Tire flower beds: manufacturing ideas

To create an expressive look, a flower bed needs a border designed to clearly indicate the boundaries of the structure. An unusual solution in this situation is old car tires, which car owners throw into a landfill as unnecessary, simply polluting the environment. A hand-made product from a waste tire will not only help in protecting the environment, but will also become an effective decoration for a flower bed in your garden.

Used tire beds have a lot of advantages:

• Even a consumer with an average income can afford to break a flower bed at his summer cottage or under the windows of a house, because tires that have served their time do not represent any material value. The used material can probably be found from friends-car owners who dream of getting rid of old tires. For them it is rubbish, but for an amateur landscape designer it is the basis of a future masterpiece.

• Waste tires no longer have their original stiffness, so they are easily amenable to any treatment. When decorating, a small set of tools is used: chalk, a sharp knife or jigsaw, a can of paint. The simplest garden structure does not require any processing - the tire is placed on the ground and filled with soil.

• The rubber garden accessory is known for its durability: it is not afraid of moisture, does not rot, it is not afraid of bacteria and fungi. The likelihood that it will crack from mechanical shock or severe frost is too small. But even in this case, the situation can be solved - the old tire can be easily replaced with another.

• The waste tire bed is a compact mobile design that is not difficult to transport and easily changes its location. Nothing prevents you from transporting it even to another city, you just have to remove the old soil.

• Tires are characterized by the ability to transform. Even unique flower beds, created with love with your own hands, can get bored over time. An easy way to remedy the situation is to repaint the product. With the help of cans of paint, you can endlessly vary the color scheme, constantly changing the surroundings of the garden area.

• A flower bed made from a waste wheel is always a win-win option for landscape design. Such material allows you to show creativity, express yourself, show your artistic potential.

There are no significant disadvantages of the products. But adherents of classicism do not like them: some require something more familiar and elegant, others do not want to waste time making decorative compositions.

To create the simplest flower bed from an old wheel, you do not need step-by-step instructions - just fill the soil with soil, and the flower bed is ready. But even such a trivial thing can be made beautiful, give it character and add some "flavor".

To create an elegant flowerpot from tires, it is enough to make leaves or petals of different sizes along the edge:

• To do this, the inner edge of the rubber wheel is cut in a zigzag or wave-like shape, then the product is turned inside out, polished and covered with the desired paint.
• But first, they mark the future shape of the flower bed, applying an ornament with chalk. At this stage, it is worth giving free rein to imagination and drawing any ornament you like.

After applying the pattern markings, it is required to cut the tire for the future flower bed. This is the most time consuming part of the job. To do this, you need a sharp knife, jigsaw or grinder. It takes a little longer to cut with a knife, but the grinder melts the rubber and adds an unpleasant aroma.

To increase the sliding of the knife blade, it can be lubricated with liquid soap during the cutting process. The process will be greatly facilitated by using a jigsaw, which allows you to cut even the most complex shapes.

When cutting, you can be injured, therefore, be sure to use special gloves and goggles. It is best to work on a hard, wide surface: a stable table or a piece of plywood on the ground.

You need to cut the pattern strictly along the outlined line, then the product will turn out to be smooth and beautiful. The cut out part is not thrown away, it can be used as a base for a stand or a border for a miniature flower garden.

To turn the wheel out, lay it down with the cut side down, grab the cut edge and try to turn it inside out. It is important to at least start by manipulating a small part of the tire. Then the process will go easier - each part will enthrall the next one. This work requires a certain amount of physical strength, the girls will have a hard time here.

The process of decorating a tire is the most enjoyable stage in the manufacturing process, it requires preliminary preparation. The surface of the future shape is carefully sanded to smooth out roughness and other defects. Then the rubber blank is washed from fine dirt and dust stuck in the treads, and degreased with a solvent or white spirit. Only after that they start painting.

You can paint wheel tires:

• brush;
• spray gun;
• from a spray can.

The use of a brush allows you to paint even the most difficult-to-reach areas on the surface, including the gaps between the treads. This method is effective, but it takes a lot of time. With the help of a brush, they also create more subtle graceful patterns, emphasizing the details and shapes of the product.

The sprayer guarantees an even distribution of the coloring matter. The advantage of such staining is the absence of streaks and brush marks. The paint consumption in this case is slightly higher than in the previous version.

Enamel, oil or nitro paints are used as coloring solutions. The paint is applied not only to the outer side, but also captures the upper 10-15 cm of the inner surface. It is better to use a layer of white as a primer and only then apply a colored layer: this way the finish color will be brighter and smoother.

When painting car tires, there are a few rules to follow:

• when choosing light shades for the border of the flower bed, the soil inside it will not overheat along with the roots of the plants;
• no need to apply a thick layer of paint, otherwise it may crack, especially in frosty winters or scorching summer heat;
• too variegated ornament of the flowerpot can distract attention from the flower arrangements themselves.

The color palette is chosen according to the design concept of the garden:

• metallic silver turns a rubber tire into a glamorous steel vase;
• green will mask a decorative element on a green lawn;
• bright spectacular shades will make accents on the garden plot.

The form can be left plain or applied with a stencil, decorated with a strip or pattern imitating brickwork, checkerboard - a variety of ornaments provides great opportunities and scope for the imagination of landscape designers.

Regardless of the location of the structure, a flower bed made of an old wheel always looks impressive and attracts attention. Fancy figures from car tires can be made to decorate the yard, placing them in the front garden at the entrance or on the playground, they look good in the yard of a private house or in the country.

If there is a strong fence or a blank wall near the house, the flower garden can be arranged on them by hanging the tires on cables or chains. The space inside is filled with earth, suitable flowering plants are planted. Holes are made in the rubber so that there is where to drain excess water. The bottom of the flowerpot is covered with drainage - there are enough small pebbles and sand.

There are a lot of original ideas on how to make your own flower bed out of old tires. Anything that you have enough of your creative imagination in creating a flower garden has a right to exist.

The main thing in the landscape design of a personal plot is to arrange everything in one style:

• A flowerbed can be tires installed on top of each other in a checkerboard pattern. Such a hedge will not only become a wonderful decoration for the yard, but will also allow you to zone the space around the house.

• The composition in the form of a children's pyramid consists of several wheels of different diameters. The top is often a miniature decorative wheel or flower pot.

• A lot of old tires make a structure in the form of a "flower mountain" well. For the composition, you do not need to cut and turn the tires, you just need to paint and assemble them in a specific order. At the base of the mountain there are 6 wheels, on them - 5, then - 3 pieces, the composition is crowned with one small tire.

• The car tire can be used in an upright position. To do this, it is screwed with a screwdriver to a wooden wall like a mailbox. Climbing plants or flowering nasturtium and petunia will look spectacular in it.

• Old tires are able to take on the appearance of any animals and birds, insects and other fauna. The theme can be dishes or household items, cartoon characters, architectural monuments, floral motifs.

If the space of the personal plot permits, you can make a flower bed in the form of a flower. The construction requires 4 tires, of which 3 must be cut across into two parts - they will become the petals of the future chamomile. The whole tire will be the center of the flower, around which you need to lay the petals.

Glued glass pebbles can be an extraordinary addition to the pattern; on a flowerbed in the form of a flower, such decorative elements will resemble frozen dew drops, which will greatly enliven the structure.

Even those who do not have special artistic skills and rich imagination will be able to design such a flower garden. A well made of tires does not require much time and special costs, but it will look spectacular in landscape design.

For the construction, you will need three old tires of the same size. In each of them, slots are made from opposite sides with a sharp knife in order to insert further support posts for the roof. The posts can be installed on the outside of the tires, which greatly simplifies the work.

The wheels are stacked on top of each other so that the slots coincide. Supports (usually beams or beams) are pulled through them, which are deepened into the ground and buried in. The area under the well must be level for the structure to be stable.

With a roof that resembles a real one, the well looks more realistic. Therefore, it is better to make it from roofing materials, if any remained from the repair. Between the bars, a support is installed under the roof, like a crossbar. Slate, metal tiles, other sheet material or boards are attached to it.

Connoisseurs of home comfort will like a flower garden in the form of a tea pair. For it, you will need two tires of different diameters, which must be installed on top of each other - first a small one, larger on top, and fasten them with self-tapping screws.

You can paint the tea set in the appropriate colors for this, for example, red with white polka dots. A pale blue or pink palette will fill the landscape with the Provencal spirit of the Mediterranean. Using the same technology, you can make a kettle, but instead of a handle, make a spout for the kettle from scraps of rubber.

A flower garden in the form of a funny amphibian will be appreciated by kids, and adults will not be able to pass by the green "princess". A flower bed in the form of a frog is easy to perform, in fact, even a child can handle it. All you need are three rubber tires, pre-painted in an emerald hue.

Pieces of old hose and flat tire trims can be adapted for the feet. Plastic buckets can serve as the eyes of a green beauty, and a plastic bottle is suitable for a crown. If you want to add glamor, you can glue your eyelashes with a glue gun, paint your lips with scarlet paint, and complete the image with the arrow of the “Frog Princess”.

You can also make an interesting flower girl from old tires. For a detailed master class on making it, see the next video.