Keep glass bottles to decorate your garden creatively and at zero cost

There are many occasions when it is appropriate to uncork a bottle of wine in celebration of something auspicious - not to mention all the other drinks that we happen to consume for whatever reason. Many of these beverages are contained in glass bottles. While glass is one of the easiest types of materials to recycle, it is also true that undamaged glass bottles can also be recycled in a creative way.

Usually we would think of using empty glass bottles at home as vases for flowers or perhaps as candle holders, but we could also use them in the garden (or even in the vegetable garden!). They can be used to decorate the area in a useful and original way. Borders, floors, fences and more - check out some of the more creative ways to recycle glass bottles in the garden by reading on below:

Sticking empty glass bottles upside down in order to bury their necks is the easiest way to mark off a flower bed with a border that is far from those which are usually seen.

For small flower beds, it is perhaps better to use bottles that are all the same, but for longer borders it could be nice to use bottles of many different shapes and colors.

They also work for raised, spiral flower beds.

And there are those bottle aficionados who have designed flower beds in different shapes, like a star surrounding at the foot of a tree.

When they are used for a border that, instead of marking off the flowerbed from the lawn, separates it from a paved walkway, it is nice to bury the bottle almost completely, so that the bottoms (which should be all the same) are at the surface and are level with the pavement - almost they are a type of glass brick.

And this idea also works for paving entire driveways or garden paths.

And if you were to create an embankment, you could also use a wall of glass bottles with the bottom facing out to decorate one side.

You can use many bottles with their necks stuck into a wall, and with just a few arranged in the opposite direction (i.e. with their open necks showing), and which will function as nozzles for a fountain installed in the brick wall and to which these bottles themselves are attached: a truly original idea.

And here is a project that also works on balconies: using bottles as alternative wall planters and pots.

Placed one on top of the other in vertical rows, all secured together and framed by a wooden structure: it is the idea that some DIY enthusiasts used to create fences.

This is a colorful and original alternative to traditional fences or railings on the sides of garden gates.

And you might also consider placing them in frames formed by the various pieces of a wrought iron trellis to support climbing plants (creepers).

Would you like to use empty glass bottles to decorate your garden?