These thrifty DIY tutorials share a variety of ways to create garden art flowers to decorate your outdoor space. Each project uses repurposed items from around the house and offers a one-of-a-kind spin on favorite blooms.
Got the garden art-making bug? There are lots more creative outdoor projects here.
Make Your Own Garden Art Flowers
Ready to make some garden art?
These free tutorials show various ways to create garden art flowers. Most used repurposed items.
My favorite adhesive for outdoor projects is GE II Silicone Sealant. You can see it here on Amazon.com and read more about how it works here. The tutorials also have supply lists.
DIY Garden Art Flower Tutorials
1 Drawer Pull Flowers
Grab some thrift shop drawer pulls to create these fun + functional hose guards.
Placed at strategic spots in the garden, hose guards block things like garden hoses and electric cords from going across garden beds and crushing plants.
I found some old drawer pulls from a dresser and they made perfect rosettes.
2Painted Daisy Rock
You can paint anything on rocks! The tutorial lists the art supplies needed for best results.
This is a good beginner project: you can prepare the rock, sketch your flowers and fill them in with paint.
3Dish Flowers
There are several ways to make garden art flowers from plates and other dishes.
You do not have to drill holes in the plates if you don’t want to. The instructions include both drill and no-drill methods. Although you may want to drill holes when you see how easy it actually is.
4Giant Coneflower
These giant coneflowers look gorgeous in the garden next to real ones!
All you need is a roll of flexible metal from the home reno shop and thrift shop supplies.
5Giant Alliums
Alliums are a gorgeous early spring flowering bulb and bees love the.
Create garden art alliums using simple supplies from the thrift shop.
6Modern Daisy Flowers
I kept seeing all these old stove elements in the thrift store and thought they would make an interesting flower in the garden.
It’s a modern design, not to everyone’s taste, but if you like them, there are plenty of stove elements waiting for you!
7Mini Dish Flowers
Mini garden art flowers look sweet as collections in the garden.
Check thrift stores and yard sales for small crystal serving dishes, pickle dishes, tiny vases, and small glasses.
Shop Garden Art Flowers
Metal Flowers
I found lots of creative garden art flowers on Etsy.
Resources
There are so many ways to make decorative garden art flowers. I am a flower fanatic and I’m gradually working my way through my very long list of favorites to make a garden art version of each one.
Keep your eyes open for materials in thrift shops and on the curb on trash collection day.
Here’s the supplies I watch for:
- Car hubcaps
- Old plates and dishes
- Kitchen utensils
- Wire baskets
- Serving trays
- Drawer pulls
- Small vases
- Salt and pepper shakers
- Metal sheeting
- Softballs
- Nails
- Stove elements / heating coils
- Cake pans
- Metal pipes
- Wood posts
My favorite adhesive for outdoor projects is GE II Silicone Sealant. You can see it here on Amazon.com and read more about how it works here.
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