You can discover magnificent trees, lavish perennials and velvety green lawns in every beautiful garden. These are the accessories with which you can unmistakably embellish your green kingdom. Homemade garden figures are very popular here because they cannot be bought anywhere. Let these tips inspire you.
How can I design my own garden figures?
To make garden figures yourself, you can imaginatively shape evergreen trees, create figures from plaster and mosaic stones, make ladybugs from different materials or artistically design clay pots.
How to turn plants into garden figures
Evergreen trees such as boxwood and thuja are perfect for imaginative topiary. For beginners, balls and pyramids are the ideal introduction to creating floral garden figures. For artistically sophisticated shapes, you can purchase ready-made stencils made of wire or cardboard in a variety of faceted variations. With special box scissors (€94.00 on Amazon) or sheep scissors, you can create delicate silhouettes yourself.
Make magical ladybugs – tips & tricks
Set a homemade monument to useful ladybugs in the garden. The colorful insects can be made from a wide variety of materials:
- Cut the bowling balls in half and paint them true to the original using acrylic paints in red and black
- Make semicircular figures from plaster or concrete
- Smooth the hardened surface with sandpaper
- Draw the contours of a ladybug with a pen
- Attach red and black glass mosaic stones with glue
A wide variety of garden figures can be made from plaster, concrete and mosaic stones. It's easier with pre-made stencils that you can paint with your children or embellish with mosaic tiles.
How to breathe artistic life into clay pots
There is no shortage of small and large clay pots in the home garden. It's not just your plants that thrive here. In just a few simple steps, the containers can be transformed into creative garden figures. Place 2 pots of the same size together, edge to edge, secured with a thick, braided straw band as a belt. A smaller clay pot serves as a head, filled with straw to replace hair. Paint the face with acrylic paints and sew colorful clothes from leftover fabric - and your self-created garden figure is ready for free.
Tip
Rustic wooden and wine boxes are not only suitable for individual plant containers. With a little craftsmanship you can make a decorative hedgehog house out of 2 boxes and 1 wooden board. Saw a small, round entrance gate that leads into a vestibule. The cat-safe living area for the hedgehog is just around the corner. A subfloor made of bricks and a roof made of wood or roofing felt keep the house dry.
