We make original small flower beds from old shoes

Sometimes it is worth looking at your everyday things so that life in them sparkles with new colors. For example, if you hesitate to get rid of used shoes for a long time simply because they are loved and comfortable, then perhaps you can find a new, worthy use for them in the garden?

Unnecessary shoes (or worn out, or small, or just out of fashion) can be turned into comfortable container beds in which decorative flowers can comfortably sit.

It's easy to say, but in fact, turning shoes into containers for flowers is not so simple. There are several factors to consider depending on the model and quality of the shoe.

If you come across rubber boots or boots that are not afraid of contact with soil and water, then you can maintain maximum “authenticity”. Your plant will "live" in the shoe as if it were his father's house. The main condition is the presence of a drainage system and holes to release excess moisture (if there are none, it is easy to make them armed with an awl. You should not use a knife, it can damage the shoes and cause cracks).

Children's shoes are very good in this regard - rubber boots and sandals. Colorful shoes look great against the backdrop of green foliage.

If your shoes are from the category of “sissies”, then you can adapt such shoes for growing flowers and plants by lining the shoe or shoe from the inside with plastic wrap, and only after that add drainage and soil. Holes for water drainage are necessary in any case.

There is, of course, an option for "mega-lazy" housewives. The plant can be planted in an ordinary plastic container and put in a shoe, like in a vase, taking it out only for the time of watering. But you need to choose a plant that will grow quickly and cover the pot with foliage.

And finally, we offer you a photo selection on which old shoes turn into original "houses" for flowers and plants.

You can use such flower beds as additional decor in the garden, on the balcony, on the windowsill (if this is a “lazy” option), which will tell guests about your unconventional thinking.

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