The Re-garden: Re-use, Re-purpose, Re-awesome

One of our new garden initiatives this year is to find new ways to use old things in the garden. Rather than purchasing materials to create a raised garden bed, we have re-purposed a set of five truck tires that were illegally dumped at the museum site. Five truck tires were set into a pyramid shape and were filled with soil and compost to their tops. Care was taken to tuck soil up underneath the lips of the tires to keep water from standing anywhere in the beds that might become a mosquito hazard. The tires were planted with five milkweed plants in each tire circle.

Throughout the year we’ll be adding more raised beds like this out of other re-purposed materials. Hopefully we’ll have some time to create some recycled garden art like the small tea-cup birdfeeder that was made by volunteer Patti W. Using a metal stake, a teacup and saucer found at a thrift store she created a whimsical piece of garden at that our birds just love to visit.

Have an idea for garden art or a new way to re-use something in a garden space? Please leave us a note on this post and share your thoughts!