Flowerbeds with their own hands from tires. Flowerbeds of tires

Landscaping and layout 26.06.2020
Landscaping and layout

Flowerbeds of wheels are an original design solution for beautifying a summer cottage with your own hands. You can make flower beds of different shapes (oval, multi-tiered, in the form of figures of various animals) and heights.

Before making a flower bed with your own hands, it is recommended to decide on the place of its installation. It is necessary to choose a tire for flower beds taking into account the following recommendations:

  • imported rubber, unlike domestic products, is softer and thinner, so it is easier to cut;
  • winter tires are used for the improvement of the suburban area;
  • the consumable should have maximum tread wear to make it easier to turn the rubber inside out.

Before work, dirty tires are washed to prevent quick dulling of the saw blade and knife.

To make a flower bed from a wheel with your own hands, you will need the following materials:

  • stones of various sizes;
  • metal grid;
  • marble;
  • Construction Materials.

From tools you need to buy:

  1. 1 Gloves.
  2. 2 Knife, hacksaw or jigsaw (to cut a car tire).
  3. 3 Soap, marker, chalk (for marking).
  4. 4 Colorful products (for finishing the flower garden). Experts recommend buying enamel with a shiny surface, as it looks impressive.
  5. 5 Decor elements.

Simple constructions

To make a multi-level flower garden, use bright oil or acrylic paints. Having decided on the color scheme, they paint several car tires. If the rubber is dry, then the tires are stacked on top of each other, creating a tiered flower bed.

To create an original vertical flower garden, you will need several tires of different diameters. The consumable is stacked to form a pyramid. A pot of flowers is placed on top of the structure. The tires are painted and the interior is filled with earth. In such a flower bed, you can grow petunias, strawberries and other ampelous plants.

To make a suspended flower garden, it is recommended to fasten a strong cord or a metal chain fixed to a tree on the tire. Before filling the inner space with earth, the bottom of the tire is covered. For this, a pots are used (the diameter should be greater than the inner circumference of the tire). You can replace the planter with rubber. If you have free time, you can make a composition out of tires on any topic. If this is the topic of home tea drinking, then the teapot is made of 3 wheels of different diameters. The large diameter wheel is the bottom of the kettle. 2 tires of a smaller diameter are laid on top. The top wheel (kettle lid) should be smaller than the bottom, but larger than the second tire.

The spout and handle of the teapot are cut from a tube with a diameter of 30 mm. To fix the handle, it is applied to the tires. Make markings. At the marked points, cuts are made of the appropriate size. To make a cup, use 2 tires of the same size and 1 tire from a truck. A saucer is cut out of a large wheel. Previously, the rubber is cut with a knife: at the top of the wheel, the excess is cut off along the outer diameter, and at the bottom - along the inner diameter. The resulting structure is added dropwise, and 2 identical rubbers are placed on top. The tires are painted by filling with earth.

Difficult options

It is more difficult to make a flower bed out of inverted rubber. For this you will need:

  1. 1 Draw the petals.
  2. 2 Turn the tire inside out.
  3. 3 Paint the flower garden.

Before cutting car tires, it is recommended to decide on the shape of the petals. They are pre-painted with soap or chalk. Then cut with a knife or jigsaw. If the tire is cut with a knife, then during operation it is moistened with soapy water to better overcome the resistance of a dense tire.

Before unscrewing the cover for the flower bed, the product is turned upside down with its whole side. Grasping the cuts (at the bottom of the tire) with your hands, while pressing on the tread, the product is carefully turned inside out. If 1/2 of the tire is turned inside out, then it is flattened into an oval. The remaining part is turned inside out. To do such work, you will need to make physical effort. The resulting flower bed is painted with monochromatic or multi-colored paints. The selected colors should be in harmony with other landscape objects of the summer cottage.

You can make a flower garden from a tire with a metal disc. To do this, place the wheel on a flat surface. Then a pattern of petals is cut out, while you need to reach the tread with the blade. The next step is turning out the bottom and top of the rubber (the disc cannot be removed). As a result, you get an original flowerpot in the form of a flower on a leg. The upper part of the flower garden is painted in a bright color, and the lower part is green. In such a structure, you can fill up the soil and plant a plant.

Animals in the country

To make a flower garden in the shape of a turtle figurine, you need a car tire. Slits are made in it for future legs. From the other rubber, an outer part with a tread is cut out, which is then divided into 4 parts. The turtle's legs are ready. Wire staples are used to fix them to the body. The cut elements are inserted into the slots. A tail is added at the back. For its manufacture, rubber is used. The turtle head is made from a flat plastic bottle. You can make a head from a newspaper. A plastic tube is used as the neck. The turtle is being painted. Soil is poured into the tire, flowers are planted.

The swan flower garden is made using the same technology as the flowerpot flower garden. Previously, a diagram of a swan is drawn up on paper: tail, neck, wings, head. Then the circuit is transferred to the car tire. Then the figure of a swan is cut out. The next step is to turn the tire out. The swan's beak can be made of rubber, plastic, or wood. The resulting part is painted with red paint.

The halves of the head are folded together, inserting a beak between them. Self-tapping screws are used to fix all parts of the head together. They are screwed in from both sides of the head in place of the future eyes. Self-tapping screws are closed with circles cut from black electrical tape. The swan's head is lifted and pressed into the tire. The resulting fold is fixed with self-tapping screws. The swan is colored.

Before making a flower bed of wheels, it is recommended to decide on the type of future design. In the absence of imagination, you can install round flowerpots at the summer cottage or equip a border from them. In the latter case, you will need to cut out the inner parts from the wheels, laying the resulting flower beds with a certain step. Then the empty tires are dug in vertically between the flower beds. To connect the chain links, cross cuts are made in the vertical tires. Such places are held together with wire. The resulting flower garden is painted with silver or bronze paint.

One-piece wheels can be used to arrange a long flower garden, combining them vertically or horizontally. A flower can be made from a similar material. A large wheel is installed in the center, and around it are the cut halves of the tire. The last elements of the structure will serve as flower petals.

All of the above ideas for arranging a flower bed have a spectacular effect due to the use of colors and various decorative elements: patterns, drawings, beads, ornaments. To decorate a homemade flower garden in an original way, designers recommend using beads as a decor. It is fixed to the tire with high-quality glue that interacts well with the paint.

When painting a flower bed, special attention is paid to the color scheme. To make the pictures look bright, the background color is made in light colors (pink, yellow, white, cream). Patterns and ornaments are made with dark colors (red, blue, black, green).

The improvement of the suburban area is carried out taking into account personal preferences and imagination.

To ennoble your site with beautiful flower arrangements, it is not at all necessary to buy expensive outdoor flowerpots. You can make a unique frame for flowers of various shades and shapes with your own hands. We decorate the dacha with flower beds made of tires: interesting ideas and options for making flowerpots will help make the garden plot unique and inimitable.

Features and Benefits

By making a flower bed from a tire, you can realize almost any creative idea. It is quite simple to make such a budget option for framing flowers on a site - just show a little imagination and make a little effort. Tire beds have a number of advantages:

  • car tires are durable;
  • tires tolerate temperature extremes well;
  • almost any paint fits well on the rubber surface;
  • no need to spend money on material: almost everyone has an old tire;
  • as decorative elements, you can use improvised items.

Due to the fact that rubber is a fairly pliable material, the tire can be given a wide variety of shapes. You can paint the product in absolutely any color. Such a product can be used not only as a decorative element, but also as a functional attribute of the site. For example, small seedlings can be planted in such beds.

Design

You can make a flower garden according to ready-made examples, or using your own original ideas. You can supplement the finished structure with any available materials: it all depends on your imagination and skill. The process of creating a flowerpot is often not completed after cutting and painting the tire. A product of a complex shape in the form of an intricate figure must be supplemented with decorative elements. When decorating a flower garden, you may need the following materials:

  • decorative and natural stones;
  • construction metal mesh;
  • plastic bottles;
  • remnants of various building materials;
  • colored pieces of glass.

From several flower beds, you can form bright compositions. The combination of multi-level flower beds of various shapes looks more impressive... A popular option is a composition of flower beds in the form of cups and a teapot. To design it, you do not have to turn the tire out and cut patterns on it. It is enough just to assemble several tires of different sizes, form handles from pieces of rubber and paint the finished products.

Unusual

In the children's play area, flower beds in the form of animals or fairy-tale characters will be appropriate. You can make a turtle from a tire and a tread:

  • the protector must be cut into four equal parts;
  • in the tire you need to make 4 cuts for the turtle's paws;
  • pieces of protector are inserted into the holes and fixed with staples.
  • the tail is made from a small piece of rubber, fastened with wire brackets;
  • the turtle's neck can be made from a polymer pipe.
  • a head made of crumpled paper is attached to the neck with adhesive tape.
  • all structural elements are painted in appropriate shades.

Other materials can be used to craft the turtle's head, neck, legs and tail. The product can be decorated with additional items (for example, put a small hat on the turtle's head, and glasses on the nose).

Flower

Near the house, flower beds will look good. Before you start making such a flowerpot, you need to decide on the shape of the petals. The petals can be in the shape of a triangle, semicircle, rectangle, or wavy. Sometimes they are narrow at the base and wide at the edges.

On the outer surface of the tire, outline the petals. You can use chalk or a felt-tip pen for marking. Use a shoe knife or jigsaw to cut out the petals. If the rubber is quite dense, and a knife will be used as a cutting tool, it is recommended to periodically dip the blade in soapy water during the cutting process.

Grasping the edges of the cuts, carefully turn the tire inside out. The finished product needs to be painted. Flower-shaped flower beds look more attractive if you use different shades of the color palette when painting.

On the leg

From a one-piece wheel (tires with a disc), you can make a magnificent flowerpot with a leg.

The workflow for creating such a flower bed consists of the following steps:

  • petals of the desired shape are cut out in the tire, reaching the tread with the cutting tool;
  • then the upper and lower parts of the tire are turned out (the disk does not need to be removed - it will be the leg of the flowerpot);
  • the upper part is painted in saturated colors, the lower one will be a kind of stem if it is painted green.

Swan

One of the most common options for a flower bed of tires is a product in the shape of a swan. Such a flower bed is made in the same way as a flowerpot. The only difference will be in the more complex cutting. You can use the ready-made scheme, which shows the lines of the wings, tail, neck and head of a swan for drawing on the tire.

After marking the tire, the very shape of the swan is cut out. Next, you need to unscrew the tire and complete the formation of the swan. The beak can be made of rubber or any other convenient material, painted with orange paint and attached to the head with self-tapping screws. Swan eyes can be made from pieces of duct tape.

Usually the figure is painted white, but no one forbids the use of other shades (you can make multi-colored plumage).

See below for a master class on making a swan from tires.

Required tools

To start making a flower bed from tires, you need to prepare the necessary tools. First of all, this is a tool that will be used for cutting rubber (knife, electric jigsaw, grinder). If you decide to use a knife, the blade must be sharpened well. It is worth considering that it is quite problematic to cut dense rubber with a knife. To make your job easier, the blade must be greased with grease before cutting. If the knife will not be used as your primary tool for cutting the tire, it may come in handy for making small cuts.

Using an electric jigsaw as a cutting tool will be the best option. The more powerful the jigsaw, the easier it is to cut the wheel. A good quality steel blade with a reverse tooth is ideal for cutting tires. It is much easier to cut a tire with a grinder than with a knife or jigsaw. The disadvantage of this tool is that the rubber along the edges of the cut will be melted, the cutting procedure will be accompanied by an unpleasant pungent odor.

If for the manufacture of a flowerpot it is necessary to cut the protector, it is better to do this with a grinder.

Then it is worth deciding on the type of paint for the flower bed. Almost any paint fits well on rubber. The following types are mainly used:

  • aerosol;
  • oil-based enamel;
  • nitroenamel;
  • auto enamel.

If necessary, prepare a brush for painting the tire. Gloves will be needed for work, they will protect hands from paint or other possible contamination... You will need chalk, a marker, or soap to draw the line. When making complex figures, some elements will have to be made from scrap materials. To fasten additional parts to the main figure from the tire, you will need staples, self-tapping screws.

How to do it?

Making complex curly flower beds from tires is a laborious process that requires patience and some physical effort. Whatever shape you want to give a flower bed of tires, the procedure for making a flowerpot will always be almost the same. Here is a step-by-step instruction on which you can independently make a curly flower bed from tires:

  • Choosing a tire. So that working with rubber does not cause unnecessary trouble, you need to take tires that can be easily cut off (old, badly worn, winter thin or imported).
  • Thoroughly clean and dry the tire.
  • We decide on the form. It is necessary to mark the cutting line with chalk or marker. The marks on the tire must be done as carefully as possible in order to facilitate the process of cutting out the figure in the future.
  • Cut out along the drawn line, and then take out the upper part. A high power jigsaw can be used.
  • We turn the tire inside out (you need to grasp the cut edge with your hands, after stepping on the middle of the tire and pulling the rubber towards you with force).
  • We sand the cut edges and process them with gasoline.
  • At the end, the flower bed should be painted, dried well and, if necessary, decorated with additional elements.

View

All flowerpots from tires can be divided into two main types: solid and cut. The simplest option for a flower bed of tires is the tire in its original form. You can refine the appearance of such a flowerpot using paints. Such flower beds can be placed in small groups, or they can be made up of a multi-level structure.

A layered design will look more attractive if you give it a pyramid shape. To do this, you need to take tires of different diameters and install them on top of each other. The difference in tire diameter should be at least 20 cm. Hanging flower beds will be a more interesting solution. A suspended flower garden can be placed along a wall or a blank fence. The shape of such a flower bed can be very diverse.

The inner space of the tire must be filled with soil. A mixture of small stones and sand can be used as drainage. When making a suspended flower bed in the tire, you need to make several small holes so that excess moisture can drain freely. Flower beds in the form of plants, animals or mythical creatures are more laborious, but they look quite impressive.

With the help of a tire and a cutting tool, you can embody any author's idea.

In addition to the division into two main types, there is an additional classification of flowerpots made of tires. The flower beds are divided by size and shape as follows:

  • high;
  • low;
  • single-tiered;
  • multi-tiered;
  • curly;
  • round.

Material

The ease of making a flower bed, as well as its appearance, will depend on the material chosen. When choosing car tires, you need to consider the following features:

  • the process of making a flower bed will be easier from old tires, worn rubber is more pliable;
  • imported tires are thinner than domestic ones and are easier to cut;
  • winter tires are more flexible than summer ones;
  • tires with a metal cord are more difficult to cut;
  • if, when making a flowerpot, it is necessary to turn the rubber inside out, you need to select a tire with the most worn out tread.

A flower bed can be made from rims or solid (rims with a tire) wheels of a car. This material is used much less often than the usual tires, but flowerpots made of disks look no less attractive. Whatever material you choose for making a flower bed, it must be thoroughly rinsed from dirt. This can be done with a garden hose.

A clean material will facilitate the process of making the flowerpot and will not spoil the cutting tools.

In addition to the basic rules for making a flower bed from tires, it is important to know some of the subtleties of its placement on the site. It is better to place the flower bed in a well-lit and relatively flat area. In large areas, multi-tiered structures will look better. Having decided on the location, it is necessary to make a container of boards or other solid material for the base of the flower bed.

It is important to prepare a good soil for flowers. The soil mixture should not be too greasy so that moisture can easily pass to the roots of the plants. It is important not to forget about the drainage layer, which can be made from expanded clay or gravel. To retain moisture in the soil and facilitate the care of plants, the area around the flowerpot should be sprinkled with gravel or sand.

It is better to paint the wheels in light colors: this will avoid overheating of the soil in the summer. When painting, you should also consider the following:

  • Before painting, the tire must be thoroughly cleaned, dried and degreased. You can treat rubber from grease contamination with a solvent, gasoline or acetone.
  • It is desirable to cover the tire with paint in several layers. A thin layer of paint can quickly wear off or crack. It is not worth applying many coats, this will lead to rapid peeling of the paint. It will be optimal to paint the product two or three times.
  • If you want to plant bright flowers in a flower bed, it is better to paint the tire in gentle light colors. In vases of bright colors, it is better to plant light small flowers.
  • It is permissible that the shade of the flowers echoes the color of the flower bed.
  • It is worth painting a flower bed not only from the outside. If you grab the inner edges with paint, the flower bed will look more voluminous.
  • It is not at all necessary to paint the flowerpot in one color; interesting patterns of a different color can be applied to the tire.

To apply the pattern, you can use pre-made cardboard stencils.

This site provides material on the manufacture of a car wheel. It turns out an original and beautiful product, but bad luck, the number of wheels at my disposal is limited. But much more waste tires have accumulated in the automotive history. It's time to dispose of them. Since there are a lot of tires, I decided to try to speed up the process of converting them into flower beds, cutting a dozen tires with a knife is still a laborious task. Then than cut car tire? A hand jigsaw was used for cutting. I want to say right away that working with two different units, the best result was shown by a jigsaw with a capacity of 800 watts, the more powerful, the better. So below is the answer to the question of how to make a flower bed out of a tire quickly.

The procedure for making flower beds from tires

1. Choosing a tire, of course, if there is a choice. The recommendations are simple. We choose the lightest and with the maximum tread wear - this will greatly facilitate the subsequent eversion.

2. Preparing the tire... If the tire is heavily contaminated with sand and earth, we clean it. Saws on dirty tires dull faster.

3. We mark with a felt-tip pen where you cut, such as petals. It is convenient to use ready-made sector markings on some domestic tires. The petals should not be more than 12-15 centimeters, otherwise the flower bed will not turn out to be round, in these places the rubber will not bend.

4. Cut through in the place of the cut with a knife, a tire for entering a jigsaw.

5. We fix the file in a jigsaw. As mentioned above, the jigsaw for cutting must be taken to the maximum available power. When cutting, I used various files. They all work in approximately the same way. It is convenient to cut with a file for curly cutting, but when sawing errors they often break. Clamp the file, insert it into the cut and start sawing.

6.Sawing, in places of thickening of rubber, feeding is very difficult, to speed up the work, you can round off the petal in the thin part of the side surface of the tire. When approaching the base of the petal, it is necessary to cut before bending, or better before reaching the tread plane - this will facilitate eversion. Having cut one petal, you can rearrange the jigsaw for sawing in the opposite direction, or if you have a curly file, you can also make a rounding at the base of the petal. So sequentially cut out all the petals according to the marking.

7. We cut out the opposite side, you can also cut out the petals or, by reducing your work, cut off part of the side wall and make radial cuts on the remaining part of the side surface. Important, cuts to the protector from the side of the petals must correspond to the cuts on the reverse side, if this is not observed, then when turning in these places there will be an unevenness. Experience has shown that even a very hard tire can be turned out if you completely cut off the side wall of the tire opposite the petals.

One of the usual summer cottage practices is the creation of flower beds in the form of different figures from old car wheels. This kind of creativity has many benefits, and with the right approach, it can be turned into real art.

Using old automobile rubber to create a flower bed is almost a win-win option for using these products. There are several advantages:

  • this is a profitable material - production will not take any money (only small expenses for paint are possible);
  • working with tires is simple and convenient, you do not need to make any special efforts;
  • this is a very interesting creative process, since structures of various shapes can be made, and not from one tire, but from several at once;
  • rubber tires have an ideal round shape and are perfect for making ordinary flower beds;
  • tires are durable - they will serve as a flower bed for many years, since they are not subject to decay;
  • By using rubber to decorate the site, you contribute to the overall environmental situation - in this case, the material is successfully used for practical purposes, and is not burned at the landfill, polluting the air with combustion products.

There are practically no disadvantages of using rubber - the only limitation is that many gardeners dislike tires for their unpresentable appearance. But this problem can be easily solved - it is better to choose normal, solid rubber, and besides, with the help of paint and other decorative elements from a regular tire, you can create a whole work of art. More on this below.

Using old automobile rubber to create a flower bed is an almost win-win option for using these products.

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To make a flower bed from a tire, you can do nothing with it - just paint it in a beautiful color and wait until it dries. And you can make a beautiful decorative product out of it, which will decorate the site not only thanks to the flowers, but also by itself.

Manufacturing technology is simple, and even a woman can do it. It is important to consider several nuances, which are detailed below.

Choosing a tire for making flower beds and garden figures

If the farm does not have 1-2 old tires, but a whole "collection", then it is worth choosing the right product correctly. You need to be guided by such considerations:

  1. Imported tires fit better than domestic ones, since rubber is softer in texture, it has a thin structure, making it much easier to work with it.
  2. If you choose between winter and summer tires, then preference should be given to winter, since they are more durable, and in this case there is less risk of damage to the material in the process of working with it.
  3. Oddly enough, but the more the tire has been in use, the better, since in this case the tread is subject to heavy wear. And this makes it easy to turn the product to the wrong side, which is very useful in work.
  4. Of course, if you can choose between heavily shabby, unsightly-looking products and more attractive, the choice will be for the latter. Same it is better to take rubber without stubborn, non-removable dirt.

As for the size, it all depends on the gardener's imagination. Theoretically, tires of any diameter are suitable - the main thing is that they harmoniously fit into the overall composition if several flower beds are supposed to be made at once.

Imported tires are better suited than domestic ones, since rubber is softer in texture, has a thin structure, making it much easier to work with it

How to turn the tire out correctly

In fact, There are three important things to learn when working with tires:

  1. You need to learn how to turn them out correctly.
  2. There is a need to master the ability to cut the material in the right places and bend over the appropriate parts.
  3. Finally, you need to figure out how to paint a tire correctly and beautifully.

If you turn the tire inside out directly, without any tricks, most likely you will have to call a man. And you can do it yourself. It is quite easy to turn the tire out by making small cuts so that they reach the tread. The technology is as follows:

  1. First, the product is turned inside out on one side.
  2. Then the rubber is compressed so that its edges almost converge (top and bottom).
  3. After that, the work is completed from the other side.

How to make a flower bed from a wheel with your own hands (video)

Paint tires with ordinary paints on drying oil(water is quickly washed out by rain), but here it is important to pay attention to several recommendations, which are due to the process of the subsequent operation of the tire (prolonged exposure to the open sun, design features):

  1. It is better to select paints of light shades, since they reflect the sun better than dark ones - the tire and the soil in it will not heat up so much.
  2. You need to apply paint in 2-3 layers, choosing the golden mean: a too thin layer will quickly fall off, cracking from temperature changes and washing off with the rain. A layer that is too thick will begin to flake off due to the same factors, since the paint will not adhere well to its own layer.
  3. Better not to be lazy and paint the small inner layer closest to the outside. In this case, the appearance of the product will be much more beautiful, moreover, it will last longer.
  4. Before applying a layer of paint, the tire must not only be thoroughly rinsed and dried, but also treated from possible grease contamination - this is done with gasoline, acetone or oil paint solvents.
  5. In addition to applying the main layer, it is not forbidden to create your own patterns - if you cannot draw with your own hand, you can safely use stencils that are cut from ordinary cardboard.
  6. Finally, you need to decide on the color scheme in advance, based on the flowers that are supposed to be planted, as well as from the tire composition, if several flower beds will be used at the same time.

Important! Most conveniently and quickly, you can paint a tire from an aerosol using a special spray can. You can buy such a product at a car shop.

Paint tires with ordinary paints on drying oil

How and what to cut a tire

Since the tire is cut for decorative purposes, this is done by creating a certain pattern (most often - petals). therefore you need to cut not with a knife, but with a jigsaw, optimally - electric.

When working, you can use files of different sizes, which can be easily inserted into the jigsaw. The choice of a particular file depends on the subtlety of the intended pattern.

Of course, before starting work, you should plan the corners, the interval of the pattern, mark it on the surface and only then start sawing.

Important! If the outside edges are very easy to saw, it will be harder to cut as you get closer to the edge - so work should be done as long as the plane remains. As soon as the downward turn begins, you can stop sawing.

You need to cut the tire not with a knife, but with a jigsaw, optimally - electric

Making flower beds from tires

There are a lot of options and ideas for making a flower bed from a tire - from a simple untreated tire to complex options in the form of whole compositions of these products.

A simple flower garden from a tire: fast and tasteful

If you don't have the time and energy to work with sawing, and even more so turning out the rubber, you should not refuse to transform your flower garden with the help of a flower bed from a tire.

The best option is to use a high flower bed, from a truck. In this case, you do not need to use additional stands.

The sequence of actions is as follows:

  1. The tire is thoroughly washed from dirt and dried.
  2. You can make 8-12 petal-shaped cuts and remove the inside for a very original look.
  3. According to a pre-planned plan, paint is applied to it and, if desired, patterns.
  4. Outside, the tire can be decorated with stones that are glued to a cement base - in this case, few people will be able to identify the source material, the product will look very rich.

The best option is to use a high flower bed, from a truck

How to make a vertical flower bed from old tires

It is not at all necessary to place the tire just on the ground on its larger side - you can take advantage of the fact that the groove is tight. Accordingly, there is enough space for small flowers, but it will look much more original.

One of the options is to make a vertical flower bed in the form of a bird:

  1. A pattern is outlined according to a previously prepared drawing - for example, in the form of a parrot: for this you need to cut out symmetrical feathers of the wings and tail.
  2. Corresponding cutouts are made according to the pattern.
  3. Then the tire is turned inside out and painted in bright colors.
  4. You can hang such a tire using a hook. It is very convenient to do this with the help of an uncut tread. You can also hang it by the handles, which will remain in the form of a circle from the uncut part.

Important! In the case of flower beds of this design, it is important to make holes under the bottom, otherwise the water will have nowhere to drain. You should also periodically water the soil - the rain will not always be able to get in if the top is not cut off.

How to make a swan out of a tire with your own hands (video)

Suspended flower garden made of tires

Suspended flower beds can be made from tires - and not only from vertical, as described above, but also horizontal.

Mounting options:

  1. For a hook hanging from the edge of a roof or post.
  2. With a rope pulled over a tree.

If you weigh a horizontal tire, you need to take care of the container in advance, which fits into it and is held by the edges.

Suspended flower beds can be made from tires

Flower beds made of car tires in the form of a swan

The classic, but not obsolete, use of a tire is making a swan.

There are 2 options:

  1. Horizontal swan.
  2. Vertical swan.

The technology for making a vertical flower bed is as follows:

  1. Marking is made taking into account that half of the cover is the bird's neck.
  2. On the surface, you need to draw a head with a beak, a body and a tail.
  3. All details are cut along the contour - better with a grinder.
  4. Then the structure is neatly turned outward.
  5. The swan is painted and placed in a chosen place in the garden.

The classic, but not obsolete, use of a tire is making a swan

Other interesting ideas for flower beds from tires

If there are a lot of tires, then there are much more ideas for creating a flower garden:

  1. Multi-tiered flowerbeds of tires of the same size, arranged like a house made of cubes.
  2. Multi-tiered flower beds made of tires of different sizes, arranged in the form of a pyramid.
  3. Flowerbeds in the form of a coffee cup on a saucer.
  4. Flower-shaped flower beds (petals are made from semicircles).
  5. In the form of a real flower on a pedicel - one tire will serve as a flower with loose petals, the other - in the form of a stem.
  6. Flower beds in the form of flowerpots.
  7. Flowerbeds in the form of pieces of furniture (for example, trellis).

Tires can make a flower bed

Choosing plants for flower beds from tires

Theoretically, many flowers are suitable for such flower beds, but since it is undesirable to often disturb the structure, it is best to plant perennial plants with bright flowers and beautiful greenery, for example:

  • zinnias;
  • crocuses;
  • daffodils;
  • pansies;
  • peonies;
  • cornflowers;
  • Adonis;
  • periwinkle;
  • daylilies and many others.

ADVICE:

If a whole composition of flower beds is being made, then it is better to plant the highest plants in the center, and lower plants at the edges. In this case, it is important to skillfully combine flowers, as in ordinary flower beds.

Many flowers are suitable for flower beds.

Other products from old tires in the country

Of course, not only flower beds can be made from such a valuable material, but also a number of other useful devices that will not only decorate the site, but also will allow you to diversify your leisure time on them:

  1. Swing for children are made of one strong tire, to which a metal chain clings and is attached to welded posts or to a powerful tree.
  2. Another option swing - in the form of a vertically located horse... This is a very exciting idea - hardly any of the neighbors have this kind of fun.
  3. The swing can be made not suspended, but ground- for this, the tire is cut exactly in half, a seat is made from a solid board, and the attraction for kids is ready. In this case, it is important that the internal structure is sufficiently rigid.
  4. All kinds of animals made of tires- another original use case: centipede, birds, frogs.

The swing for children is made from one durable tire

Making a simple fence from car tires

A very practical and at the same time original way of using tires is making a fence. This will require at least 40-50 old tires of the same size.

The technology is as follows:

  1. The tires are staggered on top of each other.
  2. Fastened with ordinary self-tapping screws.
  3. Plants can be planted in the upper row - climbing plants are especially suitable, for which you need to additionally hold cords.

Of course, there may not be so many tires. Then there are more familiar options:

  1. Tape fence (from tires completely cut and elongated in a straight line).
  2. Fencing in the form of semicircles.
  3. A fence in the form of tires, laid and reinforced vertically.

A very practical and at the same time original use of tires - making a fence

Delightful figures from old tires by sculptor Yong Ho Ji

Some things seem implausible until you can see them in practice. For example, the fact that making different shapes from tires can be turned into an independent direction of applied art.

Many people believe that only an experienced specialist can develop a beautiful landscape design. But practice shows that this point of view has nothing to do with reality. Everyone is capable of making a garden or a personal plot - there would be a corresponding desire.

The basics of landscape design

In order for a dacha or an adjoining territory to look decent, often neither high professionalism nor significant financial costs are required. Anything can be used: fragments of bricks, stones, plastic bottles, old watering cans and much more.

Flowerbed of tires

For example, an alpine slide, which is the object of dreams of many owners of suburban areas, may well be built without the involvement of specialists. The most important thing is not to be afraid to experiment and boldly combine different objects and objects.

Interesting. Often old junk, which, it would seem, is time to throw it away, can do a good job in decorating the territory.

So, for example, from an old wobbly chair you will get a beautiful stand for a flowerpot. With an old chest of drawers, if you tint and decorate it appropriately, you can decorate any blank wall by planting bright flowers in its boxes.

More complex structures can be made from scrap materials, for example, having a metal rod and flower pots at hand, you can build a very interesting vertical flower bed.

Among domestic gardeners and owners of suburban areas, flower beds from tires are in high demand. They will be discussed below.

Types of flower beds from tires

To start creating flower beds from tires with your own hands, you do not need special experience and knowledge. The most important thing is to have the necessary tools and basic information on hand.

By the type of construction, tire beds are:

  • low;
  • high;
  • single-tiered;
  • multi-tiered;
  • curly;
  • suspended;
  • round.

Round flower beds made of wheels are the easiest option in execution. All that is required to organize a flower garden is to take tires, paint them in arbitrary colors, fill them with soil and plant plants.

Interesting. To get an interesting composition from a material such as a tire, you can paint the wheel material in bright colors and, stacking on top of each other, form tall flower beds.

As for multi-level structures, they are created from tires of various diameters. They are placed on top of each other according to the principle of a toy pyramid (in descending order of size) and filled with soil. This design is perfect for planting ampelous plants.

Layered tire construction

Suspended flower beds made of tires can be attached in different ways: to a pipe, chains or a rope to a tree branch, etc. Only first you should not forget to cover the bottom of the improvised pots with some material.

Step by step instructions

Before proceeding with the manufacture of flower beds from tires, you should decide on the dimensions and design.

Flower bed

Do-it-yourself flower beds look very stylish. For work, you need a tire, a sharp knife capable of cutting through thick rubber, and a marker (or chalk).

Flower-shaped flower beds Manufacturing work is carried out as follows:

  1. Marker marks the cut points.
  2. The tire is cut around the circumference in the form of zigzag petals (oval, semicircular or triangular).
  3. The tire is turned over and, driving a knife along the thickening, a circle is cut out from the back side of the tire.
  4. Around the circumference inside the tire, transverse cuts are made at a distance of 20 to 25 cm from each other, starting from the cut edge to the end of the tread.
  5. The tire remains unscrewed, and the design of the flower bed is ready.

Flower bed

Then you need to paint the product in a beautiful color, fill it with earth and plant flowers. Oil paint is best suited. Other types of paint may peel off.

Pot from an old wheel

Pot from an old wheel

Another interesting master class, which will be useful to lead, is devoted to making a stylish garden vase from a worn wheel. For work, you need to prepare a tire, which has a disc, knife and marker. Then they act according to the following scheme:

  1. A zigzag line is marked along the circumference of the tire, along which it will then be necessary to cut.
  2. Cut the tire. To facilitate the cutting work, it is recommended to periodically dip the knife into machine oil.
  3. Turn the tire inside out. It is better to turn it out together and in parts.
  4. The pot is ready. All that remains is the same painting work.

Important! Before pouring soil into such a vase, you must remember to put a gasket on the bottom, in which small holes should be provided to remove excess water after watering.

Flower bed chamomile from tires

This is another simple and interesting option, how to quickly make a flower bed in the form of daisies from the wheel. To work, you will need several tires and a sharp knife. In general, work will take no more than half an hour. The step-by-step workflow is as follows:

  1. All tires are cut in half.
  2. A curly fence in the shape of a flower is formed.
  3. They cover the ground and plant the plants.

Form the heart of the chamomile from flowers. Alternatively, it can be in the shape of a circle, laid out from a material such as a plastic bottle (bottoms to the top) or a stone.

Flower bed chamomile from tires

If you approach the process of creating flower beds from tires creatively, original ideas will not keep you waiting. Answers to the questions: is it worth using additional plastic material, how and how to paint the wheels for the flower bed, and what to plant in the flower garden as a result, you will find along the way.

Parrot cache-pot

To create an original pots in the form of a parrot from an old wheel, you will need the following materials:

  • a tire with a shallow radial tread;
  • a strip of iron for the clamp;
  • washers, nut, bolt;
  • spanners;
  • drill.

Parrot cache-pot

The work is done in the following order:

  1. With a knife, symmetrical cuts are made in the tire 2/3 along the bead ring.
  2. The side part and the tread are cut at a distance of 1/3. On the larger side, the side part is separated by means of a triangular cutout.
  3. The tire is turned inside out.
  4. The bird's beak is cut from the side.
  5. A smaller part of the tire is cut along its entire length (the cut should be slightly larger than the size of the future beak).
  6. Using a clamp, insert the beak and squeeze the halves.
  7. Drill a hole with a drill.
  8. The halves of the head are pulled together with washers, nuts and bolts. (To make the head narrower than the body, part of the tire must be cut off).
  9. A tail is cut on the larger side of the tire.
  10. The workpiece is painted.
  11. A clamp is made from an iron strip, with which the sides of the pots are pulled together (as an option, an ordinary rope can be used).
  12. Color the parrot in full.
  13. Hang the pots on a rope or screw them with wire to a horizontal structure.

How to turn out a tire

It will take some effort to turn the tire inside out. To facilitate the work, it is recommended to make large cuts - up to the tread. First, turn one side out, then, slightly flattening the tire into an oval, do it completely.

If you still do not have enough strength, you should cut the part of the flower bed opposite the petals in a circle to remove the steel cord. True, in this case there is a risk that the structure will not keep its shape well enough.

Tire handling

How to cut a tire

You will need a sharp knife to cut the tire. First, a small hole is made in the tire. Then a cutting tool is inserted into it and the material is cut according to a predetermined marking. The knife should be periodically dipped in water or machine oil. This will greatly simplify the task.

How to paint the wheels for a flower bed

When the structure is ready, it remains to paint it. To do this, the surface is completely degreased (for example, with acetone or white spirit) and allowed to dry.

The surface can be additionally primed, but this condition is not obligatory, since even without this, the paint on the rubber lays down quite well. The staining process itself does not differ from similar works on another object.

Planting flowers and rules of care

Having dealt with the question of how to make a tire from a car wheel and how to cut and overlay everything correctly, it's time to understand what is better to plant in a flower bed of tires. Of course, there is no clear instruction as to which flower is better to place in flower beds made of hand-made tires.

Cover with flowers

Nasturtiums look no less bright. But, when planting this flower in flower beds from tires, it should be remembered that the culture does not tolerate transplantation very well. Accordingly, nasturtium should be placed in a permanent place of growth in the form of swollen seeds or ready-made seedlings in peat cups.

In addition, you can plant marigolds, verbena, viola and other not too whimsical flowers.

It is allowed to plant in homemade pots and perennials. These can be chrysanthemums, carnations, daisies, ornamental bows and much more.

The main condition is that the flowers planted in tires should be unpretentious and require minimal maintenance.

No matter how interesting the idea is, and no matter what kind of flowers were planted in an impromptu flower garden, the structure itself should be placed in such a way that access to it remains free. This will allow the plants to be properly cared for. Only in this case the use of tires as flower beds will be justified.

As for the care of flowers, it largely depends on what is specifically planted, and does not differ from the manipulations performed with a similar plant planted in open ground or a flower pot.

Concluding the conversation about how you can make a flower bed out of the wheel, it is worth noting that such a constructive solution within the framework of creating landscape design has a number of undoubted advantages:

  • the durability of the flower bed;
  • good tolerance to temperature changes;
  • practically zero financial costs;
  • high rate of aesthetics.

Rubber is a very malleable material, and the question should not be about how to make a flower bed out of a tire (especially since it is very easy), but which version of a flower garden is better to make from a set.

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