How beautiful to make concrete flower beds with your own hands?

I have long dreamed of diversifying the site in the country, making it more interesting and unusual. I want to decorate it with flowerpots. But buying them is expensive, so I would like to know how beautiful it is to make concrete flower beds with your own hands? What is needed for this and how does the manufacturing process itself proceed?

Today flowerpots are widely used in landscape design. They have many advantages:

• low cost of raw materials;
• durability;
• high resistance to mechanical stress, high humidity, temperature extremes, exposure to ultraviolet radiation;
• the ability to make flowerpots of any size and shape.

Therefore, there is nothing strange in the fact that many owners of summer cottages and private houses are thinking about how to beautifully make concrete flower beds with their own hands.

Every person can do this, even if he does not have the relevant experience. In addition, it is not necessary to have expensive equipment - all the work can be done by hand, without specialized tools.

Using purchased forms

On sale you can see dozens of special silicone and plastic molds designed to make exquisite concrete flowerpots. However, their cost is usually measured in thousands of rubles - it makes sense to buy them only if you are going to make tens or hundreds of products.

Their use is simplified as much as possible - the form is assembled, oiled from the inside and poured with liquid concrete. Shake it slightly to distribute the solution throughout the volume. After 48 hours, the concrete will set and the mold can be removed. Keep the flowerpot for a few more days in a dry, warm place, and you can install it on the site.

How to save money when making flowerpots?

Not every person is ready to pay a thousand or two rubles for a form that will be used only two or three times. Therefore, practical people use improvised things.

All you need is a mold of the right size and shape. It can be silicone or plastic. The inner surface is lubricated with oil so that the finished product can be easily removed. A glass, bucket or other object of a circular cross-section of a suitable size, also oiled, is installed in the center. Stones or bricks should be placed in the container so that it does not float.After that, liquid concrete is poured into the mold - too thick will not be able to fill all the voids. When the concrete has gained sufficient hardness (at least 48 hours), the bucket or glass is removed and the mold is removed. The finished product can be used in its original form, or it can be painted in suitable colors.

Details about the manufacture of flowerpots are described in the video: