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Recycled Garden Ideas

Repurpose items from your home with these recycled garden ideas and projects that will beautify your backyard.

PVC Pipe Homemade Bird Feeder

This large-capacity homemade bird feeder can be made from extra materials lying around your house...

Plate and Knife Homemade Bird Feeder

This homemade bird feeder project uses recycled silverware and a plate to create a one-of-a-kind...

Pie Tin DIY Bird Feeder

Turn an old pie tin into a DIY bird feeder with this recycled crafts project...

Orange Wreath DIY Oriole Feeder

Feeding orioles is easy with this orange wreath DIY oriole feeder.

Nesting Shelf DIY Birdhouse

Interested in attracting cardinals or robins to nest in your yard? This recycled crafts project...

How to Make Pinecone Firestarters

Starting a fire is easy with this pinecone crafts project. Learn how to make pinecone...

How to Make Garden Lanterns from Glass Jars

Dress up glass jars with frosted glass spray paint to create DIY garden lanterns.

Homemade Bird Feeder for Kids

Get kids interested in birding with this colorful and easy DIY bird feeder.

Dresser Drawer Recycled Garden Project

Looking for vertical garden ideas? Try using dresser drawers! We’ll show you how with this...

DIY Teacup Bird Feeder

Have a cuppa with the birds when you create this homemade bird feeder from an...

DIY Rain Chain Using Spoons

Recycled crafts are all the rage, and our DIY rain chain project using old spoons...

DIY Glass Garden Flowers

Learn how to make glass garden flowers from old plates, bowls, candleholders, and more.

DIY Bird Feeder for Attracting Bluebirds

The best secret for attracting bluebirds? Offer mealworms! This DIY bird feeder made from recycled...

DIY Bird Bath Water Park

Use a few sturdy branches and shallow bowls to make a DIY bird bath spot...

Cowboy Boot Birdhouse

Little birds like wrens will love this DIY birdhouse made from an old cowboy boot!

Coffee Cup Homemade Bird Feeder

Share a refreshing cup with the birds with this homemade feeder project using a coffee...

Coffee Can DIY Birdhouse

Turn a coffee can into a DIY birdhouse with this simple recycled crafts project!

Cloth DIY Birdhouse

Learn how to make a birdhouse out of cloth for small birds like wrens and...

Chair Planter Garden Project

Learn how to turn a chair into a planter with this simple garden project.

Build a License Plate Birdhouse

Personalize a DIY birdhouse with an old license plate, and you’ll have a real one-of-a-kind...

Bowling Ball Garden Art Bumblebee

Recycle an old bowling ball into a bumblebee with this bowling ball garden art project!

A Trash Can Compost Bin

Do you compost?  Or, have you wanted to try composting? A couple of weeks ago,...

Got Large Pots? Use Plastic Containers to Fill Extra Space

Do you like to grow ornamental plants in large pots?  I do.  Especially brightly-colored pots...

DIY Plant Watering Bottles

Are you ever faced with going away for a few days only to return to...

An Old, Rusty Watering Can Finds New Purpose

I like old things.  So, when I spotted an old, galvanized watering can at an...

DIY Drip-Water Plants Using Milk Jugs

Many areas of the United States are suffering from extreme drought and your garden may...

Fourth of July: Tin Can Patriotic Planters

In the last of my series of posts on easy and inexpensive Fourth of July...

Recycled Backyard: Tire Gardens

Got some old tires on hand? Building a tire garden is easy!

Cardboard Garden Project: Hanging Basket

Last year while testing Cardboard Gardening, we put together a panel of family and friends...
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A Fountain Transformed Into a Planter

Do you have fountain or other water feature that you no longer use? How about...