Personalize your garden using clever, budget-friendly art projects. These easy tutorials show you how to repurpose household finds into unique outdoor decorations.
For more, also see low-budget items to make for your home and garden.
12 Top Garden Art Projects
- These are the best/most popular garden art projects on Empress of Dirt.
- All of these projects make use of recycled or repurposed household items such as plates, lamp globes, kitchen utensils, and old tools. Turn your junk into art!
You can upcycle anything that can withstand the weather. Glass and metal items work very well. - And the good news is, you can make all of these items for under $20 (excluding the cost of tools).
The top garden art projects and ideas from this site are also available in one handy ebook here.
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A classic addition to any garden for anyone who loves glass garden art. Bling!
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Old tools take on new lives with these clever pieces. See creative uses for old rakes, hammers, shovels, rebar, and more.
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Use old glassware to make beautiful garden totems. Materials include vases, jars, bowls, plates, cups, votive candle holders, and more.
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Old dishes, a drill or adhesive and you can make all sorts of garden flowers.
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Stenciled Wheelbarrow
If your wheelbarrow has seen better days, give it some rust paint and stencils.
I have a gallery of ideas here for ways to turn a wheelbarrow into a planter.
Resources
Ebook
25 Garden Art Projects & Ideas
by Melissa J. Will
Reader’s favorite garden DIY projects and ideas from the Empress of Dirt website.
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~Melissa the Empress of Dirt ♛