example, yellow, green and orange. We paint six tires and install them on top of each other, as a result, when the seedlings grow, a multi-level bright flower bed will delight the eye on the site.
A simple, but at the same time interesting and unusual flower bed can be created from wheels of different diameters, stacked on top of each other in a pyramid. Paint the protrusions of the tires in bright colors, again in matching shades: pink, purple and yellow. If there is no small tire at the very top of the pyramid, put an ordinary pot there and paint it in the same colors, it will turn out equally great.
Orange plants, colorful petunias or strawberries will add extra brightness to these flower beds and create a great mood.
Flowerbeds can be single suspended. In the wheels hanging on chains, a thin cord or ropes, decorations will become the main element. Tire treads can be painted with multi-colored stripes, or made in solid colors. Pure white hanging cactus beds will become an unforgettable element of the decor of your suburban area.
Do-it-yourself funny creative flower beds
Fantasy in the manufacture of flower beds from old tires can go far. A creative solution will become a composition for home tea drinking.
A few tires, complete with pipe trims and bent pieces of metal tape, are indistinguishable from a teapot and a cup. You can paint them in two colors: white and red, as well as decorate with flowers cut from rubber with a purple center. A set of unsurpassed beauty.
And the red cup in white peas Is a real exclusive.
Unusually looking flower beds in the form of a turtle. And plausible enough. The paws - made of tread trim - are inserted into the side cuts of the tire. The tail is a piece of rubber, the neck is a piece plastic pipe and on it a head made of crumpled newspapers. If you are original to the end, then you can decorate the head with a hat.
But a turtle will not be a turtle if it is not colorized correctly: bright turquoise, drawn eyes and mouth. Then no one will doubt what kind of pet lives on your site.
The next type of flower beds that need painting are flower beds made of inverted tires. They resemble pot-bellied vases, the shape of which is round.
There are no intricate rules in coloring such products: we take any color that will harmoniously combine with the rest of the flower beds or objects in your country house, that's all. But still, if you want showiness, paint with multi-colored stripes or create a bright drawing.
Another flower bed, past which it is simply impossible to pass, is a flowerpot in the form of a flower on a leg. And paint it accordingly: the upper part in a bright shade found in real flowers, and the lower part in green.
And now a huge rubber flower with beautiful living plants in its middle will bloom under the windows of your country house.
The creative ideas did not end there: from the wheel, by analogy with a flowerpot-flowerbed, only with a more complex pattern, a swan-flowerbed is made.
The swan should be painted at the very last, final stage of the work. The plumage of a bird can be of any color, for example, your favorite.
But flowers of any color can be planted in a white swan flower bed.
Flowerbeds made of pebbles or shells will be an original addition to any site.
If you want to please your children or grandchildren: make flower beds in the form of animals or funny pets. They will appreciate it.
And in conclusion, a few simple and uncomplicated tips.
Before painting the tire, it must be washed well with detergent and then degrease. To keep the paint on the flower bed longer, apply a primer first.
Color not only outer surface but also a part internally. What is it for? It is a known fact that the soil subsides over time. Unpainted areas will become visible and will be unnecessary strokes in your beautiful composition.
Well, and in the flowers there is only a flight of imagination: monochromatic, multi-colored, with or without patterns and ornaments. Be creative. DIY unique, unique things. To the envy of all neighbors.
Very often, gardeners accumulate things in their summer cottage, which it is a pity to throw away, and what to do with them so that they serve a second life is not clear. However, it is worth imagining a little, and the garden plot will be decorated beautiful flower beds from tires and other improvised material. And old tires that have already served their time can help in the design of flower beds.
How to make beautiful flower beds from old car rubber tires, how to paint them, will be discussed below.
Choosing and preparing tires for making flower beds with your own hands
Old car tires will feel softer and easier to shape after long-term use. Tires can be asked from neighbors - motorists who do not need them. You can also pick up used car tires at service stations, as there they would otherwise simply be thrown into a landfill. And if there is an opportunity to choose between domestic and imported tires, then it is better to make flower beds from imported tires. because tires of foreign manufacturers are much softer, so it is easier for them to give various forms, turn out, etc.
Dirty tires should be preliminarily cleaned from dirt and sand as much as possible. After all, it is more pleasant to work with clean material, and the blades of knives will become dull faster when working with tires soiled with dirt and sand.
Before making a flowerpot or flower girl from an old tire, you should carefully consider its appearance: in the form of a bowl, which will have smooth edges, a flower bed, in which the edges will be cut off by waves, or a flower-shaped vase with petals and fringes.
You can come up with any shape for tires, but it is usually always in the form of a "pan - lid": the bottom of such a flower bed will be deep, and the top must be cut off. Cut contours can be easily applied with regular chalk.
If the owners decided to make a flower bed out of the old tire, then along the edge of the product, you should draw the contours of the petals with chalk, and then cut along the contour with a sharp knife. Each of the petals should not be more than 12 cm. If the petals are made larger, then the tire cannot be turned out, and the shape of the flower bed will be uneven.
When the tire is cut along the contour, then along the grooves it is necessary to cut the tires in the longitudinal direction (the distance between such cuts is up to 10 cm).
In order to create a flowerpot from a tire on a leg, the tire is first turned inside out. Many gardeners don't get it right the first time. In fact, turning a tire out this way is not easy.
The metal cord is usually cut with a grinder in several places. The rubber is cut smoothly with this saw. The cuts are made over the entire surface of the tire at an equal distance from each other (about 15 cm). And only then can the tire be turned inside out. It should be remembered that it is difficult to turn out only the first piece of the tire, then the product will turn out much easier.
How to make a flower bed out of tires with your own hands (video)
How to cut a tire for a flower bed: options and technology
Any tool used for cutting car tires must be well sharpened. Old tires can be cut with a boot knife. To facilitate the cutting process, the blade of such a knife is lubricated with liquid soap.
It is great if you can use a jigsaw to cut surfaces. With this tool, you can cut various shapes and crafts from the wheels.
To cut metal discs, you need to use a saw - a grinder.
You can cut tires in different ways, depending on the shape of the future flower bed. You can cut the tires in half, or only cut the top off.
However, it is not enough to give old tire unusual shape. After all, black or dirty - gray flowerpots look ugly against the general background garden plot... Therefore, it is necessary to paint the outer part of the flowerpots, which were made from wheel slopes.
To paint these rubber products, use any type of paints:
If the outer part of the tires is clean, then the paint will lie on it evenly, and it will last on the tires for more than one season. You can use car paint to decorate flowerpots.
Craftsmen use for painting work aerosol cans with paint. In this case, it is possible to paint all prepared flower beds from car tires in a short period of time. It is better to use light shades of paints when painting tires - in this case, the soil inside the tires heats up less.
Most often, gardeners paint only the outer part of the tires. However, it is much more aesthetically pleasing to paint the tire from the inside (at least its upper part).
There can be a great variety of design options for flower beds from car tires - it all depends on the imagination of the owners and the availability of various paint colors.
You can combine different colors as well as shades. Moreover, you can paint the lower part of the flower bed more dark paint, and the top one is lighter. You can apply an ornament of a different shade to the main color. However, do not try too hard when painting the tires - when the flowers grow, they can completely cover the outside of the flower bed.
Some craftsmen do not stop only at painting such flower beds - they can stick glass pebbles on the tire petals, creating a dew effect.
The correct combination of colors when dyeing flower beds from car tires, which is "consonant" with the colors of the plants planted in such flower beds, will give the garden plot a unique flavor.
Original ideas for decorating a flower garden from car tires
When decorating flower beds with car tires, you should not restrain your imagination. After all, from old tires you can build not only flower beds, flowerpots and bowls for flowers. Tires can be used in manufacturing garden swing, armchairs and ottomans, various decorations for the garden plot, hedges and much more.
- The tires can be cut in half and dug in around the flower garden or along the path, separating the planting area from the garden path. These tires can be painted in a variety of colors, as well as painted with flowers or ladybirds, for example.
- You can install the main tire with petals cut out in the upper part on a plinth of several tires, stacked on top of each other and painted in different colors.
- Vases made of tires, installed on legs, like stools, look original. You can install a smaller tire on the lower tire, filled with earth, and plant flowers in a circle in the lower tire, and in the upper tire, place flowers throughout the space of the flower bed.
- Craftsmen cut various birds or animals from tires, planting flowering plants in the inner part of such flower beds.
- Tires look interesting - flower beds, suspended or screwed to the wall of a house or utility room.
If the garden area is small, then it is more appropriate to arrange flower beds of car tires, carved in the form of a frog, a beautiful swan, a carriage from a fairy tale, a bright firebird or an exotic parrot. But on a large-sized lawn, flower beds made in several tiers or structures made vertically will look better.
Slides from waste tires look original. The height of such slides depends only on the imagination of the site owners. Small slides of several tires look beautiful, staggered on top of each other. Moreover, in each of these tires, you can plant different varieties of flowers.
The size of such slides, both in width and length, and in height, depends only on the imagination of flower growers and the size of the area allocated for such flower beds.
You can paint tires in such a flower garden both in the same way and by combining shades.
How to choose flowers for planting in a flower garden from tires
It is better to plant flowers from car tires in flower beds, which will delight with their flowering all season. Flowers planted in a flower garden from tires are usually unpretentious.
Moreover, you can plant flowering plants of various heights and shades of flowers. Curly flowers can be used.
These can be such plants:
The free space between flowering plants can be supplemented with fir cones - this decoration looks interesting, but on next year such buds have to be replaced with fresh ones.
By combining different kinds and varieties of flowers, you can create extraordinary beauty compositions in flower beds from old car tires. It all depends only on what colors the florist wants to see on his site.
Old car tires can be great for improving the overall interior of your garden. Most often they are used precisely for decorating flower beds or flower beds. And here it all depends only on the imagination of the owners - and there are a great many options for flower beds from old tires.
Most summer residents strive to decorate the site so that it looks stylish, modern and neat. However, not everyone can afford to allocate enough funds to purchase. finishing materials... An excellent solution would be to use car tires as flower beds. Products that have served their life have a chance to live a second life.
Having old tires, you can make many options for flower beds and flower beds for a garden or a summer cottageCar tires allow you to create flower beds for giving a variety of shapes and colors. Such compositions near the house will serve as a decoration of the site, as well as in a good way dispose of old tires. The only condition for successful work with them is the availability of a set of tools and auxiliary materials. So, you will need:
- old car tires;
- tape measure, ruler (metal);
- marker;
- jigsaw, grinder, hacksaw;
- primer;
- exterior paint;
- mesh (metal);
- decor: stones, wooden elements, seashells, colored glasses, etc.
Brightly colored tires - an easy way to organize a flower garden Choice of tires
Despite the fact that in any case wheel tires are used for decorating flower beds only those that have served their time, some of them are easier to work with, while others are not. In this regard, it is better to choose:
- those that are rather worn out - they are softer, if necessary, it is easier to turn them inside out;
- for the same reason, it is more optimal to use imported rather than domestic products;
- if there is an opportunity to choose between summer and winter tires, it is better to take the latter.
Before starting work, the tires must be washed so that the dirt does not interfere with the work process. Regardless of the softness of the rubber and the wear and tear of tires, it is more convenient to cut them with a grinder or a jigsaw. If there is no such tool, you can use a knife. First, it must be sharpened well and dipped in soapy water from time to time.
The best tool for cutting tires is a jigsaw Tire painting rules
After the final arrangement of the flower bed and its decoration with tires, it is recommended to paint them by all means. This procedure will create a picture saturated with color, and give the flower bed a neat, well-groomed look.
In order for the paint to fit well and remain bright for a long time, it is advisable to treat the tire with a layer of primer before painting the tire. You can start painting only after the primer is completely dry. Do not neglect this procedure, because after it the paint will not crack, bubble and lag behind the rubber surface.
The choice of paint is quite wide: you can choose any weather-resistant coatings. Nitro enamels, oil, car paints look great. Acrylic enamel is very popular - it is odorless and can be diluted with water. Plus, this paint is commercially available in spray form, so it's easy to apply. Besides, this way coloring is quite economical - as much material is consumed as necessary.
Some summer residents paint the tire curb only from the outside, believing that inner part will not be visible. This is a mistake, since some unpainted parts of the tires will certainly be visible at a certain angle and will ruin the appearance of the flower bed.
The most successful and uncomplicated flower beds made of tires
Plain tire curbs
If there is no time and special skills for decorating a flower bed, you should try to create a couple of simple compositions. The simplest version of a flower bed made of a wheel tire is a separate flower bed, inside which sand with rubble, earth is poured, and flowering plants are planted. A more complicated option is a tire with “legs” attached to the bottom, which allow you to install a portable flower bed anywhere in your yard. The legs should be fastened to the flowerbed from the old wheel securely so that the entire structure does not collapse at the most unexpected moment.
The next type of simplified flower beds is several bus flower beds stacked on top of each other in a specific order. Compositions in which tires painted in different colors look like a "checkerboard" look good, forming a kind of wall. Such a flower structure can be used as a divider that will allow you to zone the garden.
Having at your disposal tires from wheels of different diameters, you can build a pyramid from them near the house. Climbing plants can be planted in each "step" of the composition, which over time will turn the pyramid into a garden decoration entwined with leaves and flowers. The pyramid looks spectacular, the components of which are painted in different colors.
Tires can be laid in any convenient way, but it is important to make a bottom in the wheel, otherwise the earth will simply spill out Flower garden in the form of chamomile
Such a flower bed is suitable for those owners of private houses who have a fairly spacious area. You only need 4 old tires and paints of different colors. One tire should be placed in the center of the composition, and the remaining three should be cut in half so that crescents are formed. Six semicircles should be placed around the uncut tire to form a flower.
The pre-painted tires must be dug into the ground to a depth of about 5 centimeters. Then fill them with drainage and soil, plant the plants. It is recommended to plant flowers of the same color in the center of the chamomile, and fill the semicircles with plants with petals. contrasting shades.
Two-tier flower bed - chamomile from tires Suspended flower bed
Our master class on step-by-step manufacturing flower beds will help even a beginner to cope with the task. First, you need to find a strong tree or canopy on the site that can hold a structure filled with earth. The tire from the wheel must be hung on chains or a strong rope, having previously made holes in it. The bottom of such a planter can be drowned out with plywood, or a flower pot can be fixed in the tire.
Figures made of tires can serve not only as flowerpots, but also as independent garden decorations. A suspended flower bed can be made in the form of a cartoon character or an animal. For example, a parrot, a dolphin can be cut out of a tire, then the pots are suspended vertically. If it is decided to make a bird, the beak for it is cut out separately from wooden board... The tire is cut according to the template, the parts are fastened with a stapler, nails. They draw eyes, paint a tail, feathers in bright shades. To make it easier to cut the rubber, the tire can be heated under sunbeams in two hours. Before attaching the planter to a branch or roof, it should be painted. Various options hanging figures can be estimated from the photo.
Swan
Pair of tire swans The noticeable and graceful figure of a swan on a flower plot makes a pleasant impression, children like it. Several figurines of noble birds look especially stylish. Flowerbed "Swan" is easy to make with your own hands, you only need good knife, template and our tutorial for beginners:
- First you need to put on the bus the lines along which you want to cut.
- Then cut the head, wings. Turn the product inside out.
- The neck will have to be reinforced with wire to help the rubber keep its shape.
- The bird is covered with white paint, the beak and eyes are isolated.
Approximate markings for making a swan Merry turtle
You will need two tires to craft a turtle. One of them needs to be cut - to separate the round side parts with a knife, you only need a protector. It needs to be cut into 4 pieces of equal size - these are the legs of the turtle. If you wish, you can make the edges of the paws with teeth to indicate the fingers. In the second tire, 4 holes are made on the sides, into which the legs are inserted, they must be fixed with wire. The tail also needs to be made of rubber, and the neck - from a corrugated pipe, fasten these parts to the body. The head is made of tightly crumpled newsprint, fixed on the neck. Once you've painted your turtle, you can dress it up with a matching hat. The paper must be securely coated with several layers of ink to ensure it is protected from moisture.
Flower garden "Turtle" will be an excellent decoration of the garden To create a frog with your own hands, you need to take three whole tires, you will need additional tire trims and an unnecessary hose. Put two tires next to each other, the third - in the center between them, it will represent the head of a frog. From scraps of rubber, you need to make legs and attach them to the pieces of hose. The arms and legs are attached with wire to the "body". Further, the entire composition can be simply covered with green paint. You can fantasize and go further - make the frog eyes, mouth and even attach a crown.
You can plant such a frog next to a pond, where it will look most impressive. Cup of coffee
This composition is ideal for small cottage, it is obtained from two tires from wheels of different sizes. First you need to put the smaller one on the ground, and the larger diameter on it. At the top tire, you can slightly expand the planting area by cutting the rubber from the inner ring. From these scraps of rubber, you can build a handle, securing it with wire. It is desirable to paint the cup bright colors.
The tire cup can be colored in different ways Vase with Flowers
A flowerbed looks very impressive, imitating a vase in which there are flowers. If you take a tire with a disc, you can make a flowerpot on a leg, if not, you will get a simpler vase. The edge of the vase can be cut along on their own- Serrated, wavy or cut into a fringe. In order to decorate the edge of the flowerpot, you need to draw the desired pattern on the rubber with chalk or a marker, cut out the outline with a jigsaw or knife, and then turn the tire inside out. If we chose the disc option, the trimmed part of the tire remains on the base of the structure.
After this procedure, you get a pretty pretty flowerpot that you can paint. It makes sense to decorate such flowerpots: it is easy to apply a drawing on a smooth surface, glue a decor made of stones, glass.
Beautiful structures are obtained from several flowerpots of different sizes. One of the options involves the installation of flowerpots on top of each other, from larger to smaller, like a pyramid. It turns out an original flower bed, which saves the area of the site.
In spite of simple design flowerpot, this decoration can be made original thanks to its bright unique color General principles of planting
After making the base of the flower bed, it is useful to fill it with sand and crushed stone to about 1/3 of the depth. This filler will serve as a drainage, which will keep the roots of flowers from waterlogging. The soil is filled from above, and only then the plants are planted.
Climbing plants or those that bloom with a thick "cap" are usually planted in simple flower beds. If you want to get a multi-level blooming ensemble, it is worth planting petunias, marigolds, pansies on the flower beds. It is advisable to plant plants with tall flowers in the middle of the flower bed: iris, dahlias, phlox.
Bright and unusual flower beds, decorated with tires, are doomed to become a stylish feature of any garden. It is pleasant to relax near such a flower garden on a summer evening, chat with friends and family members. A photo gallery of the most unusual and simple-to-use flower beds will inspire you to create your own composition. Try and build one of them with your own hands in order to appreciate all the attractiveness of a budget design.