Weaving baskets for flower beds. Garden flower bed in the form of a basket

Landscaping and planning 03.03.2020

Landscaping and planning

When spring comes, and after it summer, it's time to lay out flower beds that delight the eye with delicate aromas and a riot of colors. But in order for them to look even more attractive and organically combined with other decorative elements of the backyard, it is best to make do-it-yourself wicker flower beds for flowers and other plants, the time and financial costs of which will be minimal.

Materials for the manufacture of wicker flower beds

To make a wicker flower bed, first of all, you should stock up on material. As it is used rods and tree branches, a distinctive feature of which is flexibility. Among them:

Willow rods.
Hazel rods.
Birch rods.
Willow twigs.
Dogwood branches.
Apple tree branches.
Raspberry branches.
Vine.

All of the above shoots are distinguished by their considerable length and evenness, it is very easy to remove the bark from them, and the surface under it turns out to be completely homogeneous. Such rods are allowed to be harvested all year round, with the exception of June and July. In these months, the young shoots of last year are just beginning to bush, and the shoots of this year are loose and herbaceous, because they have not yet fully matured. It is best to prepare material for weaving flower beds closer to autumn, at the end of August, when the shoots have already reached the desired condition, and the movement of juices in them has slowed down. Such rods can be quickly cleaned of bark, and if necessary, split.

If the wicker basket flower bed is expected to be large, care must be taken to ensure a sufficient supply of shoots for the job. It is unrealistic to collect the required number of them in one day, since at the first stage at least 1.5-2 thousand rods will be required. Chopped shoots and twigs should be cleaned from the bark immediately after collection within 2-3 hours and split before they dry. Alignment with a knife can be done a little later.

In the case when the preparation of the material for weaving could not be done immediately and the shoots dried up or when they were harvested in the cold season, the rods are boiled in water or boiled with boiling water for 30-40 minutes, and only after that they start cleaning and splitting. At home, such heat treatment is quite acceptable, for example, in an iron can from under herring, where the weaving material is folded up.

We should not forget that the bark of the shoots contains tannins, so the tapes that are obtained from steamed, but not yet peeled rods, will turn the container brown. Therefore, it is not recommended to perform such operations in the bath; in extreme cases, it is covered with a synthetic film.

Sometimes, instead of boiling, the so-called method of "revitalizing" the rods is used. For two to three weeks they are placed with thick ends in a container of water, immersed to a depth of 5-10 cm. Periodically it is necessary to change the water. As soon as the first green leaves appear on the shoots, they are cleaned and split.

Trimming the rods has a beneficial effect on the growth of shrubs, the splendor of which increases significantly. If wicker beds are supposed to be made constantly, it’s good to start your own “plantations” of the material, planting new cuttings on them every year. This should be done in May or October. Do it like this:

A cutting is cut from the middle of the rod, the diameter of which is 3-4 mm, and the length reaches 25 cm.
Make a hole in the soil with a sharp stick.
The cutting is placed in the ground to a depth of at least 20 cm. In this case, the thin end of the shoot with several buds should protrude 4-5 cm above the soil surface.

Finished rods must be sorted by thickness and width, moistened, rolled into coils and stored only in a dry place. Before work, they are slightly moistened with a shower or simply wiped with a damp sponge, after which the material is ready for further use.

Types of wicker flower beds

To create wicker flower beds with your own hands, the photos of which are presented in the article, you should decide on their variety. These products are of two types:

Ground wicker flower bed. This is the most common option. If the area of the flower garden is large enough, it is made in the form of a rustic-style wicker fence, which protects the plants from accidental stepping on them, and also plays a decorative role. Often there are also ground flower beds in the form of baskets, which are more compact in size. If a wicker fence-border is more often square or rectangular, then the basket is distinguished by a round shape and the presence of a handle, which makes it possible, if necessary, to transfer it from place to place. The height of the basket varies widely: the smaller the diameter of such a flower bed, the higher its walls will be. The handle is made of several thin and long branches placed between the bars of the basket. The bottom of the flower bed is covered with a film, earth and drainage are poured into it. Often, flowers in flower bed baskets grow much better, since the likelihood of weeds germinating in them is negligible, and the soil warms up well.

Hanging wicker flower bed. Its advantage is ease of placement: a hanging flower bed looks good on the veranda, on the wall of the house, and even on tree branches. This product attracts with a variety of shapes: depending on personal preferences, it is woven in the form of a basket, cone, ball or made rectangular. However, it is imperative to take care of the reliability and strength of fastening for a suspended flower bed. In addition, it is good if it rotates 360 degrees. This will allow you to rotate the plant in the flower bed in such a way as to protect it from the constantly changing direction of the sun's rays. To prevent moisture from evaporating from the hanging flowerbed of the basket, its walls are covered with moss that retains moisture, and the inside of such a planter is lined with a film.

Methods for making wicker flower beds

Making wicker flower beds in the country with your own hands is not difficult at all. This will require a minimum of time and effort. To make a flower bed in the form of a wicker fence for a flower garden, you need to take a secateurs or a sharp knife, a wooden mallet, flexible shoots, the diameter of which is 1-1.5 cm, pointed pegs from branches at least 2-3 cm thick. Now we actually proceed to the process :

We choose the place where the future flower bed will be located. After that, we remove the upper soil layer along with the weeds and grass growing on it and determine the contours of the flower garden.
We calculate the required number of pegs, based on the fact that they will need to be driven into the ground at a distance of 25-30 cm.

To make the flower bed more durable, we drive in one more peg on both sides near the corner peg at a distance of no more than 5 cm. This allows you to connect the bars into an impromptu lock. To do this, without circumcision, we pass them through three corner sticks. Then the rods will not fall out, even if you accidentally hit the flower bed.
Calculate the length of the vertical stakes. We determine the height of the fence and take pegs twice as long: the rest will be underground.
We sharpen the stakes and treat them with an antiseptic to reduce the rate of decay in the ground. In some cases, metal supports are used, but this does not look too beautiful.
We hammer the pegs with a mallet into the ground at the same distance from each other. The closer they are, the greater the strength of the flower bed will be.
We take flexible and long rods with a length of at least 50 cm. It is desirable that one rod is enough to weave 3-4 spans. To increase elasticity, the shoots should be soaked in water the day before.
We remove the bark from the rods and process it with a special compound to stop the decomposition process.
We begin to weave rods around the stakes in a zigzag. In this case, the tapes are either behind or in front of the pegs. They start weaving from the ground and use thicker shoots first. When the rod ends, take the next one. The place where they are connected is cut at an angle of 45 degrees and additionally strengthened with wire or twine.
So that the lower row of rods does not fall to the ground, and the upper row does not lag behind the wattle fence, they are securely tied to the vertical shoots with wire.
Weave from the thick end of the branch to the thinner one. When one row ends, we start the next one on the other side, making sure that the thin and thick ends of the shoots are evenly distributed. In this case, the thickness of the weave will be the same throughout the flower bed.
If the end of the rod coincides with the peg on which the shoot from the previous row ended, we shorten this rod or take a longer one.
We lay out the bottom and sides of the flower bed with plastic wrap. This will prevent it from rotting and spilling the soil.
We make drainage to remove excess moisture, harmful to the roots, from pieces of crushed stone, brick and sand, fill in the soil and plant flowers.

A very interesting version of the flower bed is a wicker basket, equipped with a canopy-support for climbing plants. For its manufacture, you will need scissors, cardboard, a shovel, rods up to 1.5-2 m long. Then we proceed directly to the process:

We soak the rods and sort by length and thickness.
We cut out a cardboard round template, the diameter of which matches the diameter of the bottom of the future flower bed.
We cut off a small part of the circle to get the back wall-support.
We remove the top layer of soil with a shovel (removal depth is about 30 cm) along the contour of the template and insert low thick shoots into the resulting trench at a distance of 10-15 cm from each other.
We insert 4 long branches along the perimeter of the cut edge of the template and 6 long shoots along the rest of its contour.
We start weaving pegs at ground level. The first tape usually consists of two to four rods. We begin to weave the next circle, moving one peg, but we weave each row to the end. We cut the tips of the shoots with secateurs or weave them into the edges.
We collect the ends of the long rods installed along the border of the beveled edge of the template, and weave their opposite ends diagonally until the roof of the wicker basket is at the required height. For strength, the tapes are fastened with wire or rope.
We take the remaining six long rods. We cross two of them and weave them into the improvised roof of the basket, and then weave the remaining four shoots. Thus, a woven lattice is obtained.
We fill the flower bed with soil and plant the plants.

To create another type of wicker flower bed in the winter, in addition to willow rods, you will need a barrel and sleight of hand:

For vertical racks we take thick shoots, for weaving - thinner rods and clean them from the bark.
We fill the barrel tightly with snow and install vertical “pillars” of rods into it. There will be an even or odd number of them - it does not matter, since weaving is performed with a "string" - two twigs that are intertwined.
We continue to weave in a circle until the basket reaches the desired height, after which we cut off the vertical racks.
Then we make a handle: we twist several thin rods of great length with a rope and tie them to the sides of a wicker flower bed.
We remove the basket from the barrel and use it for its intended purpose.

Wicker flower bed as an element of decor

A wicker flower bed will harmoniously look at any site, regardless of its area and the presence of other decorative elements. Since it is made from natural materials, it goes well with the now fashionable wicker furniture or a large fence around the house, also made of vines.

With such fences around flower beds, the local area will look more well-groomed, as they do not allow grass and plants to grow. In addition, wicker fences are great for dividing the site into functional areas: for the garden, for the garden, for recreation. They are environmentally friendly, protect flower beds from damage and at the same time allow you to maintain a personal plot in the same style.

Wicker flower beds are used mainly for decorating a summer cottage. In addition, the walls of the fence protect the flowers from damage, and several products form a single style on the site. They go well with other decorative elements, especially if they are also made in a similar way.

Wicker vine beds are used to decorate the site in a rustic, ethnic or natural style. From other methods of fencing, they are cheap, easy to manufacture and environmentally friendly.

There are two types of flowerbeds - ground and suspended. The former are the most common type of wicker fences. Large products are structures consisting of supports dug into the ground and walls made of thin branches. They look like fences with a beautifully stretched vine.

Depending on the type of plants, the flower bed is supplemented with various elements. For example, for climbing species in the upper part of the structure, a canopy or lattice is formed from rods, to which young shoots are tied. Visually, it looks like a human-sized basket with a high handle.

The fence does not need to be dug into the ground. Small products can be installed without fixing and moved from place to place, thus changing the order in the territory. The most popular above-ground flower beds are oval or round baskets, often with handles.

The height of the basket depends on its diameter, the smaller it is, the higher the walls. Low products often serve as a border fence. In this case, they are woven in a rectangular shape.

Hanging products are small in size, they can be hung on the walls to decorate the site. Small dimensions allow mounting them on walls, tree branches, fences, etc. To create suspended structures, follow these requirements:

They must rotate on a suspension to periodically turn one side towards the light.
In hanging flower beds, it is recommended to plant plants that do not require careful maintenance. Usually petunias, pansies, daisies are placed at a height. They quickly grow and turn the wall into a flowering garden.
The volume of the product must be at least 10 liters due to the large roots of many plants. In small baskets, they squeeze out the soil and dry out.
Hanging systems should be with a tray in which moisture remains after watering. Without it, the water will quickly wash away the minerals. In the absence of pallets, fertilizers must be applied periodically to the soil.

With the exception of these features, care for seedlings in wickerwork does not differ from land plants.

Wicker flower bed technology

To make a flower garden with a fence made of rods, several factors should be taken into account - the place of its installation, the properties of the material, the type of plant. All the necessary information for making a wicker flower bed with your own hands is given below.

Vine Harvesting

Prepare the material before starting work. Thin long flexible branches that are easy to bend are suitable for weaving. Willow, hazel, willow, birch rods are best suited. In small quantities, branches of apple, raspberry, dogwood, grapevine can be added to the composition, which bring zest to the product. Most often they stop at what is available.

It is recommended to harvest material in the fall, when the plants stop growing. At other times of the year, you can also stock up on material, except for the beginning of summer, when the rods have not yet acquired great strength. Vine for weaving flower beds is commercially available, but you can cut it yourself.

When preparing rods, use our recommendations:

Branches must be at least 1.5 m long, preferably the same length. The best are blanks that are one year old.
Cut the rods at an angle, leaving 15 cm long segments with buds on the branches. Under such conditions, the plant will quickly recover.
Look at the cuts. Samples with a loose core are not suitable for work. Also throw away twigs with a reddish core and visible defects - breakage, damage, broken.
After cutting from the rods, immediately remove the leaves.
To remove the bark, you can use a special tool - a pinch. The procedure can be performed immediately after cutting from the tree. Do not delay this operation. It is very difficult to remove dried bark.
Store cut branches in water so that they remain flexible for a long time.

Before you make a wicker flower bed, prepare the vine for laying according to our recommendations:

Tie the blanks into a bundle and place vertically in a bucket. Check that all branches touch the bottom, then form several bundles, in which the rods will differ in length by no more than 10-15 cm.
Soak the material in hot water to increase flexibility. First, divide the vine by size. It is enough to put twigs with a diameter of about 2 mm into water for 10 minutes, with a diameter of 8-10 mm - for 1 hour. During the operation, the bark of the wood releases dyes, so use a container that you do not mind.
Dry the soaked rods and place in a plastic bag. This increases the period of maximum flexibility of the vine.

If you often make wicker beds, it makes sense to create a plantation that will constantly grow vines.

To arrange it, perform the following operations:

From branches with a diameter of 3-4 mm, cut into segments 25 cm long.
Make holes in the soil to a depth of 20 cm.
Install rods in them so that 4-5 cm protrude above the ground.
After 1-2 years, the cuttings will grow, and they can be cut for weaving.

It is necessary to plant blanks every year.

Flower bed weaving rules

To create flower beds, the vine is stretched between the racks in various ways:

Horizontal. It is the simplest option for weaving a fence for flower beds. Rods are stretched between the pillars parallel to the ground. The junctions of the branches are fastened with wire or bark.
Vertical. For this case, additional slats will be needed. Some are attached to poles parallel to the ground (for rectangular flower beds), others are necessary to increase the rigidity of the structure. They are placed vertically between the supports at the same distance.
oblique. It turns out when inclined laying several branches at once.
Chess. It differs in that the rods are not drawn through one pillar, but through several, creating a beautiful pattern. It is allowed to paint the material in different colors before work to create aesthetics.

The fence can be turned into a hedge if the supports are made of willow stakes. They will grow and completely change the appearance of the building.

To get a beautiful flower bed, follow the basic rules of weaving:

For work, choose rods 1-2 cm thick, the larger the product, the thicker the workpiece.
Laying is carried out from the thick part of the rod to the thin one.
After finishing one row, start the next on the other side. Thus, the same wall thickness is ensured along its entire height.
To ensure the horizontal row and prevent slipping from the stakes of the branches, fix them in their original position with wire.

Step-by-step instructions for creating a wicker basket flower bed

To create it, you will need stakes with a diameter of 2-3 cm and thin rods. The height of thick branches is selected taking into account the above-ground part plus 20 cm underground. Thus, for a fence 25-30 cm high, stakes 50 cm long are needed. Sharpen the blanks and cover with an antiseptic to extend the service life.

You can use metal tubes, but they will spoil the aesthetic appearance.

To create the walls, you will need a vine 1-1.5 cm thick and 1.5 m long. Before weaving, it must be processed as described above.

Work sequence:

From the site on which it is planned to place a flower bed, remove the fertile soil, collect the roots of plants, loosen the soil.
Mark the contours of the flower garden on the site. If it is round, draw a circle and mark its position with pegs, driving them into the ground after 25-30 cm.
Drive in stakes at the corners of the rectangular structure, and two more next to it, one on each side. During weaving, the rods are pulled through them, forming the so-called "castle". For reliability, they are additionally fixed in this position with a wire.
Fasten horizontal rails to the supports, by which you can control the horizontal rows.
Next, the rods are braided around the stakes in a given way. Lay the first branch near the ground. She should go around three or four supports in a zigzag, alternately in front and behind. After the end of the branch, take the next one and continue the operation from the site where it ended. In the place where the joint occurs, cut the vine at an angle of 45 degrees and secure it with additional wire. You can experiment with the width of the step or with the number of rods stacked in one row. To make the design beautiful, choose blanks of the same length or cut off the excess.
After creating a row, beat it with a hammer to reduce the gaps between the branches. This is due to a significant decrease in the diameter of the rods after they dry and the appearance of large gaps between them.
At the end of weaving, protect the vine from the sun and rain, which will extend its service life. To do this, the finished product can be varnished or painted with stain. The varnish should be matte, because. glossy gives the design an artificial look.
Cover the bottom and sides of the flower bed with plastic wrap to prevent soil from spilling out.
Create a drainage layer at the bottom of the basket with crushed stone, crushed stone and sand.
Fill the container with fertile soil, plant the plants and water them.

Often, a fence for flower beds is woven in winter or early spring from willow. This is one of the varieties of willow that grows as a small shrub.

The operation is performed as follows:

Prepare a barrel of any diameter.
Fill it with snow and compact it.
Prepare willow rods. Thick branches are suitable for supports, thin branches for weaving. Cut the blanks until the buds open on the bushes.
Insert thick samples into the snow along the perimeter of the barrel after 15-20 cm.
Around them, stretch the thin rods of the willow, two at a time. After creating the first two rows, the racks will still move, but then the structure will become rigid.
Repeat the procedure until the basket reaches the required height.
Cut off the protruding vertical stakes.
Make a flower bed handle. To do this, braid several branches together and fasten them diagonally to the sides of the basket.
Remove the product from the barrel and use as directed.

How to make a wicker flower bed - look at the video:

Such a garden composition in the form of a basket is beautiful, catchy, and at the same time harmonious, since the very idea of a basket is combined with any plants and any garden design option. Many gardeners plant flowers in old baskets. But to get a really stylish garden accessory, it’s still worth using an old, even very large basket - it will be too small for a real flower bed, and at the same time it will look too trivial. It’s better to “weave” a stylized basket yourself! What's more, it's quite easy. What about the costs? Practically none, since everything for making a flower bed-basket will surely be found at your dacha.

For work you will need:

Several wooden slats 3 cm wide.
Old oilcloth in a box
Wood preservative
A piece of plastic box for electrical wiring 2 m long.
Clothesline
Scissors
Hacksaw
garden barrel lid
some sand
Trowel

Production order:

1. Cut the wooden slats into 45 cm lengths. You should end up with about 40 pieces in total. Coat all parts with wood preservative.

2. Cut the old oilcloth into ribbons 4-5 cm wide. The length of the ribbons is as far as the oilcloth will allow.

3. Place a garden barrel lid on the ground in the chosen location. Outline it with sand or rope, then remove.

In the photo: Set the bottom of the future basket in the place where your flower garden will look spectacular

4. Along this circular "path" with a garden shovel, install wooden slats, with small gaps between them. Just cut the ground with a shovel, and insert each rail deep into it.

In the photo: Strengthen the slats according to the diameter of the future basket

5. Bind the exposed slats with oilcloth ribbons like a basket. If the length of the tapes is not enough, connect them together with an ordinary stationery stapler.

6. Wrap the plastic box with clothesline.

Photo: Choose a strong clothesline

7. Bend and insert the box into the resulting basket as a handle.

The basket is ready! Now you can fill it with soil and plant flowers, put containers with flowers, place a mini-garden for greenery on the table.

In the photo: Flower garden-basket for garden compositions

In search of something incredible for their site, many create more than one basket of stones for the garden with their own hands. Such products become the highlights of any territory. The size of the basket is as diverse as its shapes and sizes. The most common material for creating baskets is tracing stone. This article will show a master class on creating a masterpiece to decorate a small garden. But such flower beds can be made in several copies and placed throughout the garden.

Pebble basket

The most interesting and affordable material for creating flower beds is pebbles. Its different shape and color will add brightness and unusualness to the composition. The properties of pebbles include its incredible beauty and brilliance after watering or after rain. The pebbles become shiny, acquire a smooth texture and are simply pleasing to the eye. Of course, it is impossible to complete a flower bed-basket in one day, since it takes time for the material to solidify and better fix other parts, but this wait is worth it.

For planting, flowers of unpretentious varieties are used. Such a basket cannot be carried by holding only the handle, it is quite heavy. For the safety of the entire product, lifting is carried out by the bottom and carefully transferred to a stable surface.

Tools for work:

gray flat pebbles - about 222 pieces;
cement glue;
wire mesh size 26 * 26 cm;
plywood blank 26*26*2 cm;
jigsaw;
paint and brush;
hammer and 8 flat-headed studs;
pencil;
container with cement;
tools for working with cement mass;
adhesive tape and transparent film;
nippers and scissors;
2 plastic pots.

The process of creating a basket with your own hands. Initially, in the above master class, all the necessary tools are collected and located within walking distance. A 2.6 cm wide rim is cut off from the plastic pot. After that, it is squeezed into an oval and applied to the plywood in order to create an outline on the plywood with a pencil. Using a jigsaw, this oval must be cut out.

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The rim, dressed on an oval blank, is fixed on nails located at an equal distance. The base is covered with a transparent film. The cement solution is diluted to a thick consistency and poured into the workpiece up to 1.2 cm high over the film.

The grid, cut to the size of the workpiece, lies on top and is slightly pressed down.

On the reverse side of the pebbles, a small amount of cement glue is applied and fixed to the bottom. Now the base needs to dry. To do this, it should be left in a cool dry place overnight. After that, the blank from plywood and the rim is removed, the film is torn off.

By applying glue to the back of the pebbles, the walls of the flower bed are laid out. This action is performed from row to row, increasing the volume of the basket with a slight tilt of the walls.

After laying out the first five rows, a break is made at intervals of 35 minutes in order to harden the solution and ensure the stability of the subsequent rows of the basket wall.

If it seems that the walls are weakly held, and the structure does not have time to dry, it is better to use an object in the form of a metal cylinder for support.

The next two rows using flat pebbles are final, the next row is laid out with round pebbles. When laying out a row using round pebbles, on two opposite sides it is necessary to leave places equal to the size of flat pebbles. These gaps will serve as the beginning of the basket handle. Excess cement is cleaned. For one hour, while the materials for the rim are being prepared, the basket stands without action on it, the flower bed needs time to dry.

Two rims are cut out of a plastic pot. For strength, they must be connected with tape. The resulting workpiece should be placed in the places left under the flat pebbles for the handles. When the handles are in place, they must be simultaneously fixed on both sides with pebbles with a large amount of cement mortar. The handle is laid out from under the bottom to the top, the last pebble should lie in the upper part in the center.

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A time interval of two hours will be sufficient time for the handle to dry from the cement. But before the expiration of this time, it is necessary to clean up the excess solution. When two hours have passed, you can remove the circle of plastic and cement that has accumulated on the handle from the inside.

All! You can put the basket-beds in the place allotted to it, fill it with earth, plant plants and enjoy the beauty and fragrance of flowers.

Clubs in the form of baskets for the backyard can be created not only from pebbles, but also from other available materials. This can be seen in the photo below.

Everyone wants their garden to be beautiful and unique. For this, as well as possible, a decor made independently in a single copy is suitable. A basket of pre-prepared stones for the garden will be the highlight of any do-it-yourself summer cottage. Such baskets will become original flower beds and will please the eye throughout the season. Let us consider in more detail several options for their manufacture.

We make a basket of stones for the garden with our own hands in the lesson

The flat pebbles from which the basket is made create an interesting effect, imitating the interlacing of twigs. Such a peculiar flower bed is best suited for unpretentious and not very catchy plants. They will favorably emphasize the originality of the flower bed and the beauty of the pebbles, especially when they shine in the sun after the rain.

Work on the basket will need to be carried out in stages over several days, as the handle is attached to the already frozen main part. It performs a decorative function, and it is not recommended to use it for its intended purpose, lifting the basket by the handle.

Required materials and tools:

Flat gray pebbles - about 220 pebbles.
Container with cement, spatula, modeling tool.
Moisture-resistant and frost-resistant cement adhesive.
Plywood sheet 25x25x1 cm.
Wire mesh 25x25 cm.
Nippers and scissors.
Jigsaw.
Hammer and 8 flat-headed studs.
Paint and brush.
Transparent film and tape.
Pencil.
2 plastic pots.

At the beginning of our master class, we cut off a rim 2.5 cm wide from a plastic pot. We compress it into an oval, place it on a plywood sheet, circle and cut the workpiece with a jigsaw.

We put the rim on an oval base and connect them by driving in nails at regular intervals. We cover the base with a transparent film.

Now you need to knead the cement solution to the consistency of the dough and fill it with a form on top of the film with a layer of a little more than 1 cm. Cut the mesh to the size of the form and press it on top.

On the reverse side of the pebbles, we apply small portions of cement glue and cover the bottom with them:

Leave the base to dry overnight in a cool, dry place. Then we remove the plastic bezel with the plywood base and trim the film.

We begin to lay out the walls of the basket, gluing rows of pebbles along the edge. Glue is also applied to the back of the stones.

With each row, we slightly expand the oval, giving a slight slope to the walls of the basket. Thus, we lay out 5 pebbles with cement next to each other and take a break for 30 minutes so that the solution hardens slightly. If the cement hardens longer, the walls must be supported with a cylindrical metal object. In this case, the excess part of the cement will need to be removed with a modeling tool and treated with a damp brush.

We spread 2 more rows with the same pebbles, then the last row with round pebbles. In the middle, on both sides, we leave a gap equal to the length of the flat pebbles, here the basket handles will be attached.

We remove the excess mortar and leave the basket to set the cement for an hour.

For the handle, we cut out 2 rims from a plastic pot, connect them with adhesive tape for strength. We skip the bezel in the center of the product, it should rise above the walls. We spread flat pebbles on the handle, there should be more cement between the pebbles. This must be done from below at the same time on both sides, the last pebble lies in the center of the handle. The manufacture of the handle can be seen in the photo:

Leave for a while and remove excess solution. After 2 hours, you can remove the plastic rim and excess cement from the inside of the handle.

The basket is ready! For planting plants, it is recommended to leave small drainage holes at the base of the basket.

How to make a flower bed-basket of stones of different sizes?

Let's analyze the process of making another stone basket for the garden with our own hands. It looks very original, but at the same time it naturally and perfectly fits into the landscape of a suburban area.

Step-by-step instructions for making a flower bed:

We collect the required number of stones for work. The boulders should be of different sizes and different shapes.
We choose a place for the future flower bed and mark a circle on the ground on which the base of the basket will stand.
Now you need to prepare the concrete solution. Mix cement with sand 1:4 and dilute with water. The consistency should be quite thick.
We lay out the stones for the first row for the base of the basket.
In the same way, lay out a few more rows, fastening them with a concrete mixture.
Remove excess cement. We measure the diameter of the base.
We lay out a circle of stones on the ground, equal in diameter to the base of the flower bed. We connect the stones with a concrete mixture and wait for hardening.
We attach the strengthened circle to the base using a concrete mixture and pebbles.

We dry the finished flower bed. Then you can fill the basket with soil and plant flowers.