How to make a flower bed from tires with your own hands?
A lush flower garden always attracts the attention of passers-by with its beauty, and if it is made of unusual materials, then it is even more attractive and original. Tires that no one needs, which simply have nowhere to put, can turn into an original flowerbed and decorate the courtyard of a private house, a summer cottage or a lawn near the entrance. The prospect is tempting, but how to do it tire flower bed to make it look beautiful?
What tires to choose to create flower beds
If you have the opportunity to choose from which tires to make a flower bed, give preference to used imported products. They are made from softer and thinner rubber, which is easier to process. This is important as the tire will have to be turned outward, which is not easy with tough material. When choosing between winter and summer tires, opt for the winter version, and if the rubber is very worn out, consider it a stroke of luck - from worn tires you get the most bizarre flower beds.
It is not necessary to start making flower beds from car tires right away. If there are several tires and they will all be part of the same flower bed, inspect and sort them by size, degree of wear and tread pattern. Keeping the tires free of sand and dirt will make it easier to create the tire beds, and the cutting tools will not dull quickly. Now is the time!
We cut out tires for making flower beds
Having mastered the skill of cutting tires, you can subsequently create flower beds, modeling their shapes yourself, but the very first works are made in the form of a flower. A cut line in the form of flower petals is marked on the tire with chalk, as shown in the photo below.
The rubber is cut along the marked contour with a sharp knife with a narrow blade. To facilitate the cutting process, the knife is moistened with soapy water from time to time. The cut off part of the tire is separated, and you get such a blank for a flower bed.
Now the tire needs to be turned inside out - this is not an easy job, and it will be much easier for a man to cope with it than a woman. You need to stand with your feet on one edge of the tire, and with your hands bend the opposite side outward with effort - the main thing is to be able to turn out a small section, and then the process will go easier. When the tire is turned and aligned, the cut petals will open like a blooming flower.
Decorating tires for a flower bed
The black cups cut from car tires are unremarkable unless painted in colorful colors. To do this, you can use any paints intended for outdoor use.
How to paint the tires for flower beds:
- Oil paint;
- Enamel;
- Aerosol car paint;
- Nitro paint.
It is not necessary to paint the bowls in the same tone, you can come up with various patterns that correspond to the setting in which the flower beds of car tires will be installed. For example, if this is a playground, it is appropriate to make them in the form of animals: bunnies, cats, squirrels and other funny animals.
Fertile soil is poured into the inner space of the tire, and seedlings are planted in the spring or early summer. Since the purpose of creating a flower bed from tires is to decorate the site with flowers, it is important to choose the right varieties of them.
Annuals for a flower bed from a tire:
- Nasturtium;
- Petunia;
- Tagetes;
- Gazania;
- Mattiola;
- Calendula;
- Morning glory.
Most of the flower beds made from tires are made stationary, and therefore it is appropriate to plant perennial flowers in them that do not need to be updated annually.
Perennials for tire beds:
- Rezuha;
- Clove herb;
- Aubrietta;
- Daisies;
- Viola;
- Loosestrife.
Original ideas for creating flower beds from car tires
Stand-alone compositions of flower beds in car tires on the lawn look beautiful, but due to the low height of the tires, their expressiveness suffers. You can solve the problem by creating a small plot, placing two or more tires one on top of the other. For example, a flowerbed in the form of a circle will look original. A tire of a larger diameter is installed on a tire of a smaller diameter, and the resulting structure is painted in a traditional "cup" ornament.
For this composition, it is not even necessary to turn the tires out - it is enough to cut off their side parts so that they do not interfere with the growth of flowers in the flowerbed. To make the flower bed more similar to a cup, it can be placed in a "saucer" cut from a tire that is larger in diameter than the main part of the flower bed. The handle of the mug is made from rubber residues and is attached to the main part with a wire threaded through the tire.
Volumetric flower beds made of tires
If you have a lot of tires, you can make not just a small flower bed, but even a multi-tiered flower garden. Side parts are cut off from car tires only on one side, painted in different colors, and then tires of large diameter are first installed on the ground, and soil is poured into them, and smaller tires are placed on top and also filled with soil. Different flowers are planted in each tire: erect, curly, flowing. Thus, you can even create an impromptu flowering hedge, as can be seen in the photo of tire beds.