Very often, gardeners accumulate things at their summer cottage that are a pity to throw away, and it is not clear what to do with them so that they serve a second life. However, it’s worth imagining a little, and the garden plot will be decorated with beautiful flower beds made from tires and other available materials. And old tires that have already served their useful life can help in decorating flower beds.
How to make beautiful flower beds from old car rubber tires and how to paint them will be discussed below.
We select and prepare tires for making flower beds with our own hands
Old car tires will be soft after a long period of use and will be easier to shape into the desired shape. You can ask your neighbors for tires - motorists who do not need them. You can also pick up used car tires at service stations, since they would otherwise simply be thrown into a landfill. And if you have the opportunity to choose between domestic and imported tires, then it is better to make flower beds from imported tires. Because tires from foreign manufacturers are much softer, so it’s easier for them to give different shapes, turn them inside out, etc.
Dirty tires should first be cleaned of as much dirt and sand as possible. After all, it’s more pleasant to work with clean material, and the blades of the knives will become dull faster when working with tires dirty with dirt and sand.
Stages of creating a flower bed from tires
Before making a flowerpot or flower bowl from an old tire, you should carefully consider its appearance: in the shape of a bowl, which will have smooth edges, a flowerbed, whose edges will be cut off by waves, or a vase in the shape of a flower with petals and fringe.
You can come up with any shape for tires, but it usually always comes in the form of a “pan - lid”: the bottom of such a flower bed will be deep, and the top must be cut off. The contours of the cut can be easily drawn with ordinary chalk.
If the owners decided to make a flower bed from an old tire, then along the edge of the product they should draw the contours of the petals with chalk, and then cut along the contour with a sharp knife. Each petal should not be more than 12 cm. If the petals are made larger, it will be impossible to turn the tire out, and the shape of the flowerbed will be uneven.
When the tire is cut along the contour, then the tires need to be cut along the grooves in the longitudinal direction (the distance between such cuts is up to 10 cm).
In order to create a flowerpot from a tire on a leg, first turn the tire inside out. Many gardeners don't get this right the first time. In fact, turning a tire out this way is not easy.
Metal cord is usually cut with a grinder in several places. This saw cuts rubber smoothly. Cuts are made across the entire surface of the tire at an equal distance from each other (about 15 cm). And only then can you start turning the tire out. It should be remembered that it is difficult to turn out only the first piece of the tire; then it will be much easier to turn out the product.
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How to cut a tire for a flower bed: options and technology
Any tool used to cut car tires must be well sharpened. Old tires can be cut with a shoe knife. To facilitate the cutting process, the blade of such a knife is lubricated with liquid soap.
It’s great if you can use a jigsaw to cut coatings. Using this tool, you can cut out various shapes and crafts from wheels.
To cut metal discs, you need to use a saw – a grinder.
Tires can be cut in different ways, depending on the shape of the future flower bed. You can cut the tires in half, or cut off only the top part.
How and with what to paint tires for a flower bed
However, it is not enough to give an old tire an unusual shape. After all, black or dirty gray flowerpots look ugly against the general background of the garden plot. Therefore, it is necessary to paint the outer part of the flowerpots, which were made from wheeled ramps.
To paint these rubber products, use any type of paint:
- oil;
- enamel;
- nitro-enamel.
If the outer part of the tires is clean, then the paint will lie evenly on it, and will last on the tires for more than one season. You can use car paint to decorate flowerpots.
Craftsmen use aerosol cans of paint for painting work. In this case, you can paint all the prepared flower beds from car tires in a short period of time. It is better to use light shades of paint when painting tires - in this case, the soil inside the tires heats up less.
Most often, gardeners paint only the outer part of the tires. However, it is much more aesthetically pleasing to paint the tire on the inside (at least its upper part).
Decor options
There can be a great variety of design options for flower beds made from car tires - it all depends on the imagination of the owners and the availability of different paint colors.
You can combine different colors and shades. Moreover, you can paint the lower part of the flowerbed with a darker paint, and the upper part with a lighter one. You can apply an ornament of a different shade to the main color. However, do not try too hard when painting the tires - when the flowers grow, they can completely cover the outer part of the flowerbed.
Some craftsmen do not stop only at painting such flower beds - they can stick glass pebbles onto the petals of tires, creating the effect of dew.
The correct combination of colors when painting flower beds made from car tires, which is “consonant” with the color scheme of the plants planted in such flower beds, will give the garden plot a unique flavor.
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Original ideas for decorating a flower garden made from car tires
When decorating flower beds with car tires, you shouldn’t hold back your imagination. After all, from old tires you can build not only flower beds, but... Tires can be used in the manufacture of garden swings, armchairs and ottomans, various decorations for the garden plot, fences and much more.
- Tires can be cut in half and dug around a flower bed or along a path, separating the flower planting area from the garden path. These tires can be painted in various colors, and can also be painted, for example, with flowers or.
- You can install the main tire with petals cut out in the upper part on a pedestal of several tires placed on top of each other and painted in different colors.
- Flowerpots made from tires, mounted on legs like stools, look original. You can install a smaller tire on the lower tire filled with soil, and plant flowers around the circumference in the lower tire, and in the upper one place flowers throughout the entire space of the flowerbed.
- Craftsmen carve various birds or animals from tires, planting flowering plants in the inside of such flower beds.
- Tires look interesting - flower beds suspended or screwed to the wall of a house or utility room.
If the garden plot is small, then it is more appropriate to place flower beds made of car tires, carved in the shape of a frog, a beautiful swan, a carriage from a fairy tale, a bright firebird or an exotic parrot. But on a large lawn, flower beds made in several tiers or structures made vertically will look better.
A pile of car tires
Slides made from waste tires look original. The height of such slides depends only on the imagination of the site owners. Small slides made from several tires look beautiful, installed in a checkerboard pattern on top of each other. Moreover, in each of these tires you can plant different varieties of flowers.
The size of such slides, both in width and length, and in height, depends only on the imagination of flower growers and the size of the area allocated for such flower beds.
You can paint tires in such a flower garden either the same way or by combining shades.
What flowers to choose for planting in a tire flower garden
It is better to plant flowers in flowerbeds made from car tires that will delight you with their blooms all season long. Flowers planted in a tire garden are usually unpretentious.
Moreover, you can plant flowering plants of different heights and shades of flowers. You can use climbing flowers.
These can be the following plants:
- fragrant tobacco;
- petunias;
- marigold;
- forget-me-nots;
- tuberous begonias;
- calendula;
- sunflower;
- Dianthus Grenoble;
- Tradescantia;
- nasturtiums;
- Phlox awl-shaped.
The free space between flowering plants can be supplemented with fir cones - this decoration looks interesting, but next year such cones have to be replaced with fresh ones.
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By combining different types and varieties of flowers, you can create unusually beautiful compositions in flower beds from old car tires. It all depends only on what colors the gardener wants to see on his site.
Old car tires can be perfectly used to improve the overall interior of a garden area. Most often they are used specifically for decorating flower beds or flower beds. And here everything depends only on the imagination of the owners - and there are a great many options for flower beds from old tires.
Original frames for garden plants can be created even from waste material: both the yard will be decorated and the environment will benefit. Find out how to make flower beds from tires with your own hands for flowers in the country house or in the yard. Assess the feasibility of such work, familiarize yourself with the methods of cutting, turning and painting car tires, with the nuances of choosing them wisely. Compare photographs of finished products and choose a master class for making an unusual flower garden that is suitable in terms of labor intensity.
The feasibility of making flower beds from tires
Used tires are a material in which any landscape designer who imagines how to make flower beds from tires with their own hands opens up new possibilities. It is the tire, and not just a sheet of rubber, that has certain advantages that make working with it easier:
- Low cost. Surely there are car owners among the neighbors who dream of parting with their old tires. For them it is rubbish, but for the artist it is a future work of art, which can only be rolled to the site or brought in the trunk.
- Ease and speed of processing. Chalk, a sharp knife or jigsaw, a grinder and a can of paint are all the tools needed for such creativity. And the simplest flower bed from cylinders can be built in half an hour: the tire is placed on the ground and “stuffed” with soil.
- Durability. A flowerbed made of rubber does not attract bacteria and fungi, does not rot, is not afraid of an accidental impact and is not destroyed by precipitation. If it cracks after particularly severe frosts, it is easy to replace.
- Mobility. A flowerbed made from an old tire is a one-piece structure that, if necessary, can be easily moved to another place. To do this, you just need to remove the soil from it.
- Possibility of transformation. Even homemade flower beds made from tires can get boring over time. The easiest way to avoid this is to repaint the outside and plant other types of plants.
Figured flowerbed made from an old tire
Doubts about the advisability of decorating a garden with flowerbeds made from tires are usually associated with the dimensions of the cylinders specified by the manufacturer. In a very modest area they can indeed look foreign, but in a large area they can get lost. The problem is solved by combining tires with paths, benches, lighting elements, as well as constructing flower beds from several tires and multi-tiered compositions.
Option for the lazy: potted plants are placed on a stand
How to cut tires and how to do it correctly
When looking at a wheel so huge and rigid, capable of supporting the weight of a loaded Gazelle or a powerful SUV, the question arises of how to cut a car tire for a flowerbed. In fact, dealing with rubber is even easier than plywood if you choose the right tool for each stage of work, of which there are three:
- Ripping of rubber. The best tool for the first cut is a shoe knife. You can make it yourself from a mechanical saw blade or a plane blade. The handle of such a knife is wrapped with several layers of insulating tape, which allows the knife to sit firmly in the palm. This is important because the rubber will resist the blade. The knife is inserted into the cut and made upward movements, bending the rubber layer to the side with the other hand.
- Sidewall processing. You can cut tires for flower beds evenly or in waves. In the first case, a shoemaker or other sharp knife with a thin blade is sufficient; in the second, it is better to use a jigsaw, the saw of which should be periodically lubricated with grease or a solution of laundry soap. Some craftsmen use a grinder with a small disk, but high speed results in strong heating and even burning of the rubber with smoke and an unpleasant odor.
- Cutting the cord. The steel cord reinforcement (breaker), which serves as the basis of the tire frame, is cut with a grinder, or less often with metal scissors. You can recognize the presence of steel in a breaker by the Steel marking. The absence of such markings indicates a nylon cord, which is cut with a strong, sharp knife.
A car tire is more complicated than it seems
A jigsaw is the ideal tool for cutting old wheels
To cut a tire for a flowerbed and not injure yourself, be sure to use thick gloves and safety glasses. You should be especially careful when handling sharp metal cords - splinters from them are very painful. You need to work on a wide, hard surface: a table or a piece of plywood laid on the ground. If there is a large amount of rubber dust, which is typical for Chinese tires, a respirator will be useful.
How to choose and prepare a tire
Working tool for steel cord – angle grinder
If you have the opportunity to choose a material for a flower bed, you can greatly simplify the work of processing rubber with your own hands. To do this you need to use the following data:
- origin of tires: imported ones cut better;
- seasonal use: winter ones are more flexible;
- service life: the more worn, the more pliable;
- cord material: metal will require more effort than polymer.
Well preserved and brightly painted protector
The degree of tread wear should also be taken into account. A clear pattern of checkers will add additional expressiveness to the finished flowerbed. But if you plan to turn the tire inside out, you need the tread to be as “bald” as possible.
In any case, the first operation to transform a tire into a small sculptural form is to remove dirt. The tire is washed under a powerful stream of water from a hose. This will not only add aesthetics, but will also protect cutting tools from quickly becoming dull.
Options for flower beds made from tires and master classes
The imagination of home craftsmen knows no bounds - those who like to arrange their own plots with their own hands have come up with dozens of options for designing flower beds from tires.
Classification by shape and method of manufacture
Flowerbeds made from old tires are conventionally divided into several groups:
- horizontal single-tier - the simplest and most unpretentious;
- horizontal multi-tiered - the first floor of such a flowerbed consists of 5-7 tires, three more on top of them and the last one crowns the composition;
- vertical - a tower is made of tires, flowers are planted in the top and in pockets cut out on the sides;
- in the form of rural household items: teapots, carts;
- in the form of various animals.
Another interesting type of flower beds made from waste rubber are hanging flowerpots, with which you can add variety to the wall of an outbuilding.
A dull brick is simply unrecognizable
How to apply markings to rubber
To make the bed of tires even, before cutting you need to mark a line along which the knife or jigsaw will move. This can be done conveniently using chalk or a bright marker that will stand out against the graphite background of the rubber.
The brighter the markings, the more convenient it is to work
The first line should be shaped like a ring. It is carried out in two ways:
- Using a tape measure, measure equal distances from the outer or inner edge of the tire, apply strokes (approximately every 10-15 cm) and connect them.
- Holding the chalk with your thumb or index finger, grab the tread (or bead ring) with your little finger and draw a line.
To mark the petals you will need inner and outer lines. Marks are applied to each, then they are connected with a wavy line of any style. At this stage, it is important to take into account that petals less than 7 cm wide do not hold their shape well.
Four wheels and a little paint - the result is a bright flower garden
Flower - quickly and reliably
The options presented in the photo in this section are among the simplest to make, but quite effective due to the competent floral decor. The following step-by-step instructions will help a novice landscape designer make a flower bed out of tires.
- Take four identical tires and rinse them thoroughly under running water.
- Put one aside for now, and on three draw a line with chalk dividing each one exactly in half.
- Cut the three marked tires with a shoe knife or jigsaw.
- Paint all tires using a paint brush or spray can. Choose a color that matches well with the plants you plan to plant.
- Place the halves of the tires in the form of petals, fill the flower garden with prepared fertile soil.
- Place the whole tire in the center of the composition and also complete it with soil.
Flowers can also be cut from tires
Turtle – feel like you are in the Galapagos
To make making a flower bed out of car tires with your own hands a truly creative experience, try making a turtle figurine:
- Prepare two tires for the flowerbed. Leave one intact, and cut out the protector from the other.
- Divide the tread into four equal parts, which will become the turtle's paws.
- Make a short triangular tail from a piece of tread.
- For the head, take a flat bottle of household chemicals, for example, from “Mr. Muscle”. Its neck will become the neck of a turtle.
- Make cuts in the whole tire and insert the paws, tail and bottle into them. Secure with self-tapping screws.
- Color the turtle and draw its face.
Low bright flowers look good on the turtle flowerbed in the garden: tagetes, nasturtiums, ornamental cabbage.
Frog - from princess to traveler
If there is a pond in the garden, plant a cute frog figurine on its shore. This idea is good because the frog can be made without the laborious cutting of steel cord. The main thing is not to skimp on rich green paint.
Eyes made from plastic bowls, feet made from a hose and a rubber mat
The animal's body is laid out from three solid tires in the form of a two-tier flower bed. For eyes, take tires of a smaller diameter and install them vertically.
Depending on the desired degree of glamor, long or short eyelashes are glued with rubber glue or screwed on with self-tapping screws, and “bow lips” or a simple smile are painted with red paint. You can complement the look with an arrow, a crown or a pair of ceramic ducks.
Flowers in such a flowerbed are placed behind the eyes and in the lower tier. Grasses and sedges are appropriate around the figure, hinting at swamp vegetation.
Video: One hundred DIY garden frogs
Swan - white grace on a green lawn
If you've learned how to make your own tire beds to decorate your garden, you can try making a swan. This work requires some skill, since the part of the tire in such a figurine must be cut, turned and strengthened in a certain way. Let us consider step by step the process of birth of a beautiful bird from rubber scrap.
Cutting the tires is the most crucial moment
- Choose a tire with the most worn tread for your flowerbed, since the shaped cuts will have to be made on it.
- Using the pattern in the photo, draw the lines of the head, neck, wings and tail onto the protector. Pay attention to the shape of the beak - this is the most difficult area. Some craftsmen make the beak in the form of a regular triangle, which makes cutting easier, but the bird loses its realism.
- At the nodal points of the marking, drill holes with a diameter of about 10 mm.
- Cut the rubber along the markings with a shoe knife or jigsaw. You should start working from the base of the figure’s neck, leading the cutting line to the head. To prevent the rubber from vibrating, it is recommended to cut both sides in parallel, 5-10 cm from each side alternately.
- Process the edges of the parts: strip the rubber and the ends of the cord threads. Swan flowerbeds made from tires attract children - you should take care of their safety.
- Turn the wings inside out.
- Strengthen the neck with a steel rod. To do this, drill two rows of holes in it and then through the entire body to the base of the tail at a distance of about 15 cm from each other. Thread wire staples through the pairs of holes.
- Attach a steel rod to the base of the tail and secure the chest and neck of the figure to it, twisting the ends of the wires with pliers. Trim off the excess and give the swan's neck a regal curve.
- Paint the finished figure, highlighting the beak and eyes. It will look especially impressive if it is planted (and attached with self-tapping screws) in a lake made from a tire painted blue.
Instructions in photo:
Swans on stands, as if on waves
Vase – build a little Peterhof in your garden
The aerobatics of converting tires is considered to be making flowerpots with legs from them. Once you turn the unsightly wheel inside out and paint it, you see a masterpiece of landscape art, which is difficult to recognize as the original material.
Elegant flowerpot for a flower garden
To create flowerbeds in the form of flowerpots, use foreign-made “bald” winter tires - they are the softest. On the sidewall, jagged or rounded-wavy petals are marked, along which the rubber is cut. At this stage, it is important to try to leave both sides of the cut neat, since one of them will become the edge of the vase, and the other will become the edge of the stem.
Stages of turning a tire into a flowerpot
It is better to turn the wheel together. They place it with the cut side down, step on the disk with their foot to support it, take hold of the edge of the cut with both hands and pull it towards themselves. They gradually move around the circle, pressing the tread in its most convex part. If there is a tube inside the wheel, it is cut off after turning it out. Due to the labor-intensive process, it is recommended to watch a video on how to unscrew a flowerbed tire with your own hands.
Video: How to turn a car wheel out
The tire flower vase is almost ready, but it looks like it was pulled from the seabed. The rubber walls and disc are cleaned, degreased and painted, and on the inside, too, at about a quarter of the height, since the ground level will be lower than the petals.
Geotextiles are placed at the bottom of the flowerpot to prevent soil from spilling into the holes of the disk. Drainage and soil are poured over the fabric and flowers are planted in the flowerbed.
Gift for the Mistress of the Copper Mountain
Painting flowerbeds made from car tires
Now let’s talk about how to paint wheels for a flower bed and how to turn a boring tire into an interesting flower garden. The main requirement for paint is resistance to weathering.
Choice of paint and technical aspects
Tires are painted with enamels, oil, acrylic and automotive paints, nitro paints. To beautifully paint tires for a flower bed, you need to follow several rules:
- choose light colors so that the soil inside does not overheat along with the roots of the plants;
- do not apply too thick a layer of paint, otherwise it may crack, especially in harsh winters or hot weather;
- remember the primacy of plants and do not let the pattern dominate the flowers.
Bright colors set a festive background on the site
Making flower beds from tires begins with degreasing them with acetone, white spirit or special liquids for rubber. When the used product has completely evaporated, the surface is cleaned with very fine sandpaper. Then a thin but continuous layer of white is applied as a primer - this will allow any shade to play in full force.
It is better to apply the paint using an aerosol can, then it will penetrate into all the relief areas of the tread, but there is a high risk of staining the grass around it. Therefore, they paint the tire with a spray can, placing thick polyethylene under it. Each layer is given time to dry at least 24 hours.
You can decorate a flowerbed of tires with your own hands and with a brush. It takes longer, but you can work by first installing the product in a permanent place. Using a brush, they also create more subtle patterns and designs, emphasizing details and shapes.
Folk painting: bright, original, impressive
Taking into account the general concept of garden decor will allow you to correctly paint tires for a flower bed, and you can:
- leave plain;
- decorate with stripes;
- cover with a pattern using a stencil;
- color the tread according to the checkered patterns;
- turn it into an ethnic flower garden.
Do not rush to throw away unusable tires. They will be burned, adding pollution to the air. Try to turn them into a unique man-made flower garden that will decorate your garden and warm your soul. Bright, high-quality and almost eternal flower beds made from used tires are a wonderful use for the creative impulses of a person living on his own land.
The easiest way is to put an old tire on the plot, throw some soil there and plant seedlings. This is, of course, simple, but it doesn’t look like an exclusive decoration. Well, let's try to improve the situation. Let's take bright acrylic or oil paints, select several of them that are most compatible in color and paint several tires. Then we’ll install them on top of each other and get a wonderful multi-level flower bed.
An original vertical flowerbed of tires is created with your own hands from several tires of different diameters, stacked on top of each other like a pyramid. You can put a flower pot on top if you don’t have a small tire on the farm. After painting and filling the inner space of the tires with soil, you can grow hanging plants, for example, petunia or strawberries, in the resulting flowerbed.
Flower beds made from tires can also be hanging. Attach a strong metal chain (thick cord, rope, etc.) to the tire and hang it on a tree. In order to be able to pour soil into the flowerbed, the bottom of the tire must be covered. For example, fix inside a flowerpot with a diameter slightly larger than the inner circumference of the tire. Or put a thick piece of rubber inside - think for yourself, there will probably be a material suitable for covering on the farm.
A snow-white hanging flowerbed made from a car tire is a spectacular “highlight” of modern style
And if you get a little creative, you can make a composition out of tires on the theme of... well, for example, homemade tea party. Several tires will perfectly play the role of a teapot and a cup - just complement them with simple details - cutting a pipe and bent pieces of metal tape.
Turtle flowerbed - fun creative
From a tire and tread, cut into equal 4 parts, you can make a flower bed in the shape of a turtle. We make cuts in the sides of the tire and insert tread scraps there - these will be the turtle's paws. We secure them with wire staples. We cut out the tail from a piece of rubber and also secure it with staples. For the neck of the turtle, take a piece of plastic pipe, onto which we secure a head made from crumpled up newspapers with tape. You can put a straw or plastic panama hat on your head.
This do-it-yourself bed of tires must be painted according to all the “turtle” rules, otherwise it will not be clear what you wanted to depict. Draw eyes, a mouth on the head, paint the torso and paws in a bright color.
Flowerbed made from an inverted tire
Flowerbeds made from inverted tires resemble pot-bellied round flowerpots, to create which you will need:
1. Cut out a design of flowerbed petals on the top of the tire
Petals can be rectangular, triangular, round and even wavy. To begin with, they should be drawn with chalk or soap, and then cut out using a sharp knife, hacksaw or jigsaw. If you decide to use a knife, we recommend that you moisten it with soapy water while working - this will make it easier to overcome the resistance of the dense rubber.
Carefully cut out the petals using any sharp cutting tool
2. Turn the tire inside out
Many people are interested in how to turn a flowerbed tire inside out, because this is not an easy task and requires considerable effort. To do this, you need to turn the tire upside down with the side on which we did not cut anything, grab the cuts from the bottom with your hands and, pressing on the tread, carefully turn it out. Once you've done about half of the tire, flatten it into an oval and easily turn the rest out.
3. Paint the flowerbed in a spectacular color
We paint the resulting flowerbed in any color that will be in harmony with the rest of the landscape objects on your site. You can settle on a single color, but multi-colored ones, for example, in the form of stripes or a bright pattern, will look more impressive.
Vases on a leg - a more complicated option
Let's look at how to make a flower bed out of a wheel. This means that to create a flower bed we will use a tire with a metal disk in the middle. To do this, place the wheel on a flat surface and cut out the pattern of the petals, using a knife (or other cutting tool) to reach the tread.
Then we turn out both the upper and lower parts of the tire without removing the disk. As a result, you will get a kind of flowerpot in the form of a flower on a leg, into which soil is poured and plants are planted.
After this, you need to take care of how to paint the flowerbed from the wheel. The upper part can be painted in a bright “floral” shade, and the lower part in green. Then a huge rubber flower with live plants in the middle will bloom on your site.
Master level - flowerbed in the shape of a swan?
A swan flowerbed is made similarly to a flowerpot made from a tire, the only difference is in a more complex cut out design. If for a flowerpot it was necessary to form the same type of petals, then here - the wings, tail, neck and head of a swan. We transfer the diagram to the surface of the tire and begin to cut out the figure of a swan. The head and neck are cut out along the black contours, the tail along the red ones, and the wings along the blue ones. After this, the tire is turned out in the same way as in the two previous cases.
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We make a beak from a piece of rubber (wood, plastic or other material) and paint it with red paint. We put the two halves of the head together, insert the beak between them and secure all parts of the head together with self-tapping screws. We screw in self-tapping screws on both sides of the head in the places where our swan's future eyes will be. Then, so that the screws are not visible, they are covered with two circles cut out of black electrical tape - these will be the eyes. Raise your head straight and up, slightly pressing it into the tire. This creates a fold, which also needs to be fixed with self-tapping screws.
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At the last stage of the work, the swan is painted - here you can show your imagination and come up with any color for the bird’s plumage.
The easiest way is to put an old tire on the plot, throw some soil there and plant seedlings. This is, of course, simple, but it doesn’t look like an exclusive decoration. Well, let's try to improve the situation. Let's take bright acrylic or oil paints, select several of them that are most compatible in color and paint several tires. Then we’ll install them on top of each other and get a wonderful multi-level flower bed.
A multi-level flower bed made of multi-colored tires will become a bright detail of landscape design
An original vertical flowerbed of tires is created with your own hands from several tires of different diameters, stacked on top of each other like a pyramid. You can put a flower pot on top if you don’t have a small tire on the farm. After painting and filling the inner space of the tires with soil, you can grow hanging plants, for example, petunia or strawberries, in the resulting flowerbed.
A vertical flower bed is perfect for growing strawberries
Flower beds made from tires can also be hanging. Attach a strong metal chain (thick cord, rope, etc.) to the tire and hang it on a tree. In order to be able to pour soil into the flowerbed, the bottom of the tire must be covered. For example, fix inside a flowerpot with a diameter slightly larger than the inner circumference of the tire. Or put a thick piece of rubber inside - think for yourself, there will probably be a material suitable for covering on the farm.
A snow-white hanging flowerbed made from a car tire is a spectacular “highlight” of modern style
And if you get a little creative, you can make a composition out of tires on the theme of... well, for example, homemade tea party. Several tires will perfectly play the role of a teapot and a cup - just complement them with simple details - cutting a pipe and bent pieces of metal tape.
Teapot and cup - original composition from old tires
Red cup with white polka dots - exclusive for flower tea drinking
Painting flowerbeds made from car tires
Now let’s talk about how to paint wheels for a flower bed and how to turn a boring tire into an interesting flower garden. The main requirement for paint is resistance to weathering.
Choice of paint and technical aspects
Tires are painted with enamels, oil, acrylic and automotive paints, nitro paints. To beautifully paint tires for a flower bed, you need to follow several rules:
- choose light colors so that the soil inside does not overheat along with the roots of the plants;
- do not apply too thick a layer of paint, otherwise it may crack, especially in harsh winters or hot weather;
- remember the primacy of plants and do not let the pattern dominate the flowers.
Bright colors set a festive background on the site
Making flower beds from tires begins with degreasing them with acetone, white spirit or special liquids for rubber. When the used product has completely evaporated, the surface is cleaned with very fine sandpaper. Then a thin but continuous layer of white is applied as a primer - this will allow any shade to play in full force.
It is better to apply the paint using an aerosol can, then it will penetrate into all the relief areas of the tread, but there is a high risk of staining the grass around it. Therefore, they paint the tire with a spray can, placing thick polyethylene under it. Each layer is given time to dry at least 24 hours.
You can decorate a flowerbed of tires with your own hands and with a brush. It takes longer, but you can work by first installing the product in a permanent place. Using a brush, they also create more subtle patterns and designs, emphasizing details and shapes.
Folk painting: bright, original, impressive
Taking into account the general concept of garden decor will allow you to correctly paint tires for a flower bed, and you can:
- leave plain;
- decorate with stripes;
- cover with a pattern using a stencil;
- color the tread according to the checkered patterns;
- turn it into an ethnic flower garden.
Scarlet dye, black hearts, two yellow antennae - ladybug 
Quick strokes of the ornament seem to repeat the carelessness of multi-colored petunias 
Ethnic flowerpot for succulents 
It’s good to plant emerald greenery on top of such a lush painting 
Noble combination of red and green on white
Do not rush to throw away unusable tires. They will be burned, adding pollution to the air. Try to turn them into a unique man-made flower garden that will decorate your garden and warm your soul. Bright, high-quality and almost eternal flower beds made from used tires are a wonderful use for the creative impulses of a person living on his own land.
The feasibility of making flower beds from tires
Used tires are a material in which any landscape designer who imagines how to make flower beds from tires with their own hands opens up new possibilities. It is the tire, and not just a sheet of rubber, that has certain advantages that make working with it easier:
- Low cost. Surely there are car owners among the neighbors who dream of parting with their old tires. For them it is rubbish, but for the artist it is a future work of art, which can only be rolled to the site or brought in the trunk.
- Ease and speed of processing. Chalk, a sharp knife or jigsaw, a grinder and a can of paint are all the tools needed for such creativity. And the simplest flower bed from cylinders can be built in half an hour: the tire is placed on the ground and “stuffed” with soil.
- Durability. A flowerbed made of rubber does not attract bacteria and fungi, does not rot, is not afraid of an accidental impact and is not destroyed by precipitation. If it cracks after particularly severe frosts, it is easy to replace.
- Mobility. A flowerbed made from an old tire is a one-piece structure that, if necessary, can be easily moved to another place. To do this, you just need to remove the soil from it.
- Possibility of transformation. Even homemade flower beds made from tires can get boring over time. The easiest way to avoid this is to repaint the outside and plant other types of plants.
Figured flowerbed made from an old tire
Doubts about the advisability of decorating a garden with flowerbeds made from tires are usually associated with the dimensions of the cylinders specified by the manufacturer. In a very modest area they can indeed look foreign, but in a large area they can get lost. The problem is solved by combining tires with paths, benches, lighting elements, as well as constructing flower beds from several tires and multi-tiered compositions.
Option for the lazy: potted plants are placed on a stand
How to cut tires and how to do it correctly
When looking at a wheel so huge and rigid, capable of supporting the weight of a loaded Gazelle or a powerful SUV, the question arises of how to cut a car tire for a flowerbed. In fact, dealing with rubber is even easier than plywood if you choose the right tool for each stage of work, of which there are three:
- Ripping of rubber. The best tool for the first cut is a shoe knife. You can make it yourself from a mechanical saw blade or a plane blade. The handle of such a knife is wrapped with several layers of insulating tape, which allows the knife to sit firmly in the palm. This is important because the rubber will resist the blade. The knife is inserted into the cut and made upward movements, bending the rubber layer to the side with the other hand.
- Sidewall processing. You can cut tires for flower beds evenly or in waves. In the first case, a shoemaker or other sharp knife with a thin blade is sufficient; in the second, it is better to use a jigsaw, the saw of which should be periodically lubricated with grease or a solution of laundry soap. Some craftsmen use a grinder with a small disk, but high speed results in strong heating and even burning of the rubber with smoke and an unpleasant odor.
- Cutting the cord. The steel cord reinforcement (breaker), which serves as the basis of the tire frame, is cut with a grinder, or less often with metal scissors. You can recognize the presence of steel in a breaker by the Steel marking. The absence of such markings indicates a nylon cord, which is cut with a strong, sharp knife.
A car tire is more complicated than it seems
A jigsaw is the ideal tool for cutting old wheels
To cut a tire for a flowerbed and not injure yourself, be sure to use thick gloves and safety glasses. You should be especially careful when handling sharp metal cords - splinters from them are very painful. You need to work on a wide, hard surface: a table or a piece of plywood laid on the ground. If there is a large amount of rubber dust, which is typical for Chinese tires, a respirator will be useful.
Ideas for flower beds made from old tires
Well
A flower garden made from a car tire in the form of a flower bed is an ideal solution for those who want to achieve a feeling of rustic coziness in their plot. In addition, the well will highlight the beauty of your flowers.
Flowerbeds made of tires, of which there are many options, can become a simple decoration for the site. This can be called an economical option, since the work requires a minimum of materials and time. By showing your imagination you can get a truly original composition.
Tire flower beds - original ideas
If you have a couple of unnecessary tires lying around, you can turn them into an original flowerbed with your own hands. There are a huge number of options, for example, tires can be laid out according to a certain pattern or a multi-level composition can be built. Beautiful flower beds made of tires in the form of animals, birds and the like. The main thing is to use your imagination, then the result will be excellent.
Flower beds made of tires and plastic bottles
By combining different materials you can get original compositions, for example, a flower on which a ladybug is sitting.
- The lower tier is a large tire, which should be washed, degreased and painted green, which will serve as the base on which the flower will be placed.
- Take an ordinary car tire and you need to decorate it by cutting out the petals and also turning it inside out (how to do this is shown in the video). Afterwards, wash again, degrease and paint at your discretion. Place the finished flower on the prepared pedestal, covering the bottom with a piece of rubber, a board or any other method, and then fill the tire with soil.
- We will decorate the tire flower beds using two five-liter plastic bottles. Cut one into halves, one of which is divided into parts to get a head. Paint these parts with black paint and connect the body and head, for example, using a stapler, glue or any other way. For the wings, split the second bottle, paint it red and make black dots. Attach them to the base, and then use self-tapping screws to attach the entire composition to the tire.
Flowerbed made of tires of cement and stones
If tires, even painted ones, do not seem very attractive, then they can be externally decorated, for example, with decorative stones. You can use one large tire or several pieces of different sizes to create an original composition. Under some tires you can organize a platform, for example, using a box or something else. To decorate a tire for a flower bed, prepare a cement solution by mixing one part cement with three parts sand. Start attaching pebbles around the perimeter, forming an original finish.
Multi-tiered flower bed made of tires
To make an interesting composition, you need to prepare tires of different sizes; the more options you find, the more beautiful the resulting flowerbed will be.
- First, it is recommended to try on, that is, lay out the found tires in order to understand how the composition will ultimately look.
- After this, the tires are prepared, which should be washed, degreased and painted, for example, using different bright colors.
- You need to insert a bottom into the tires that will be on the second or third level so that the earth does not fall out of them.
- A DIY tire will consist of many elements that should be secured, for example, with self-tapping screws. Use other decorative elements, for example.
Hanging flower beds made from tires
You can decorate a terrace, the walls of a building or a plot of land with hanging flower beds, which can be made in a few minutes.
Painted tire flower beds
To paint tires, you can use different types of paint, for example, aerosols have a high degree of penetration, that is, the result will be of higher quality. You can take automotive enamels and nitro paints, which provide excellent external performance, but in the future you will need special care for the surface. Water-based and oil-based paints are available, but this coating has the shortest service life.
The options for painting tires for a flower bed are different, so you can choose a standard monochromatic coating, or use your imagination and draw stripes, hearts, circles, make a gradient, and so on. If you have drawing skills, you can make different animals from tires. There are some painting tips:
- It is better to choose light shades, since dark ones do not reflect the sun so well and the flowerbed will become very hot.
- Apply the paint in 2-3 layers, as this will be enough to get a good result and the layers will not start to peel off.
- It is recommended to paint a little inside closer to the outside for a better result.
- Before painting, the tire must be washed, dried and treated with gasoline or alcohol.
- Patterns can be drawn not only with your own hands, but also with the help of stencils.
Flowerbed made of tires in the form of a well
A high flower bed in the shape of a well will be an excellent decoration for the site. The simplest flower beds from tires are made according to this scheme:
- Prepare the tires by first painting them brown or any other color. After this, use white or black paint to draw dividing lines to create pebbles or bricks.
- Place one tire in the chosen location and insert support posts outside the tire, digging them in so they don't wobble. Their length depends on the desired height of the well. Connect the posts to the tire using self-tapping screws, and then attach the other two tires.
- The roof for a tire flower bed can be made from roofing material and can be flat or gable. Install something like a lattice or strong crossbar on top of the supports.
- In order not to cover all the tires with soil, you can install a piece of rubber, a flowerpot or a basin in the upper level so that you can plant flowers in them.
Tire flower beds - ladybugs
To make a beautiful flower bed, you should spend a little time and have a minimum of tools. Decorative flower beds made from tires in the shape of ladybugs look original. You need to buy black and red paint. Prepare the tire by washing off possible contaminants, and it is also recommended to degrease the surface, for example, with alcohol. First, paint the tire completely with red paint, and then draw black circles using stencils. As for the muzzle, there are two options:
- You can draw it using only your own imagination.
- You can take a bowl and paint it black. Separately make horns by connecting springs and balls, which should also be painted. Attach them to the bowl by making holes and attaching rivets. All that remains is to draw the muzzle and screw everything to the tire with self-tapping screws.
What flowers should I plant in a tire flowerbed?
Theoretically, you can use a large number of flowers, but it is better to choose ones that are low-growing. When describing what flowers to plant in a flowerbed of tires, it is worth citing as an example the most popular plants with bright flowers and beautiful greenery: cornflowers, pansies, periwinkles, crocuses, daylilies and many others. If you want to make a whole composition, then place the tallest plants in the center, and the short ones at the edges. It is important to know the features of combining flowers in flower beds made of tires.