With imaginative ideas you can give your garden unique individuality. Let yourself be inspired by a collection of lively design suggestions that can be implemented effortlessly and for little money. How to beautify your garden with finesse.
How can I beautify my garden creatively and individually?
To beautify your garden, you can use creative planters such as halved wine barrels, clay pots or car tires, set up fire pits or hedgehog houses and choose suitable plants for fences or beds.
Stylish ideas for the trendy garden
With clever decorations you can perfect your garden, regardless of whether you want to create a new one or simply spice it up. If you walk through flea markets or grandmother's attic with your eyes open, ideas will come to you. The following selection may serve as your inspiration to beautify your garden tastefully and individually:
- turn a halved wine barrel into a mini pond
- create unorthodox flower pots from halved clay pots, old shoes or disused chairs
- paint old car tires, fill them with potting soil and plant them
- Turn great-grandmother's washtub into a bucket
More vintage-style decoration ideas are popular for the creative garden. Let your imagination run wild to integrate old-fashioned accessories from bygone eras into the design of your bed, balcony and terrace. As long as the unconventional plant pots have at least one bottom opening for water drainage, there are no limits to your creativity.
Fire pit as a creative icing on the cake
If a crackling fire in the garden invites you to linger on warm summer evenings, add a flaming crown to your beautification project. Special fire baskets (€38.00 on Amazon) are suitable for small gardens. If a larger area is available, you can use a little craftsmanship to create a safe fire pit for romantic campfires.
Hedgehog house – decorative and useful at the same time
With a self-built hedgehog house, you can help the endangered beneficial insect and beautify your garden at the same time. The cute spiked bears are just as happy about a stable and cat-safe sleeping place made of bricks as they are about a wine crate that has been converted into winter quarters.
Beautify your farm garden authentically – tips & tricks
The desire for the good old days is expressed in modern interpretations of the medieval cottage garden. Vegetables, flowers and berry bushes grow harmoniously next to each other here. Add the finishing touch to a rural garden with these decorative components:
- homemade scarecrows
- plant old wheelbarrow or zinc tub with flowers
- Plant wicker baskets colorfully and place them in the middle of the beds
- Fill rustic clay pots with wood wool and turn them upside down onto the fence posts
Have you decided on a stylish picket or hunter fence? Then beautify the wooden structure with flower-filled fence eyecatchers. The wide spectrum of suitable ornamental plants extends from romantic hollyhocks (Alcea) to majestic clematis (Clematis) to the long-flowering sun bride (Helenium).
Tip
If you are creating a Japanese garden, stone lanterns are a must. With a height of 30 to 75 cm, specialist retailers have models in traditional and modern styles to choose from. If you combine the typical stone stele as a path boundary, the stone duo underlines the Asian flair of the stylish garden.