A flower garden boat will allow your plants to be in comfortable conditions, and you will take less care of them and become the owners of the original flower bed. The long-awaited summer cottage season will open soon. So far, the owners of household farms have time to get acquainted with interesting ideas for their subsequent implementation. Nowadays boat beds are very popular. They look very original, mobile, as they can be placed anywhere on the territory. Plants are comfortable here, because the roots warm up well. Growers will have less work to do, since they don't have to bend over to care for the plants and there will be very few weeds.
Flower boat - a flower bed made of waste material
The easiest way is to use an existing vessel, but which is leaking or has lost its presentation. First you need to prepare it. If any of the boards in the sidewalls are rotten, replace them. If the bottom is not intact, leave it so that there are holes for water to drain. But if there are rotten boards down here, they need to be removed so that the rest of the wooden components do not start to deteriorate.
Sand the surface on all sides with sandpaper, then cover with two coats of antiseptic. Allow this solution to dry, after which the flowerbed boat is covered with paint of the desired color.
If you have a pond near your dacha or on a plot, then you can place a flower garden there. To prevent the boat from sinking, do not pour earth inside, but put flower pots here. And at any time it will be possible to remove them, replace them with new ones. It is very convenient to water such a flower bed, since the water is located directly behind the stern.
If there is no desire to skin and paint the boat, then you can leave it as it is by placing flowers here. You will add a touch of antiquity to this item, which is also very fashionable now.
If the whole boat is not in very good condition and only the stern is intact, use that part of the boat. Put it in the chosen place, decorating your site with such a creation.
You can plant flowers not only in the boat, but also outside of it. Then it will seem that such a kayak is sailing on the blue sea. In fact, these are flowers of this color that surround her.
You can make the flower bed not only horizontal but also vertical. In the latter case, arrange the shelves on which you will place the flowers. You can also store small garden tools here.
If the old boat is not on the farm, but you want to make a flower garden of this type, then you can adapt an unnecessary bath for it. Paint it in the desired color, with the help of paint you can turn it into a floating vehicle, highlighting the outlines of the sides, making an inscription with the name of the boat.
If you want her to look very much like a ship, then a beautiful flower bed can come from an old tank. The next master class with step-by-step photos sheds light on the stages of work.
How to make a metal flower garden boat?
Here is a view of the finished product. It is made from a large metal water tank. It began to rust, fell into disrepair, it was no longer possible to use it for its intended purpose, then the summer resident made an original flower bed.
First, it was necessary to dismantle the old tank, using a grinder for this.
In this case, you need to remove the glue, rivets and using this electric tool, cut the tank into separate components. First you need to do the wiring, and then saw off.
You will get these semicircular details.
By connecting them in pairs, you get several boats.
Place the semicircular iron pieces with the notches down to avoid injury from the side. Connect the halves using the perforated metal corners, screwing them in with bolts.
Place the flower bed in the chosen place, pour down rubble or gravel for drainage. Put some sawdust on top, pour light fertile soil. For such work, it is convenient to use a mini-excavator, if you have one on the farm.
Plant flowers. In order for the soil to dry out less here, you need to mulch the crops with the same sawdust or dry grass.
To make a sailboat out of a boat, you need to put a metal pipe inside, which will become a mast. Use the twine to form the base for the sails.
If you plant not flowers, but peas in the boat, then it will curl along the supports. The same goes for cucumbers. Then you can get a big harvest.
Then plant flowers along the edge of the flower bed. This is how you will make at the same time a warm vegetable garden and an original flower garden.
Another master class will show you how to make a boat with your own hands. Then you can turn it into a flower garden or a sailboat to surf the nearest body of water.
For this job you will need:
- plywood;
- pencil;
- ruler;
- reliable glue;
- hammer;
- nails.
First you need to make a template, then cut out two bottom parts along it. If the length of the plywood is not enough, then glue it from several components.
Glue them together. Cut out two symmetrical sidewalls. If even the length of the plywood is not enough, assemble each piece from three pieces.
Also connect the elements using special plywood fasteners. Now you need to give the boat an appropriate shape so that its sides are curved inward. To do this, cut out strips of plywood the same width as the sidewalls. Glue them between the sides.
Several such elements are needed, they will not only help to give the boat the desired shape, but also become the basis for sitting.
These benches will come in handy if you do decide to test the boat in the water. And if you want to make a flower garden, then you can put plants in pots here.
Paint the boat the color you want. This is how wonderful it will turn out.
If you want the site to be decorated with a sailboat, then make a mast and attach a sail to it.
You can make a boat not only to plant flowers in it, but also to please your kids.
How to make a sandbox ship?
When the children grow up, so that such goodness does not disappear, you can turn this ship again into a flower girl.
If you already have a boat, you can make a mini playground for children's entertainment out of it. Then what you will need:
- rowing boat;
- centimeter;
- pressed boards;
- sackcloth;
- self-tapping screws;
- sand;
- antiseptic.
To make the boat stable, you need to make a box for it. You will knock it down from 4 boards and 4 blocks, which will be scraps of boards.
Mark where to make holes on the bottom of the boat. Drill them with a drill.
To knock down the boards, you will need trimming from them, the other side of which will need to be sawed off at an angle of 45 degrees. Place two boards on the edge, connect them with wood screws. Now attach a piece of board cut at an angle of 45 degrees to these elements.
As you can see, you need to put the base on the selected site and attach the box to the ground by driving pegs here. Now you can place the boat on the base and fix it to it. To do this, fasten here with self-tapping screws.
Lay the burlap down, gluing it to the bottom. Pour the sand inside. The child here will feel like a real captain of the ship, he will be able to play to his heart's content.
When the child grows up, you will have a sandbox boat. It will be necessary to remove sand and burlap from here, drill holes in the bottom for water drain. It remains to pour down gravel and soft soil on it. Plants can then be planted.
Completing the topic started, you can tell how to make a sandbox or flower girl ship.
Sandbox in the form of a ship
To do this, you will need:
- bars;
- boards;
- self-tapping screws;
- saw;
- jigsaw;
- antiseptic.
Level the platform, put the bars in the shape of the future ship on it. As you can see - two for the sidewall, a pair for a pointed nose, two small ones for the back and one for a small sidewall. See at what angle you need to cut each bar and saw off them.
Measure the distance between the large sides of the boat, cut four planks to this size. Attach two on one side of the side, and the other two on the other. Using a jigsaw, cut out semicircles in the planks. Match them in pairs so that they form circles. Attach these elements in place by placing them on the edge. You can also cut out the stern of the ship with a jigsaw.
Put up a mast made of wood, fasten the flag at the top. Paint your boat the desired color. It is best to use an antiseptic for this, but one that will not harm children.
If you don't have kids in your family, you can make such a ship for a flower bed.
If you want to determine for yourself what your flowerbed boat can be, then look at a selection of photos. From such a large number, you can choose the product that you want to see on your site.
Perhaps you will like the pirate ship, which at first can entertain the children when they grow up - to become the basis for your unusual flower bed.
