A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall Gardener's Chat DIY finished Projects ~ for your Garden / Yard

I think it would be fun for us to show our DIY achievements, in our gardens, landscaping, yards . Projects we think of our self and do by ourselfs..

By seeing others ideas as a finished project we can incorporate some of those ideas in our own yard and gardens.
Whether it's using rocks, old picket fences, or wooden/ or wrought-iron furniture, window frames,, old pitchers, and containers, wagons, tires, broken pieces of an arbor,,, whatever, to enhance our yards or create a focal point,,

If you have done this or in the process of doing this please post a picture as a DIY garden project!!!

I know we have a lot of creative people here..
For those of you that don't have an outside garden,, there are creative ways to make DIY inside gardening focal point as well!!!

Lets see those Pictures!!!!

This is my rock tower ... most of you have already seen.., But to start this topic off.. This is MY DIY Finished Project...


Now show us yours ~~

That is so nice. You have done a really good job on it.
I have a lot of ideas but so few finished projects.

Tina If your still working on them go ahead and post pictures we'd love to see ideas in progress it might be just the idea someone else needs to jump start a project!! or motivate you to finish! :whistle: :)

Diane, I've not seen it before. That is one really cool :cool: rock tower! Looks like moss, and air plants in your tower. What else to you have planted there? Wish I could submit a completed project, nothing yet. I did order a fountain yesterday. Should be ready in about two weeks. Will post a pic after completion!

And, of course,love your little gnome, miss gnome queen! :)

Great idea you have in starting this thread! Thanks!! ;)

Stephanie I have lots of different kinds of Sedum there!! Iceplants, dew plant, baby blue eyes and rose moss seeds aslysumm, everything is heat drought tolerant!!

Oh I'd love to see your Fountain!!!! Don't forget to post it!!!

Yes Triss Your bathroom is a perfect Inside DIY garden project!!!

Okay I'll remind you!! But your soo organized I bet I don't even have to remind you!!! :whistle:

diane im so glad you posted your rock pile in here! you did a awsome job om it,
my hubby just bought me a green house, so i was thinking of turning the old home made out of scrap wood green house into a sitting area, like riping all the plastic off and putting latice around it and growing morning gloriea and other vines around it. i could put 4 caddy corner seats in it,,,,,im still thinking about it, but if i do i'll post pics in here.
good idea for a topic ;)

Hello there Diane,

That looks awesome!! So well put together! Great JOB!

Christy That would be an awesome sitting area!!! Lucky Girl you got a new green house!!!!!!


Thanks Michael!!!!

wow ! that rock tower is awesome great job ~

Thanks JoniP!!!!

Triss OMG your Bathroom garden Looks More awesome everytime I see it!!!!

The Plants have realllly filled out a lot!! BTW I love the placement of the wheelbarrow Willy He's perfect up there!!

Fabulous Idea!! Perfect way to utilize it!!! I knew you'd think of a productive way of using Willy!!!

Ohhh WOW!!! Yes the pitcher will love being closer to the light as it may encourage the growth of pitchers!!! Loving the Pothos, this spring it will really take off!!!!

so you switched out so the other one's growth would balance out??

Ohhh yep Good Move!!!!

Ahhhhh Yeah!!!! I think you've done the right thing,, I'd sure hate to hear anyone got hurt by way of plant in there

Seriously!!!!!

That would soooooo Not be good!!!

Stranger things have happened!!

Hey do you remember a loooooong time ago there was a member here that posted a picture of an Old wooden window and gate<--I think, window for sure and had utilized it in her garden Mannn I'd like to see that again!!! Youd be surprized what kinds of things like that you can get at a flea market or garage sale for little or nothing!!

i think i remember that diane. i just don't remember where.

it was like the window was hanging from a flag pole type thing, wasn't it?

Yeahhhh somehow they had it suspended.. it looked like it was just hanging in the air because there were soo many plants growing around it!!!

I don't really have any pics yet of my garden now that's it's finished and growing but I do have a question. What does DIY stand for? I'm still no pro at internet lingo.

Cheryl--- DIY Do IT Yourself~~ No hired help ~~ You made it happen by yourself!!

do it yourself

it isn't really internet as much as just new age. kind of like fyi = for your information

Oh okay. Sorry, guess I must be getting old or something. Oh well. If it stays clear enough for me when I get home I'll take a pic of my garden and all the brick work I did. I think I have a before pic somewhere on my computer also.

Cooool Cheryl We'd love to see it!!!

that would be sooooo awesome!

Jiffy Somehow I'm thinking it was Tulsarose???? With the window garden???

you know, you might be right. i just don't remember.

Hmmmmm ??? Ohhh well don't let me get anymore Ideas!!!

I still have a couple of things now,, I just need a solar fountain and I'll be all set with another Project!! But the only place you can get one is off the internet!! and I don't Buy off the internet!! I may have to talk some one in to doing it for me!!! Tee hee

loz pm'd me a good solar fountain yesterday. i'm going to try to get it next payday.

I just need the the solarpanel unit and cable/pump I have what I want to use for the basin

My Strawberry bed.





I know the grass needed cutting.

Ohhhh Yessssss Pat I'm Liking that!!! Now thats a creative idea for multiple use!!! Whats in the block holes??

Yes those are canna, I moved them this year out to the front along the fence. The block holes are empty, I do have some rosemary planted at the end but that was after the picture was taken.

I also have Kiwi planted on both sides of the Trelis.

I am reworking it some this year, besides moving the canna, the birdbath was leaning so I am going to level it up a bit,

any herb would be cool in the block holes!! Provided they take full sun! That is awesome!!! I think Jiffy was talking about doing something with blocks too!

Ohh Man you could doo soo much with them in creative design!!!

I can even imagine a small block house with sedum and flower, veg and fruit growing out holes in the blocks of the outside walls and the inside use as a "hothouse for germinating or whatever!!!

The Kiwis I have are self fruiting the Issia (sp) variety. They should take over the whole trelis.

I have thought about doing something with the blocks, but I lean on them when I pick the berries.

If you notice some of the blocks are 10" wide, most blocks are only 8". I had never seen 10" blocks before.

Well then they serve a dual function then!!!