Repurposed Garden Decor

Rusted metal has another life decorating this garden

Today we ’re visiting an unusual and beautiful garden in Idaho .

My name is Jeff , and I ’m a landscapist in Boise , Idaho . I thought you might be interested in seeing some of my repurposed and reused gears and spigot handles and other out of practice elements that I incorporate into the landscaping around our home .

Rusted geartrain and other metallic element parts are stack to make little carving on a mesa in the garden .

Metal containers fill with plants complement the repurposed metalgarden prowess .

Old faucet handles make a cosmetic , flower - same pattern on thearbor .

The eat metallic element chemical element are integrated throughout the garden .

Boston ivy(Parthenocissus tricuspidata , Zones 4–8)running up over a paries . See a little domestic dog glint out the windowpane ? That ’s Hank !

The garden is n’t just repurposed metallic element art . This bed is a arras of contrastingtexturesandfoliage coloring .

An all - important topographic point to baby-sit and revel the garden .

container fit the color of the metal make a rust - colored trio .

The Japanese maple(Acerpalmatum , Zones 5–9)has an unusual mulch of old excavation bearings and cannonballs . The pots are sitting on atomic number 26 tractor plowing disks .

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