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Wattle: beautiful examples in landscape design. How to make wattle in the country Wicker flower beds

When creating flower beds, a variety of decorative elements are often used. It can be stones, figurines, lamps, windmills and much more. One of these elements can be a simple classic wattle, created from various materials. And if earlier it was made only as a fence of a territory or plot, now it has become a decoration and decoration. To understand how to make wattle for a flower bed with your own hands, you need to get acquainted with the materials, their processing methods and manufacturing technology.

It is suitable for decorating areas in a rustic, ethnic or natural style. But even if the general style of landscaping is different, then wicker fences of different heights are used as supports for ornamental shrubs, perennials and annuals.

Wattle can be horizontal, vertical and intermediate (inclined and others).

The advantages of this fence, which gives a special spiritual flavor to a flower garden, garden or backyard, are environmental friendliness, affordability and manufacturing. Also, the advantages include mobility (the ability to disassemble, assemble, move), use different material in its manufacture, interesting and original appearance.

The disadvantages of wattle can be called the fact that it cannot be used as a very strong fence, as well as a short service life.

A low wattle fence made of thin branches and twigs will suit any shape. Shoots of flowers and ornamental crops hanging through such a fence give a special charm to the whole composition and emphasize the beauty of plants. The walls of this border can be vertical and look like a small fence. But they can also be located at an angle, and the general appearance of such a flower garden will look like a basket.

A variety of wicker flower containers also look interesting and spectacular, especially if they are hanging baskets - planters that can be hung on a balcony, loggia, terrace or just in the garden next to the house or recreation area.

Almost all wicker fences and containers are made from cut shoots, but sometimes you can find wattle with oblique weaving from living willow branches. This type of fence is created as decorative fence, which can separate one part of the garden or cottage from another. You can even build a "live" gazebo from willow twigs. But it is worth remembering that such a fence or gazebo requires regular maintenance.

One more interesting idea The use of wicker wicker fencing is to create portable screens for a garden or cafe. The base and frame are made of boards and timber, and the inside is made like an ordinary horizontal wattle fence.

Choosing materials

The main requirement for shoots and branches that are suitable for creating wattle is flexibility and plasticity. Willow works best for this, but hazelnut, willow and birch can also be used. Shoots of raspberries, apple and dogwood trees and vines are still suitable for wattle.

All materials are harvested in the fall after the end of sap flow or in the spring before the start of the growing season. To fence the flower garden, shoots or rods with a thickness of 1 to 2 cm and branches with a thickness of 2 to 3 cm are cut. Optimal length thin shoots ranges from one and a half to two meters. They are collected and tied into bundles, and the difference in the length of the rods in the bundles should not be more than 10-15 cm.

The length of the thicker branches that are used as a support should be 30-40 cm more than the height of the fence. Immediately after harvesting, the shoots and branches are cleaned of bark (within 3-4 hours). As a result of this treatment, the wood material takes on an orange-yellowish tint. But if this has not been done, then before starting work on the construction of the wattle fence, they are soaked in boiling water and the bark is removed. Although, it is worth noting that branches and shoots unpeeled from the bark give the fence a natural or natural look.

If the harvested rods and shoots are too dry, then a day before the start of production, they can be steamed or wrapped in a wet cloth.

To protect against decay, the harvested branches are treated with special preparations, and to give the desired shade - stain.

The length of the thick branches that are used for support should be 30-50 cm more than the height of the fence. In addition to the harvested shoots and branches, the following tools will be needed:

Do-it-yourself wattle for a flower bed can be made from straw, and rye wattle is best suited for this, since it has greater strength due to elongated internodes. And this straw is also painted in a beautiful shade, but it is quite easy to change it with the help of aniline paints. It is also quite easy to make wicker fences from reeds, which are harvested from August to October.

Manufacturing technology of horizontal wattle

Before you start creating a wicker fence, you need to count the number of supports. To do this, we determine the territory under the flower bed, from which we remove debris, weeds and stones. Then we outline the contour of the flower bed and dig the earth to the desired depth. We measure the perimeter and calculate the number of stakes on the basis that on one running meter should be 3 to 4 pieces.

To better preserve the wattle fence and drain excess water, you can dig a narrow trench 15 cm wide, about 30-40 cm deep along the edge of the flower bed and fill it with fine gravel or gravel. Here subsequently thick branches will be clogged - supports.

To increase the stability of this fence, you need to drive in 2 small pegs about 5 cm long near each support on both sides to make a lock that helps hold the wicker fence in place.

The supports are placed at a distance of 25 to 30 cm and driven into the ground to a depth of 20 to 30 cm using a wooden hammer or mallet. It is worth remembering that what large quantity supports will be on one running meter, the denser and stronger the fence will be.

Now we begin to zigzag the thin and flexible shoots around the supporting stakes. Moreover, the next shoot should not repeat the weave of the previous one. If one rod begins to wrap around the supports from left to right, then the other from right to left. And so it must go on and on. Rods with a length of less than half a meter should not be used. You need to start weaving the fence from below, stepping back a few centimeters from the surface of the soil. To prevent the rods from sliding to the ground, they are attached with wire to the supports.

At the beginning of work, thick shoots are usually used, and then they gradually switch to thinner rods. For greater strength, sometimes intertwined shoots are fastened together with wire or very thin twigs. It is necessary to ensure that the thick and thin ends of the rods are located fairly evenly over the entire surface of the wicker fence. Its thickness should be about the same.

It is also worth noting that a beautifully made wattle fence is obtained if the rods for it are selected the same length. And also it is necessary to avoid that the end of the escape does not fall on the support and the next one does not start there. In this case, the ending shoot should be shortened a little, and the next one, accordingly, will not start on the support.

At the end of the work, you need to trim the height of the supports with a powerful and sharp pruner, but do not forget to leave the length of the ends of the branches at least 30-40 cm, if only this is possible. This will allow you to use them for decorating a wicker fence.


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Creating a "live" or "green" wattle fence

For the construction of such a fence, already rooted willow shoots will be required, which are planted in a trench filled with moisture-intensive and moisture-retaining soil with a sufficient amount of nutrients.

Immediately after harvesting from willow, cuttings of the same length and thickness are placed in containers with water and kept at a temperature of 18 to 20 degrees Celsius. Rooting occurs in 3-5 weeks, after which the shoots are planted in a prepared place and fastened in a suitable way. To accelerate the appearance of roots, you can use special preparations, for example, Kornevin.

But it is worth remembering that it is worth planting such "green" cuttings only after the end of frost (May-June). You also need to pay attention to the care of such, which consists in regular watering, loosening and removing weeds. Since willow is a moisture-loving crop, the soil should be constantly moistened, but excess moisture should be avoided.

A little about decorating

At classic version wattle fence decorations next to it were usually planted with sunflowers, the heads of which elegantly hung on it, and snow-white daisies. But the range of cultures that are in harmony with the wicker fence is much larger. It can be perennial and alpine aster, late flowering chrysanthemum, delphiniums, various varieties of leucanthemum, as well as levkoy, mimulus, dahlias, marigolds, nasturtiums and decorative (and not only) sunflowers.

And wattle can be an excellent support for such climbing plants as beans (edible and decorative), sweet peas (flowers look like colorful butterflies), morning glory, kobeya, decorative pumpkin and others. The leaves and flowers of these crops will look great against the background of intertwined branches and shoots.

To add color to the tops of the supports, you can hang a variety of earthenware (plain and glazed) and build a log and stump shop next to the wattle fence.

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When spring comes, followed by summer, it's time to lay out flower beds that delight the eye with delicate aromas and a riot of colors. But in order for them to look even more attractive and organically combined with other decorative elements of the backyard, it is best to make do-it-yourself wicker flower beds for flowers and other plants, the time and financial costs of which will be minimal.

Materials for the manufacture of wicker flower beds

To make a wicker flower bed, first of all, you should stock up on material. As it is used rods and tree branches, a distinctive feature of which is flexibility. Among them:

  • Willow rods.
  • Hazel rods.
  • Birch rods.
  • Willow twigs.
  • Dogwood branches.
  • Apple tree branches.
  • Raspberry branches.
  • Vine.

All of the above shoots are distinguished by their considerable length and evenness, it is very easy to remove the bark from them, and the surface under it turns out to be completely homogeneous. Such rods are allowed to be harvested all year round except June and July. In these months, the young shoots of last year are just beginning to bush, and the shoots of this year are loose and herbaceous, because they have not yet fully matured. It is best to prepare material for weaving flower beds closer to autumn, at the end of August, when the shoots have already reached the desired condition, and the movement of juices in them has slowed down. Such rods can be quickly cleaned of bark, and if necessary, split.

If the wicker basket flower bed is expected to be large, care must be taken to ensure a sufficient supply of shoots for the job. It is unrealistic to collect the required number of them in one day, since at the first stage at least 1.5-2 thousand rods will be required. Chopped shoots and twigs should be cleaned from the bark immediately after collection within 2-3 hours and split before they dry. Alignment with a knife can be done a little later.

In the case when the preparation of the material for weaving could not be done immediately and the shoots dried up or when they were harvested in the cold season, the rods are boiled in water or boiled with boiling water for 30-40 minutes and only after that they start cleaning and splitting. At home, such heat treatment is quite acceptable, for example, in an iron can of herring, where the weaving material is folded up.

We should not forget that the bark of the shoots contains tannins, so the tapes that are obtained from steamed, but not yet peeled rods, will turn the container brown. Therefore, it is not recommended to perform such operations in the bath; in extreme cases, it is covered with a synthetic film.

Sometimes, instead of boiling, the so-called method of "revitalizing" the rods is used. For two to three weeks they are placed with thick ends in a container of water, immersed to a depth of 5-10 cm. Periodically it is necessary to change the water. As soon as the first green leaves appear on the shoots, they are cleaned and split.

Trimming the rods has a beneficial effect on the growth of shrubs, the splendor of which increases significantly. If wicker beds are supposed to be made constantly, it is good to start your own "plantations" of the material, planting new cuttings on them every year. This should be done in May or October. Do it like this:

  • A cutting is cut from the middle of the rod, the diameter of which is 3-4 mm, and the length reaches 25 cm.
  • Make a hole in the soil with a sharp stick.
  • The cutting is placed in the ground to a depth of at least 20 cm. In this case, the thin end of the shoot with several buds should protrude 4-5 cm above the soil surface.

Finished rods must be sorted by thickness and width, moistened, rolled into coils and stored only in a dry place. Before work, they are slightly moistened with a shower or simply wiped with a damp sponge, after which the material is ready for further use.

Types of wicker flower beds

To create wicker flower beds with your own hands, the photos of which are presented in the article, you should decide on their variety. These products are of two types:

  • Ground wicker flower bed. This is the most common option. If the area of ​​the flower garden is large enough, it is made in the form of a rustic-style wicker fence, which protects the plants from accidental stepping on them, and also plays a decorative role. Often there are also ground flower beds in the form of baskets, which are more compact in size. If a wicker fence-border is more often square or rectangular, then the basket is distinguished by a round shape and the presence of a handle, which makes it possible, if necessary, to transfer it from place to place. The height of the basket varies widely: the smaller the diameter of such a flower bed, the higher its walls will be. The handle is made of several thin and long branches placed between the bars of the basket. The bottom of the flower bed is covered with a film, earth and drainage are poured into it. Often, flowers in flower bed baskets grow much better, since the likelihood of weeds germinating in them is negligible, and the soil warms up well.

  • Hanging wicker flower bed. Its advantage is ease of placement: a hanging flower bed looks good on the veranda, on the wall of the house, and even on tree branches. This product attracts with a variety of shapes: depending on personal preferences, it is woven in the shape of a basket, cone, ball or made rectangular. However, it is imperative to take care of the reliability and strength of fastening for a suspended flower bed. In addition, it is good if it rotates 360 degrees. This will allow you to rotate the plant in the flower bed in such a way as to protect it from the constantly changing direction of the sun's rays. To prevent moisture from evaporating from the hanging flowerbed of the basket, its walls are covered with moss that retains moisture, and the inside of such a planter is lined with a film.

Methods for making wicker flower beds

Making wicker flower beds in the country with your own hands is not difficult at all. This will require a minimum of time and effort. To make a flower bed in the form of a wicker fence for a flower garden, you need to take a secateurs or a sharp knife, a wooden mallet, flexible shoots, the diameter of which is 1-1.5 cm, pointed pegs from branches at least 2-3 cm thick. Now we actually proceed to the process :

  • We choose the place where the future flower bed will be located. After that, we remove the upper soil layer along with the weeds and grass growing on it and determine the contours of the flower garden.
  • We calculate the required number of pegs, based on the fact that they will need to be driven into the ground at a distance of 25-30 cm.

  • To make the flower bed more durable, we drive in one more peg on both sides near the corner peg at a distance of no more than 5 cm. This allows you to connect the bars into an impromptu lock. To do this, without circumcision, we pass them through three corner sticks. Then the rods will not fall out, even if you accidentally hit the flower bed.
  • Calculate the length of the vertical stakes. We determine the height of the fence and take pegs twice as long: the rest will be underground.
  • We sharpen the stakes and treat them with an antiseptic to reduce the rate of decay in the ground. In some cases, metal supports are used, but this does not look too beautiful.
  • We hammer the pegs with a mallet into the ground at the same distance from each other. The closer they are, the greater the strength of the flower bed will be.
  • We take flexible and long rods with a length of at least 50 cm. It is desirable that one rod is enough to weave 3-4 spans. To increase elasticity, the shoots should be soaked in water the day before.
  • We remove the bark from the rods and process it with a special compound to stop the decomposition process.
  • We begin to weave rods around the stakes in a zigzag. In this case, the tapes are either behind or in front of the pegs. They start weaving from the ground and use thicker shoots first. When the rod ends, take the next one. The place where they are connected is cut at an angle of 45 degrees and additionally strengthened with wire or twine.
  • So that the lower row of rods does not fall to the ground, and the upper row does not lag behind the wattle fence, they are securely tied to the vertical shoots with wire.
  • Weave from the thick end of the branch to the thinner one. When one row ends, we start the next one on the other side, making sure that the thin and thick ends of the shoots are evenly distributed. In this case, the thickness of the weave will be the same throughout the flower bed.
  • If the end of the rod coincides with the peg on which the shoot from the previous row ended, we shorten this rod or take a longer one.
  • We lay out the bottom and sides of the flower bed with plastic wrap. This will prevent it from rotting and spilling the soil.
  • We make drainage to remove excess moisture, harmful to the roots, from pieces of crushed stone, brick and sand, fill in the soil and plant flowers.

Highly interesting option flowerbeds - a wicker basket equipped with a canopy-support for climbing plants. For its manufacture, you will need scissors, cardboard, a shovel, rods up to 1.5-2 m long. Then we proceed directly to the process:

  • We soak the rods and sort by length and thickness.
  • We cut out a cardboard round template, the diameter of which matches the diameter of the bottom of the future flower bed.
  • We cut off a small part of the circle to get the back wall-support.
  • We remove the top layer of soil with a shovel (removal depth is about 30 cm) along the contour of the template and insert low thick shoots into the resulting trench at a distance of 10-15 cm from each other.
  • We insert 4 long branches along the perimeter of the cut edge of the template and 6 long shoots along the rest of its contour.
  • We start weaving pegs at ground level. The first tape usually consists of two to four rods. We begin to weave the next circle, moving one peg, but we weave each row to the end. We cut the tips of the shoots with secateurs or weave them into the edges.
  • We collect the ends of the long rods installed along the border of the beveled edge of the template, and weave their opposite ends diagonally until the roof of the wicker basket is at the required height. For strength, the tapes are fastened with wire or rope.
  • We take the remaining six long rods. We cross two of them and weave them into the improvised roof of the basket, and then weave the remaining four shoots. Thus, a woven lattice is obtained.
  • We fill the flower bed with soil and plant the plants.

To create another type of wicker flower bed in the winter, in addition to willow rods, you will need a barrel and sleight of hand:

  • For uprights we take thick shoots, for weaving - thinner rods and clean them from the bark.
  • We fill the barrel tightly with snow and install vertical “pillars” of rods into it. There will be an even or odd number of them - it does not matter, since weaving is performed with a "string" - two twigs that are intertwined.
  • We continue to weave in a circle until the basket reaches the desired height, after which we cut off the vertical racks.
  • Then we make a handle: we twist several thin rods of great length with a rope and tie them to the sides of a wicker flower bed.
  • We remove the basket from the barrel and use it for its intended purpose.

Wicker flower bed as an element of decor

A wicker flower bed will harmoniously look at any site, regardless of its area and the presence of other decorative elements. Since it is made from natural materials, it goes well with the now fashionable wicker furniture or a large fence around the house, also made of vines.

With such fences around flower beds, the local area will look more well-groomed, as they do not allow grass and plants to grow. In addition, wicker fences are great for dividing the site into functional areas: for the garden, for the garden, for recreation. They are environmentally friendly, protect flower beds from damage and at the same time allow you to withstand household plot in the same style.

Such a garden composition in the form of a basket is beautiful, catchy, and at the same time harmonious, since the very idea of ​​​​a basket is combined with any plants and any garden design option. Many gardeners plant flowers in old baskets. But to get a really stylish garden accessory, it’s still worth using an old, even very large basket - it will be too small for a real flower bed, and at the same time it will look too trivial. It’s better to “weave” a stylized basket yourself! What's more, it's quite easy. What about the costs? Practically none, since everything for making a flower bed-basket will surely be found at your dacha.

For work you will need:

  • Several wooden slats 3 cm wide.
  • Old oilcloth in a box
  • Wood preservative
  • A piece of plastic box for electrical wiring 2 m long.
  • Clothesline
  • Scissors
  • Hacksaw
  • garden barrel lid
  • some sand
  • Trowel

Production order:

1. Cut the wooden slats into 45 cm lengths. You should end up with about 40 pieces in total. Coat all parts with wood preservative.

2. Cut the old oilcloth into ribbons 4-5 cm wide. The length of the ribbons is as far as the oilcloth will allow.

3. Place a garden barrel lid on the ground in the chosen location. Outline it with sand or rope, then remove.

In the photo: Set the bottom of the future basket in the place where your flower garden will look spectacular

4. Along this circular "path" with a garden shovel, install wooden slats, with small gaps between them. Just cut the ground with a shovel, and insert each rail deep into it.

In the photo: Strengthen the slats according to the diameter of the future basket

5. Bind the exposed slats with oilcloth ribbons like a basket. If the length of the tapes is not enough, connect them together with an ordinary stationery stapler.

6. Wrap the plastic box with clothesline.

Photo: Choose a strong clothesline

7. Bend and insert the box into the resulting basket as a handle.

The basket is ready! Now you can fill it with soil and plant flowers, put containers with flowers, place a mini-garden for greenery on the table.

In the photo: Flower garden-basket for garden compositions

Flowerbed-basket in the country yard looks beautiful, creates an effect home comfort. Making a braid is not so difficult if you have a little patience. The classic material for a basket is a vine, but resourceful gardeners have adapted to use old linoleum and even boards.

Advantages and disadvantages of a wicker flower bed


A flower bed in the form of a wickerwork attracts attention with its originality. To know how profitable it is to create, you need to understand its pros and cons.

The advantages of wicker borders for flower beds can be characterized by four facts:

  • Basket-shaped fencing fits effectively into poor and rich landscape design. The flowerbed is concisely combined with the architectural ensemble, suitable for growing simple and outlandish varieties of flowers.
  • It is cost-effective to create a basket. There is no need to purchase materials. The owner uses what is at hand.
  • The braided wicker is an environmentally friendly design.
  • The basket is easy to weave yourself.

Of the shortcomings, only one moment stands out. Baskets after a season of use lose their attractive original appearance. This is due to the harmful effects of weather conditions, mechanical stress, inaccurate care by the owners of the flower bed.

The choice of material for weaving


The classic material for basket weaving is vine. The better the flexibility of the rods, the easier it is to work with them. Branches of willow, hollow, birch or willow are well suited for work. From fruit plantations, rods are taken from an apple tree, dogwood or raspberry. Excellent results are obtained when using the vine.

The rods are cut with secateurs. The minimum length is 600 mm. The vine is sorted by thickness. Rods with a diameter of 0.6 to 15 mm are used to weave the sides of the basket. A vine with a thickness of 15-30 mm is used for stakes, around which a braid is wrapped.

Vine harvesting is carried out in the fall. You can cut rods at other times of the year, but not at the beginning of summer. At this time, the vine is still unripened, and will break when bent.

Advice! Willow and willow vines are considered the best for baskets. Grape whips are not inferior in quality.

From artificial materials for weaving baskets, old linoleum, cut into strips, is used. Any flexible hose, wire will do.

Varieties of wicker flower beds-baskets


Conditionally wicker flower beds are divided into two types:

  1. Ground wicker fences for flower beds are made in large and small sizes. The design resembles a fence. The shape of the basket is given at your discretion: round, rectangular, oval or complex polygonal. Despite the fact that the basket is installed on the ground, it can be moved to another place if necessary. Braid is made without a bottom. For transportation, the fence is simply lifted, the earth from the flower bed remains in place. After installing the basket, it is again filled with soil.
  2. A hanging wicker flower bed resembles a planter suspended from the ceiling of a canopy or open veranda.

When creating a hanging braid, 4 rules are taken into account:

  • The fastening should allow the pots to rotate freely around the axis. The basket is rotated periodically by hand to evenly illuminate the flowers by the sun.
  • Flowers for flowerpots are selected not demanding in care. good option considered petunias, pansies.
  • Almost all domestic flowers have developed roots. So that during growth they do not displace the soil from the basket, it is made with a volume of at least 10 liters.
  • Braid is unable to retain water during irrigation. The cache-pot is equipped with a pallet. During irrigation, they are washed out of the soil along with water. useful material. Flowers need to be fed more often.

The general care of flowers in a flowerpot is no different from the care of ground plants.

If we compare the two varieties, then a do-it-yourself wicker fence for a flower bed is most often erected by summer residents. Sometimes such a basket is supplemented with a wicker trellis. Spread over the support climbing plants, forming beautiful wall near the flower bed.

Flowerbeds-baskets differ in the type of weaving:

In both versions, the basis of the braid is stakes driven into the ground. They are located at a distance of 300-400 mm from each other.

With horizontal weaving, the rods are twisted between stakes, laying parallel to the ground. For connection, the ends of the vine are cut at an angle, joined together, pulled together with wire or strong bark. Each new rod is started from the back of the peg. The procedure lasts until the height of the braid is equal to the tops of the stakes.

With vertical weaving, additional horizontal slats are attached to the stakes. The vine is wrapped between them, positioned perpendicular to the ground. The weaving process is the same. Only the location of the rods differs.

Experienced craftsmen create a multi-tiered wicker flower bed or use complex view weaving, for example, oblique and staggered. In the first version, the vine lies at an angle with respect to the stakes. With checkerboard weaving, the rods are laid horizontally, but not every pole is wrapped around, but from 2 to 4 pieces are passed through. The result is a complex pattern.

Unusual baskets are woven from the rods of different trees. They differ in color, which allows you to create beautiful drawings. To achieve this goal, the vine can be painted.

Advice! If fresh willow or willow pegs are driven into the ground for braiding, they will sprout with regular watering. Get a beautiful green hedge.

How to make a flower bed in the form of a basket with your own hands

To create a flower bed-basket on your own, you first need to stock up on materials. The second important issue is the comprehension of the craft of weaving. There is nothing difficult in this. You can learn how to weave a vine according to the presented master class on the video:

Flowerbed-basket of vines


An inexperienced person can weave a basket for ground installation with a vertical and horizontal arrangement of rods. More often than not, the second option is more acceptable. For starters, it is better to take the simplest form of a flower bed: a circle or a rectangle.

To weave a flowerbed-basket from willow, do the following steps:

  • In order for the ground flower bed to have increased strength, the vine is harvested with a thickness of 15 mm. Pegs are taken with a diameter of about 3 cm. A knife, a pruner, a mallet are prepared from the tools.
  • Choose a place for a flower bed. On the site, a contour is marked with a construction cord. With a shovel, they clean off the top layer of soil with the roots of weeds.
  • Measure the perimeter of the flower bed, calculate the required number of stakes. The parameter depends on the installation step. If the vine is short, then the distance between the pegs is reduced to 250 mm.
  • The length of the stakes is calculated taking into account the fact that half will go into the ground. The protruding ground part determines the height of the fence.
  • One end of the stakes is sharpened with a knife. It will be easier to drive them into the ground with a mallet. The blanks are treated with protective impregnation. Additionally, you can open with varnish. The stakes are driven in at the same distance from each other. The length of the vine determines the place of docking. Where there will be a lock, an additional support is driven in at a distance of 50 mm from the main peg.

    Advice! Sometimes, for reliability, stakes made of metal rods are used. Such a flower bed fence will last longer, but it looks less attractive.

  • The vine for weaving is cut into a length of at least 600 mm. The rods should cover 3-4 spans. To increase flexibility, the vine is soaked in water before weaving. The bark is peeled off the rods, treated with protective impregnations.
  • Horizontal weaving starts from the bottom of the supports from the ground. The vine is wrapped in a zigzag around the stakes. Weaving begins with the thick end of the rod, and ends with a thin end. At the docking point, the ends of the vine are cut at an angle of 45 o. The branches are tied to the stakes with wire.

When the flowerbed-basket of willow twigs is ready, the bottom is covered with a film, the prepared substrate is poured, and flowers are planted.

DIY flowerbed-basket from boards

Boards are not suitable for weaving due to lack of flexibility. However, it will be possible to create a flower bed in the form of a basket from them. The design is made rectangular. For supports, it is advisable to choose an oak board or larch. Hardwood lasts longer in the ground. Planks for sides are cut along the length of the fence. It is optimal to make the thickness of the blanks 10-15 mm so that they can bend a little.

To build a semblance of a wicker fence for a flower bed with your own hands, supports are driven in along the perimeter of the marked area. The step between the posts is determined empirically so that the planks can bend between them. Each plank to the support is fixed with self-tapping screws. In the corners for docking, mounting angles are used.

The finished structure is treated with a protective impregnation. The braid is opened with varnish. To give beautiful shade use stain.

Linoleum basket flower bed


The advantage of a basket made of artificial materials is long term services. Beautiful fences for flower beds are made from old linoleum. First, the material is cut into strips 100 mm wide. The supports are driven into the ground plastic pipe. Tapes are interlaced with horizontal laying according to the vine method. To keep the rows stronger, linoleum is fixed to the pillars with a stapler.

Weaving is carried out to the top of the supports. In order to give an aesthetic appearance to the end of the braid, it is framed with a strip of linoleum, covering the ends of the pipes. Upon completion of weaving, the design of the flower bed in the form of a basket with decorative elements begins. First of all, a handle is attached from a plastic pipe, wrapped with burlap for beauty. On the handle, you can direct the stems of vines to trail. The side part of the flower bed is decorated with large artificial flowers, figurines of animals or fairy-tale characters.

Flower beds from old baskets


The option of creating a flower bed is suitable for lazy people who do not want to do weaving. Take an old basket as a basis. For ground installation, the bottom will need to be removed. It is carefully cut off from the basket so that weaving does not crumble. The frame of the fence is installed in the prepared place. The braid is pinned to the ground with wire or pegs are driven in end-to-end.

A small old basket is better to use instead of a planter. She is hung by the handle to the support. The flower bed can be simply installed on a stand. A multi-tiered structure is built from several baskets. Flowers are planted undersized, unpretentious. Pansies and marigolds grow well.

Wicker flower bed care

In the spring and at the beginning of the first summer month, the flower garden in a basket in the country house looks modest. Viola usually begins to bloom first. Petunias bloom at the end of June. The flower bed becomes lush, "plays" with the colors of flowers until the end of summer.

Care is required the same as for a simple flower bed. The only requirement is enhanced watering. The soil in the basket dries out faster. From fertilizers, a solution of chicken manure and potassium preparations are usually added. After each watering, the soil is loosened, weeds are removed.

Ideas for wicker flower beds in the form of a basket in the country







Conclusion

A basket flower bed looks beautiful on a site where they are trying to create a rustic style. Wicker is added to the overall composition. garden furniture. Aesthetically, flower beds look near wooden arbors, sheds.

Wicker flower beds are used mainly for decoration. suburban area. In addition, the walls of the fence protect the flowers from damage, and several products form a single style on the site. They go well with other decorative elements, especially if they are also made in a similar way.

Wicker vine beds are used to decorate the site in a rustic, ethnic or natural style. From other methods of fencing, they are cheap, easy to manufacture and environmentally friendly.

There are two types of flowerbeds - ground and suspended. The former are the most common type of wicker fences. Large products are structures consisting of supports dug into the ground and walls made of thin branches. They look like fences with a beautifully stretched vine.

Depending on the type of plants, the flower bed is supplemented with various elements. For example, for climbing species in the upper part of the structure, a canopy or lattice is formed from rods, to which young shoots are tied. Visually, it looks like a human-sized basket with a high handle.

The fence does not need to be dug into the ground. Small products can be installed without fixing and moved from place to place, thus changing the order in the territory. The most popular above-ground flower beds are oval or round baskets, often with handles.

The height of the basket depends on its diameter, the smaller it is, the higher the walls. Low products often serve as a border fence. In this case, they are woven in a rectangular shape.

Hanging products are small in size, they can be hung on the walls to decorate the site. Small dimensions allow mounting them on walls, tree branches, fences, etc. To create suspended structures, follow these requirements:

  • They must rotate on a suspension to periodically turn one side towards the light.
  • In hanging flower beds, it is recommended to plant plants that do not require careful maintenance. Usually petunias, pansies, daisies are placed at a height. They quickly grow and turn the wall into a flowering garden.
  • The volume of the product must be at least 10 liters due to the large roots of many plants. In small baskets, they squeeze out the soil and dry out.
  • Hanging systems should be with a tray in which moisture remains after watering. Without it, the water will quickly wash away the minerals. In the absence of pallets, fertilizers must be applied periodically to the soil.
With the exception of these features, care for seedlings in wickerwork does not differ from land plants.

Wicker flower bed technology

To make a flower garden with a fence made of rods, several factors should be taken into account - the place of its installation, the properties of the material, the type of plant. All the necessary information for making a wicker flower bed with your own hands is given below.

Vine Harvesting


Prepare the material before starting work. Thin long flexible branches that are easy to bend are suitable for weaving. Willow, hazel, willow, birch rods are best suited. In small quantities, branches of apple, raspberry, dogwood, grapevine can be added to the composition, which bring zest to the product. Most often they stop at what is available.

It is recommended to harvest material in the fall, when the plants stop growing. At other times of the year, you can also stock up on material, except for the beginning of summer, when the rods have not yet acquired great strength. Vine for weaving flower beds is commercially available, but you can cut it yourself.

When preparing rods, use our recommendations:

  • Branches must be at least 1.5 m long, preferably the same length. The best are blanks that are one year old.
  • Cut the rods at an angle, leaving 15 cm long segments with buds on the branches. Under such conditions, the plant will quickly recover.
  • Look at the cuts. Samples with a loose core are not suitable for work. Also throw away twigs with a reddish core and visible defects - breakage, damage, broken.
  • After cutting from the rods, immediately remove the leaves.
  • To remove the bark, you can use a special tool - a pinch. The procedure can be performed immediately after cutting from the tree. Do not delay this operation. It is very difficult to remove dried bark.
  • Store cut branches in water so that they remain flexible for a long time.
Before you make a wicker flower bed, prepare the vine for laying according to our recommendations:
  1. Tie the blanks into a bundle and place vertically in a bucket. Check that all branches touch the bottom, then form several bundles, in which the rods will differ in length by no more than 10-15 cm.
  2. Soak the material in hot water to improve flexibility. First, divide the vine by size. It is enough to put twigs with a diameter of about 2 mm into water for 10 minutes, with a diameter of 8-10 mm - for 1 hour. During the operation, the bark of the wood releases dyes, so use a container that you do not mind.
  3. Dry the soaked rods and place in a plastic bag. This increases the period of maximum flexibility of the vine.
If you often make wicker beds, it makes sense to create a plantation that will constantly grow vines.

To arrange it, perform the following operations:

  • From branches with a diameter of 3-4 mm, cut into segments 25 cm long.
  • Make holes in the soil to a depth of 20 cm.
  • Install rods in them so that 4-5 cm protrude above the ground.
  • After 1-2 years, the cuttings will grow, and they can be cut for weaving.
It is necessary to plant blanks every year.

Flower bed weaving rules


To create flower beds, the vine is stretched between the racks in various ways:
  1. Horizontal. It is the simplest option for weaving a fence for flower beds. Rods are stretched between the pillars parallel to the ground. The junctions of the branches are fastened with wire or bark.
  2. Vertical. For this case, additional slats will be needed. Some are attached to poles parallel to the ground (for rectangular flower beds), others are necessary to increase the rigidity of the structure. They are placed vertically between the supports at the same distance.
  3. oblique. It turns out when inclined laying several branches at once.
  4. Chess. It differs in that the rods are not drawn through one pillar, but through several, creating a beautiful pattern. It is allowed to paint the material before work various colors to create aesthetics.
The fence can be turned into hedge if the supports are made of willow stakes. They will grow and completely change the appearance of the building.

To obtain beautiful flower bed, adhere to the basic rules of weaving:

  • For work, choose rods 1-2 cm thick, the larger the product, the thicker the workpiece.
  • Laying is carried out from the thick part of the rod to the thin one.
  • After finishing one row, start the next on the other side. Thus, the same wall thickness is ensured along its entire height.
  • To ensure the horizontal row and prevent slipping from the stakes of the branches, fix them in their original position with wire.

Step-by-step instructions for creating a wicker basket flower bed


To create it, you will need stakes with a diameter of 2-3 cm and thin rods. The height of thick branches is selected taking into account the above-ground part plus 20 cm underground. Thus, for a fence 25-30 cm high, stakes 50 cm long are needed. Sharpen the blanks and cover with an antiseptic to extend the service life.

You can use metal tubes, but they will spoil the aesthetic appearance.

To create the walls, you will need a vine 1-1.5 cm thick and 1.5 m long. Before weaving, it must be processed as described above.

Work sequence:

  1. From the site on which it is planned to place a flower bed, remove the fertile soil, collect the roots of plants, loosen the soil.
  2. Mark the contours of the flower garden on the site. If it is round, draw a circle and mark its position with pegs, driving them into the ground after 25-30 cm.
  3. Drive in stakes at the corners of the rectangular structure, and two more next to it, one on each side. During weaving, the rods are pulled through them, forming the so-called "castle". For reliability, they are additionally fixed in this position with a wire.
  4. Fasten horizontal rails to the supports, by which you can control the horizontal rows.
  5. Next, the rods are braided around the stakes in a given way. Lay the first branch near the ground. She should go around three or four supports in a zigzag, alternately in front and behind. After the end of the branch, take the next one and continue the operation from the site where it ended. In the place where the joint occurs, cut the vine at an angle of 45 degrees and secure it with additional wire. You can experiment with the width of the step or with the number of rods stacked in one row. To make the design beautiful, choose blanks of the same length or cut off the excess.
  6. After creating a row, beat it with a hammer to reduce the gaps between the branches. This is due to a significant decrease in the diameter of the rods after they dry and the appearance of large gaps between them.
  7. At the end of weaving, protect the vine from the sun and rain, which will extend its service life. To do this, the finished product can be varnished or painted with stain. The varnish should be matte, because. glossy gives the design an artificial look.
  8. Cover the bottom and sides of the flower bed with plastic wrap to prevent soil from spilling out.
  9. Create a drainage layer at the bottom of the basket with crushed stone, crushed stone and sand.
  10. Fill the container with fertile soil, plant the plants and water them.
Often, a fence for flower beds is woven in winter or in early spring from a willow. This is one of the varieties of willow that grows as a small shrub.

The operation is performed as follows:

  • Prepare a barrel of any diameter.
  • Fill it with snow and compact it.
  • Prepare willow rods. Thick branches are suitable for supports, thin branches for weaving. Cut the blanks until the buds open on the bushes.
  • Insert thick samples into the snow along the perimeter of the barrel after 15-20 cm.
  • Around them, stretch the thin rods of the willow, two at a time. After creating the first two rows, the racks will still move, but then the structure will become rigid.
  • Repeat the procedure until the basket reaches the desired height.
  • Cut off the protruding vertical stakes.
  • Make a flower bed handle. To do this, braid several branches together and fasten them diagonally to the sides of the basket.
  • Remove the product from the barrel and use as directed.
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