Turn kitchen junk into DIY garden art with these crafty ideas. Explore creative ways to repurpose common items for charming outdoor décor.
Unless you’re a real minimalist, you probably have stuff lurking in your kitchen cabinets that you have not used in years.
If they don’t have some special sentimental (or other) value, why not turn some of it into garden decor? And yes, donating useful items is always a good option as well.
These ideas are all simple, probably pretty obvious, and do-able in an afternoon. Instead of shopping, declutter for supplies!
Bundt pan planted with succulents on a patio table
Bundt pans make excellent patio table planters. And muffin tins are fun for smaller succulents. Drill holes in the base for drainage.
Old spoons repurposed as fish-shaped windchime.Vintage silver-plated fish windchime by NevaStarr Etsy Shop. Buy some or get a metal drill bit and make your own.
Old ceiling fan made into a garden art dragonfly
DIY Garden Art Dragonfly: The blades from an old ceiling fan make perfect wings. Many other parts of the fan can be used as well.
Chandelier repurposed as an oriole feeder
This old light fixture doesn’t require any DIY. Just hang it up and add orange slices.
Kitchen colander repurposed as a faux chandelier
Garden Art Chandelier: Use a mish-mash of old treasures for a shabby chic look. Colanders and other metal containers work great.
Old dishes and platters made into garden art flowers
Garden Art Dish Flowers: Use plates and other small dishes from the thrift store or your kitchen cabinets.
Blue-themed bottles and plates in flower planter. We like to use garden art to fill in the spaces while waiting for the flowers to grow.
Kitchen door repurposed as garden art
Not that we are suggestion to tear off your kitchen door, but, if you’re updating your kitchen, see if anything would work in the garden.
Drawer pulls and copper pipe repurposed as hose guards.
Kitchen Drawer Pull Hose Guards: protect your plants in style. We use these to keep the garden hose out of the flower beds.
Kitchen spice cabinet repurposed as fairy house
Any little cabinet with doors can convert into a little fairy or hobbit house. This one was a spice jar shelf.
Lazy Susan
A lazy susan makes a good garden mirror because they tend to have a frame for extra weather protection.
How to Safely Use Mirrors in the Garden: Be safe and get artistic.
Rooting sweet potato cuttings in mason jars
How to Grow Sweet Potato Vine from Cuttings – Great way to use mason jars.
Mason jar vase with cut flowers
We keep a jar handy while cleaning up the garden: great way to display flowers.
Butterfly feeder made from repurposed pie plate
A strong, shallow pie dish is perfect for creating a water feeder. We placed mine in an old grape vine wreath.
Blue and white teacup and saucer in garden
This teacup is beautiful all on its own. But you could plant some pansies in it too. Or succulents.
Kitchen trivets and candle holders on garden wall
Hang up metal candle holders or trivets and you have instant wall art. For a unified look, spray paint them all the same color.
Garden art flowers with whisk leaves
Can you see the mixer beaters and whisk? They make good leaves in a garden-junk kind of way.
Garden art toadstools made from old wooden bowls
I used old wooden salad bowls for this project.
Plant markers made from wooden spoons
Good idea if you have burned your wooden spoons. Use any acrylic craft paint and paint pens to turn them into plant markers or garden art.
Giant garden art coneflower made from kitchen junk
The top of this giant coneflower (Echinacea) garden art is a deep cake pan from the kitchen.
Decorative butterfly made from soda can metal
The metal from soda pop cans can be used to create all sorts of art including plant markers, trinkets, and tramp art.
We hope you’ve found some repurposing ideas you want to try for your garden.
When it comes to garden junk, if you love it, it works.
