Making wicker flower beds with your own hands. Do-it-yourself wicker basket flowerbed: how to weave and decorate for landscape design How to decorate a flowerbed with a wicker basket
IN modern world There are a huge number of innovative materials that are used to design flower beds. Very beautiful and original version is a flowerbed in the form of a wicker basket.
This composition does not require the use expensive materials. Thanks to the simplicity of the design, you can build a flowerbed with your own hands.
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Wicker flower beds are characterized by the presence of several varieties. They can be ground-based and mobile, making them easy to carry. There are also hanging flower beds and baskets. With their help, the garden is revitalized, as well as summer cottages. In this case, it is necessary to ensure that the flower bed is secured at a certain height.
In the second case, the creation of a flower bed should be carried out taking into account certain subtleties:
If the gardener strictly adheres to all the above rules, this will allow him to create a very beautiful flower bed.
How to weave a large flower bed: step-by-step master class
There are several ways to weave flower beds. They can have horizontal or vertical rods. Let's consider the process of constructing a stationary flower bed:
Creating such a flower bed is a very simple and low-cost procedure that any summer resident can do with his own hands.
Such garden composition in the form of a basket - it is beautiful, catchy, and at the same time harmonious, since the very idea of a basket is combined with any plants and any garden design option. Many gardeners plant flowers in old baskets. But to get a truly stylish garden accessory, you should still use just an old, even very large basket - it will be too small for a real flower bed, and at the same time it will look too trivial. It’s better to “weave” a stylized basket yourself! Moreover, it is not at all difficult. What about the costs? Virtually none, since everything needed to make a flower bed-basket will probably be found at your dacha.
To work you will need:
- Several wooden slats 3 cm wide.
- Old checkered oilcloth
- Antiseptic for wood
- A piece of plastic box for electrical wiring 2 m long.
- Clothesline
- Scissors
- Hacksaw
- Garden barrel lid
- A little sand
- Trowel
Manufacturing procedure:
1. Saw wooden slats into 45 cm long pieces. In total you should have about 40 pieces. Coat all parts with wood preservative.
2. Cut the old oilcloth into strips 4 - 5 cm wide. The length of the strips is as long as the oilcloth allows.
3. Place the lid of a garden barrel on the ground in the selected location. Outline it with sand or string, then remove.
In the photo: Place the bottom of the future basket in the place where your flower garden will look spectacular
4. Using a garden trowel, install wooden slats along this circular “path”, with small gaps between them. Just cut the soil with a shovel and insert each slate deeply into it.
In the photo: Strengthen the slats to the diameter of the future basket
5. Weave the exposed slats with oilcloth ribbons, like a basket. If the length of the tapes is not enough, connect them together with an ordinary stationery stapler.
6. Wrap the plastic box with clothesline.
In the photo: Choose a durable clothesline
7. Bend and insert the box into the resulting basket as a handle.
The cart is ready! Now you can pour soil into it and plant flowers, put containers with flowers, and place a mini-garden for herbs on the table.
In the photo: Flower garden-basket for garden compositions
Everyone wants to garden plot was beautiful and unique. For this, decor made independently in a single copy is the best choice. A basket of pre-prepared stones for the garden will be the highlight of any summer cottage made with your own hands. Such baskets will become original flower beds and will delight the eye throughout the season. Let's take a closer look at several options for their manufacture.
How to make a basket of stones for the garden with your own hands in the lesson
The flat pebbles from which the basket is made create an interesting effect, imitating the interweaving of twigs. This kind of flowerbed is best suited for unpretentious and not very flashy plants. They will favorably emphasize the originality of the flowerbed and the beauty of the stones, especially when they sparkle in the sun after the rain.
Work on the basket will need to be done in stages over several days, as the handle is attached to the already hardened main part. It performs a decorative function, and it is not recommended to use it for its intended purpose, lifting the basket by the handle.
Required materials and tools:- Flat pebbles gray– about 220 pebbles.
- Container with cement, spatula, modeling tool.
- Moisture-resistant and frost-resistant cement adhesive.
- Plywood sheet 25x25x1 cm.
- Wire mesh 25x25 cm.
- Nippers and scissors.
- Jigsaw.
- Hammer and 8 flat head nails.
- Paint and brush.
- Transparent film and tape.
- Pencil.
- 2 plastic pots.
At the beginning of our master class we cut off plastic pot rim 2.5 cm wide. We compress it into an oval, place it on plywood sheet, trace and cut out the workpiece using a jigsaw.
We put the rim on the oval base and connect them by driving nails at equal intervals. Cover the base with transparent film.
Now you need to knead the cement solution to the consistency of dough and fill the mold with it on top of the film with a layer of slightly more than 1 cm. Cut the mesh to the size of the mold and press it on top.
On reverse side Apply small portions of cement glue to the pebbles and cover the bottom with them:
Leave the base to dry overnight in a cool, dry place. Then we remove the plastic rim with the plywood base and trim off the film.
We begin to lay out the walls of the basket, gluing rows of pebbles along the edge. We also apply glue to the back side of the stones.
With each row we slightly expand the oval, giving a slight slope to the walls of the basket. Thus, we lay out 5 pebbles with cement next to each other and take a break for 30 minutes so that the solution hardens slightly. If the cement takes longer to harden, the walls need to be supported with a cylindrical metal object. In this case, the excess cement will need to be removed with a modeling tool and the surface treated with a damp brush.
We lay out 2 more rows with the same pebbles, then the last row with round pebbles. Leave a gap in the middle on both sides equal to length flat pebbles, this is where the basket handles will be attached.
Remove excess mortar and leave the basket for the cement to harden for an hour.
For the handle, cut out 2 rims from a plastic pot and connect them with tape for strength. We pass the rim through the center of the product; it should rise above the walls. We place flat pebbles on the handle; there should be more cement between the pebbles. This must be done from below on both sides at the same time, the last pebble lies in the center of the handle. The making of the handle can be seen in the photo:
Leave for a while and remove excess solution. After 2 hours, you can remove the plastic rim and excess cement from the inside of the handle.
The cart is ready! When planting plants, it is recommended to leave small drainage holes at the base of the basket.
How to make a flowerbed-basket from stones of different sizes?
Let's look at the process of making another stone basket for the garden with our own hands. It looks very original, but at the same time fits naturally and perfectly into the landscape of a suburban area.
- We collect required quantity stones for work. There should be boulders different sizes and different shapes.
- We choose a place for the future flower bed and mark a circle on the ground on which the base of the basket will stand.
- Now we need to prepare concrete mortar. Mix cement with sand 1:4 and dilute with water. The consistency should be quite thick.
- Lay out the stones for the first row for the base of the basket.
- In the same way we lay out several more rows, fastening them with concrete mixture.
- Remove excess cement. We measure the diameter of the base.
- We lay out a circle of stones on the ground, equal in diameter to the base of the flowerbed. We connect the stones with a concrete mixture and wait for it to harden.
- We attach the strengthened circle to the base using concrete mixture and pebbles.
Dry the finished flower bed. Then you can fill the basket with soil and plant flowers.
Video on the topic of the article
A selection of video master classes on making baskets from stones:
A basket with a wicker handle assembled from bars collected a flower harvest.
This one is made of clay or cement mortar. A frame is needed inside, especially for the handle.
A small wicker fence frames a round flowerbed. The handle makes it look like a buried basket.
Small stones are collected in baskets. The structure is supported by a frame and concrete.
In this option, because of the stones, the fastening mortar is not visible and the impression is created that the design is not simple, but magical.
Flat pebbles are neatly laid out in rows. They even did a great job on the handle. At night, the composition is illuminated.
This gigantic structure was made by an experienced craftsman.
The basket is woven from strips of linoleum that weave around tubes inserted into the ground.
Woven like a real wicker basket. The vine handle is already entwined with vines of flowers.
Wires of various sections served the gardener well.
The old tub turned into a flowering basket.
The iron frame set the composition, the flower growers filled it vital energy flowers.
An interesting solution, because it is a luxury to receive a basket of flowers as a gift. You can receive such a luxurious gift from yourself if you have a small summer cottage at your disposal.
Making a flower bed in a basket is not at all difficult, it’s even easier than making a fence. The sizes are much smaller and you don’t have to worry too much about stability.
Moreover, to decorate a flower garden, improvised means are used in the most literal sense - thicker sticks are stuck into the ground along the perimeter of the planned flower bed, a fence of the desired size and height is woven from long thin twigs and pieces of bark. All these materials are on suburban area can actually lie right under your feet. Even dry branches and bark can be used by first soaking them in water for a couple of days.
But the best choice, of course, is willow twigs. Prepare the required amount in the spring and you will have excellent material for your flowerbed and more.
We make a flower bed in this order.
- carefully remove the bark from the twigs;
- cut to length so that they all turn out the same;
- we mark the area and drive pegs in a circle;
- the distance between the pegs is arbitrary, but the more tightly they are installed, the more reliable the fence will be.;
- then we pass the rods between the pegs, as in the picture;
- after the fifth row, tap the right and left of the peg with a wooden hammer, this is for compaction;
- secure the ends of the rods.
The resulting recess is filled with a suitable earth mixture, in which selected flowers - annuals or perennials - are sown or planted. You can choose plant varieties so that they bloom from spring to autumn, decorating the area.
The flower bed can be of any shape, for example square or rectangular. The principle of installation and weaving is the same as for the round one. 
It’s even easier to make such a flowerbed; we also fill in the pegs and start weaving the rods on the front side. 
The rods should be laid tightly, tapping with a wooden hammer, so that after drying, cracks do not form. 
Difference with round flowerbed The point is that in this case we weave each wall separately and then fasten it at the joints. In principle, such sections can be made in advance and then driven into the ground, but there are some nuances here, because they will have to be dried first.
Flowerbed-basket with support
If you are planning to plant a flower bed-basket climbing plants, make a support for them. Visually it will look like a basket with a handle. The result will be a tall wicker structure of human height; it will look very beautiful if placed at the porch or gate at the entrance to the yard.
Making such a basket will not take much time; the main thing is to prepare the rods of the required length in advance. For our flower bed you will need rods up to two meters. Then make a template from plywood or thick cardboard. This will be the base around which we will build the flower bed. Since the basket will not be completely round, in this case a back support wall is provided, make a cut on one side of the template.
Prepare the site; in the place where the flower bed will be located, you need to remove the turf and prepare a small depression in a circle, in a word, a small trench. We will insert thick rods into it, the future wall of the basket. The distances between the rods can be chosen arbitrarily, but not more than fifteen centimeters.
Then we begin to weave a basket, the first vine will lie on the ground, braid the pegs with several rods, moving one peg with each level. To prevent the ends from sticking out, they can be trimmed or carefully woven into the edge of the row. Each “ribbon” must be woven to the end.
Where we will have a wall, we marked it with a cut template; the ends of the rods must be collected and intertwined diagonally with opposite ends. You should end up with a high “handle” that can be secured with wire. Then we form a “lattice” from the long rods of the wall. At this point the work is completed, then the most enjoyable part is filling in the soil and planting flowers. A combination of flowers and climbing plants will look very beautiful.
Flowerbed from an old basket
If you don’t know how to weave and don’t want to learn, although it’s easy, you can make a flowerbed from an old basket, although it is possible from a new one, if you don’t mind. There is no need to do anything here at all, except perhaps saturate the basket with an antiseptic, otherwise it will very quickly become unusable in the ground.
There are two options: you can make a stationary flowerbed, remove the bottom of the basket and dig it into the ground, or use it as a portable flowerpot and place it, say, on the veranda. Or hang it, which is what they often do. But in this case, let’s consider the first option, the photo shows how made a permanent flower bed from two old baskets s, and one of them was placed on its side, also beautiful. In this case, unpretentious summer flowers were used - marigolds and pansies. But if you are installing a flowerbed for a long time, you can plant seeds of perennial plants in the spring.
Hanging planter from a basket
As mentioned above, you can do something wonderful hanging planter from the cart, for this you can use ordinary baskets, but to make it look beautiful, it is better to use special ones for flowers, preferably in different sizes. In this case, a variant of three baskets is shown. You can, of course, do more if you have somewhere to hang it. In general, we need to buy baskets and find strong rope.
First, we distribute the flowers, depending on what composition we have in mind. In the upper part, you can plant plants that will hang beautifully, because ordinary ones simply won’t be visible, but at the bottom, something brighter or vice versa, as in the photo, is also good. 
Then we assemble the structure; we need to make sure that the distance between the baskets is the same. You can lay everything out on the floor as in the photo and measure carefully. Next we thread the rope and secure the baskets with knots. 
We hang it up and see how it will look. You can adjust the distance between the baskets by weight; by the way, this is easier to do if you don’t tie knots, but make small wooden sticks, which can be threaded into a rope, although in this case it is better not to use regular rope, A thin braided rope. In my opinion, this is even better, the design is stronger and you don’t have to guess with the nodes, and if necessary, you can move the baskets to the required distance. Knots will only need to be tied under the bottom of the lowest basket.
That's all, all that remains is to plant the flowers.
Flower beds in baskets can be made very beautiful, of course, rods, the material is not durable, but if everything is done correctly, it will last for several years. Look at this selection of flower bed options, you will probably also want to do something similar.
