A tree stump in the garden is annoying for some gardeners. Such a stump can be easily integrated into the garden and transformed into a rustic, natural garden decoration. How to incorporate a tree stump into your garden.
How can I put a tree stump to good use in the garden?
To integrate a tree stump into the garden, you can use it as a base for a bird bath, a place for hanging baskets, a rustic garden table or as a work of art. The stump can also be planted with climbing plants and thus become an eye-catcher.
Ways to incorporate a tree stump in the garden
A tree stump in the garden can be very decorative if you incorporate it into the garden design with a few small measures. For example, design:
- Birdbaths
- Places for hanging baskets
- Table set
- Creating a work of art
You can also add greenery to a tree stump. With the right plants you can create a real eye-catcher in the garden.
Make the birds happy
In hot summers, the feathered garden inhabitants love a cooling bath. A tree stump is a very good base for a bird bath. To do this, scrape a groove into the surface and seal it with varnish or wax.
You can also attach a purchased bird bath (€31.00 on Amazon) from the garden center to the surface.
Change the water more often and clean the waterer from time to time to prevent bird diseases from spreading.
Greed tree stump
A green tree stump becomes a highlight in the garden. Simply plant a few climbing plants around the trunk. Ivy in very shady locations or clematis in semi-shady places are well suited. If the tree stump is in a very sunny place, sow nasturtiums or morning glories around the trunk every year.
Hanging baskets that you plant with climbing garden flowers also look very decorative. Trailing geraniums or petunias trail down and hide the tree stump.
Convert tree stump into table
If the tree stump is thick enough, you can even make a garden table out of it. To do this, the top of the stump must be sawn off completely straight. A wooden plate is then screwed on and you have a rustic table at which you can have coffee in the summer.
Creating a work of art
There are hardly any limits to your options here. If you are skilled with the saw, you can shape the tree stump into animal shapes.
Tip
There are many good reasons to leave a tree stump in the garden. The wood offers microorganisms good shelter. It also saves you a lot of work when disposing of a tree stump.