75 DIY Garden Projects to Make Your Green Space Awesome!

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By Bonnie Getchell

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Published on April 12th, 2014 |
by Bonnie Getchell

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Looking for DIY garden projects to make your green space awesome? We have you covered!

Throughout Garden Week we’ve shared incredible DIY garden projects here at CAGW and on all of the sites that participated! We were blown away by the creativity and ingenuity of each project posted, and we hope that you were too! To end Garden Week with a bang, we’ve put together 75 of the best DIY garden projects in a mega round-up. All of the garden creativity you’ll need this spring is right here at your fingertips!

Outdoor Decor

1. Upcycle a metal tin into a chalkboard planter

2. Turn an old crib into an upcycled garden trellis

3. Upcycle an old chair into a colorful planter

4. DIY card catalog drawer garden planter

5. DIY concrete mosaic

6. Turn an old bowling ball into a garden ornament

7. DIY tiki torches from old glass bottles

8. Turn old bricks into a vertical planter

9. Grow a miniature succulent garden in a light bulb terrarium

10. How to: painted stones for your garden

11. Whimsical yard art from recycled plastic pots

12. Kitty planters from plastic bottles

13. DIY pallet garden walkway

14. A portable pallet fence

15. Create a decorative plate wall for your porch or patio

16. DIY chandelier bird feeder

17. DIY wire spool and metal tub coffee table

18. Make a chandelier planter

19. Dresser drawer planter

20. DIY bundt pant planter

21. Upcycle an old shutter into garden art

22. DIY garden boot strawberry planter

23. How to make teacup planters

24. $10 DIY one hour upcycled firepit

25. DIY pallet garden organizer

26. Turn a lamp into a birdbath

27. Make a totem pole from recycled materials

28. DIY tin can wind chime

29. Create tire planters

30. Turn a plastic pumpkin into a sheet music planter

31. Vintage suitcase turned garden planter

32. DIY floppy disk planters

33. DIY tie planters (use recycled grocery bags instead of plastic bags)

34. Decorate an outdoor candle

35. Painted tire planters (use low VOC spray paint, if you can!)

36. Upcycle a dresser into a planter

37. All natural graffiti made from moss

38. Dry wall tape terra cotta pot

39. Cute recycled planters that you can make with your kids

40. DIY seed bomb wedding favors

41. Biodegradable plant pots from coffee grounds

42. How to care for your garden furniture

43. DIY bird feeder from an old glass soda bottle

44. Build a solar street lamp for your backyard

45. DIY hanging garden tins

Gardening Tips and Tricks

46. Where to buy seeds and what to look for

47. 35 garden ideas to keep you growing

48. 5 beauty herbs and how to use them

49. How to make an upside down tomato planter

50. Build a honey bee habitat from scrap wood

51. DIY wood pallet garden

52. DIY drip irrigation for under ten dollars

53. Make your own natural or recycled pots for plants and seedlings

54. How to get started with raised bed gardening

55. DIY garden markers

56. 5 simple DIY plant markers

57. DIY gardening: how to build a worm compost

58. Homemade insecticidal soap

59. How to regrow your lettuce

60. 5 homemade fertilizer recipes

61. CD plant markers

62. DIY seed starting mix recipes

63. DIY hanging herb planter from a mesh produce bag

64. Knowing your first and last frost or freeze dates

65. Compost 101: don’t garden without it

66. Planning the ultimate heirloom garden

67. Keep snails away from your garden with copper

68. Top 15 food plants that grow in the shade

69. 5 tips for having a Green Diva spring garden

70. The DIY compost bin that you’ll actually want to use

71. How to plant spring garlic

72. DIY gardening: build a rain barrel

73. Mini greenhouse from a plastic bottle

74. How to grow herbs in a container garden

75. Test the soil in your garden

What are your outdoor plans for this spring? Which DIY garden projects do you want to try? Share your plans with us in the comment section below!

[Photo credits: Garden Scene via Shutterstock; Colorful bicycle carrying flowers via Shutterstock; Gardening tools via Shutterstock.]

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About the Author

Bonnie Getchell Hello! I’m Bonnie — a craft nerd, musician, writer, furniture and vintage lover, crafter, and diyer!

If you would like to learn more about me, I also have my own blog, Revolutionaries, where I write about more craft projects, furniture redos, and my faith! You can also find me on Google+, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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17 Clever Repurposed Garden Planters to Add More Plants to Your Space

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By Jen Wallace

Spring is the time of year when our minds turn towards planting. Springtime bulbs, summertime vegetable gardens and autumn pumpkin patches–all have their origins in the early springtime with the bevvy of seed catalogs that come in the mail. While you are coming up with your plans, don’t forget to think about garden planters.

Garden planters can be easy and clever ways to incorporate plants both inside and outside your home. Whether nasturtiums on your deck or an herb garden on your kitchen windowsill, planters can be a great alternative.

Not only can containers be easier to manage and add visual interest to your home, they are also great ways to repurpose items that might end up in the trash or the recycling bin. In addition, using planters offers versatility, because planters can be moved around–that is unless you are using huge planters.

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Here are some great ideas for repurposing goods as planters both inside and outside your home.

Use an old colander as a clever succulent planter.

Turn wooden wine boxes into a patio salad garden with this project idea.

How pretty is this vintage bread box planter?

Got an unused tackle box? Make it into a smart planter.

Don’t trash that old bureau, turn into a succulent planter instead.

Use leftover galvanized steel heating and air repair materials as pretty planters.

Old paint cans can make great small planters.

Reuse coffee cans as fun and colorful cactus planters.

Turn an old chandelier into a hanging planter.

Repurpose an unwanted suitcase for new meaning to the phrase container garden.

Even turn old soup ladles into succulent planters.

Cinder block bricks get a redo as useful planters.

Turn a teapot into a pretty planter for your favorite posies.

Use an empty wine bottle as a clever planter.

Drawers from an unwanted piece of furniture can be turned into stylish planters.

Repurpose pallets as vertical planters.

Give boring planters the boot, use old boots as planters!

Finally, container gardening does have it’s challenges., so once you’ve settled on your containers, read up about the process using these resources.

• Organic Gardening’s Guide to Container Gardening
• University of Illinois Extension Successful Container Gardens
• Colorado State Extension Container Gardening

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8 Lessons from Small Space Living

Last May we moved from a 2000 square foot home to a 750 square foot apartment. We started seriously thinking about downsizing after simplifying our lives and decluttering our home. Eventually we had too much space. Even though we’ve only been in our small space for 10 months, we’ve learned a few things.

1. Clutter attracts clutter. It’s easy to justify purchases and accumulate stuff. A little clutter attracts more clutter. When we first moved in to our small space, we dedicated a drawer in the kitchen to keep our keys and other things that didn’t have a place. Before long, we had a junk drawer filled with odds and ends. Now we hang our keys in the closet and try to find a place for things as they come in, instead of keeping them in a transitional space like a junk drawer.

2. Less is not nothing. We are living with much less than we had before, but we still have art on the walls and other things that we use and appreciate. The goal is not to live with nothing, but to live with things that have meaning and purpose. And that purpose may be to simply enjoy.

3. You don’t have to fill up all the space. We could have added shelves to the walls and closets or used the space on top of the kitchen cabinets to store or display stuff, but we didn’t need to.

4. Less indoor space provides more time to appreciate the outdoor space. Since we don’t have to clean much, organize, upgrade and fix stuff, we can appreciate the view of the church across the street, enjoy rooftop views, and take hikes overlooking the city.

5. When you need to buy things for your things, it’s time for fewer things. When we start talking about organizational bins or extra storage options, we know it’s time to get rid of stuff instead of accumulating more things to store it.

6. Clutter is more obvious. When you live in a sprawling space, clutter is easier to ignore. In a small space, clutter demands immediate attention.

7. It’s easier to live in the world when you live in a small space. With less to maintain and worry about, it’s easier to work from anywhere, and spend time outside or traveling.

8. The things that make a place feel like home aren’t things. I had some concerns about making a small apartment feel like home, but it isn’t the things on the walls or the countertop that make a place feel like home. It feels like home when I cook a familiar meal, listen to my favorite music, cuddle up with my dog, spend time with my husband and daughter, and when I write.

Small space living has given us the time and space to appreciate all of the things that make a house a home.

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