7 DIY Garden Art Flower Tutorials

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Love garden art flowers? Put your garden in constant bloom with these thrifty DIY tutorials for making decorative outdoor flowers.

Got the garden art-making bug? There are lots more creative outdoor projects here.

Make Your Own Garden Art Flowers

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.

DIY Garden Art Flowers

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 Silicone II. You can see it here on Amazon.com and read more about how it works here.

There are free tutorials for all the projects shown here.

Want to buy garden art flowers? I’ve shared some of my favorites below.

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.

Drawer Pull Flower Plant Guards

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.

Garden Art Daisy Rock

3Dish Flowers

There are several ways to make garden art flowers from plates and other dieshes.

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.

Dish Flower Garden Art Tutorial

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.

Coneflower Garden Art Tutorial

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.

Allium Garden Art Tutorial

6Stove Element 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!

Thrift Shop Daisy Flowers Tutorial

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 shot glasses.

Mini Dish Flowers Tutorial

Shop Garden Art Flowers

Metal Flowers

Metal Flowers

I found lots of creative garden art flowers on Etsy.

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Click on these next ones to see them at Amazon.com.

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~Melissa the Empress of Dirt ♛

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