DIY Outdoor Garden Ideas

Are you new to the world of gardening? There's so much to learn and consider that you just don't know where to start? Relax, we've got you covered. You can learn from the collective knowledge of the Hometalk community on our discussion boards, slide shows, DIY video tutorials, and lots of innovative projects. Happy gardening!

Easily Transform Your Garden
Create DIY planters
Not all planters have to be store bought. Remove the drawers from a filing cabinet, spray, and set on its back for a unique garden planter.
Light a garden with small touches
Glue colored marbles to a battery-powered bulb and set inside a terracotta pot for a glowing garden globe.
Decorate vertically
Give the illusion of space by building a vertical planter. Create an N-frame and add crossbeams. Add hooks and guttering for a layered look.
The 10-minute pallet planter
For a quick and easy planter, staple landscape fabric to a pallet. Stand on its side, fill with soil, and add plants in between the slats.
Make your mark with spoons
Gardens should be fun, which is why wooden spoons make fantastic markers. Decorate and add labels to give your vegetable patch a neat look.
Top DIY Garden Projects

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Popular Slideshows for Outdoor Gardens

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Outdoor Garden Videos

Need some video tutorials on how to get started creating the perfect garden? Enjoy.

Pretty As A Picture Succulent Planter

Colourful succulents, with their beautiful, complex shapes look like mini works of art. Here we show you how to plant a succulent pot to make your own piece of garden art, inspired by the still life paintings of the Old Masters.

Add Some Beauty to Your Fence With DIY Decorative Plates

As you may have noticed, I’ve been on a quest to update the outdoor spaces of my home for the past few months. Beyond adding a new coat of paint, I wanted to add some decor to my fence to spruce it up a bit and add some visual interest. These DIY decorative plates are easy to make and super cheap. They will only last a season or two, but with a project this cheap and easy you’ll be happy to make a new set when needed. Follow my step-by-step tutorial below to get started today!

DIY Large Concrete Stepping Stones Shaped Like Natural Stone

Make natural looking DIY concrete stepping stones or pavers. Color the concrete and mold it into the shape of real fieldstones or flagstones. Finally, the DIY Concrete Stepping Stones are finished. It’s a project I wanted to do last year because when we moved into this rental home, we quickly decided that we wouldn’t use the front door to go in and out of the house. Why?Because the existing path from the driveway to the door was 6” deep with pebbles. To walk on it, I kid you not, was like walking in quicksand or even like walking in deep water. Someone didn’t have their thinking cap on when they made that path. ;0)

Realistic Bark Texture With Caulk and a Fork! Easy Flower Box Makeover

Check out the longer version of this video on our YouTube channel with charts to help you choose just the right colors from 5 different brands of chalk paint. The longer video is here: Stephie McCarthy Bark Texture made with CaulkHere's how we used this same technique to make RealisticRust with Ash Paint.

New Outdoor Gardening Projects

We have tons of new DIY garden projects to get you started here.

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Easy DIY Concrete Planter
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Recycle a Flat Basketball to Create a Hypertufa Garden Orb
Mosaic Tile Birdbath Using Recycled DVDs
Five Different Garden Borders
How to Make an Easy Mini Aquatic Plants Pond With an Old Metal Washtub
Silverware Skeleton Wind Chime
Pallet Shed Using Pallets, Old Windows & Tin Cans
Repurposed Ceiling Fan or Chandelier Lamp Shades
Repurposed CDs = Get Rid of Critters & Beautiful Wind Spinner
Garden Plate Flowers
Timmy the Topiary Turtle
How to Fill a Whiskey Barrel With Flowers - Level Up
My Old Desk Drawers Turned Into... Great Planters!
DIY PVC Birdhouses
How to Build a Window Box
How to Build a Garden Obelisk
Playhouse / Garden Shed
From Wine Box to Beautiful Planter
Create a Cheap DIY Pergola With an Old Bunk Bed Ladder
This Cute DIY Birdbath is Guaranteed to Attract a Few Feathered Friend
Mosaic a Tree ...
A Privacy Wall Doesn't Have To Be Boring Anymore
Hang a Collection of Watering Cans to Decorate a Garden Shed
Huge Wood Flip Flops DIY
Free Pallets in Augusta Georgia!
Mosaic Catio (Cat Patio) Project
Under-deck Garden
DIY Brick Garden Edging
How to Create a Realistic Faux Bark Planter: A DIY Gardener's Dream
The Perfect Border for Your Beds: Defining a Garden's Edge With Stone
Repurpose an Old Light Fixture
How To DIY Painted Rock Flowers Garden
GARDEN POOL DECK. SCAFFOLD BOARD PROJECT.
Paint An Old File Cabinet To Make A Large, Colorful Planter
From Plastic Mannequin to Gorgeous Garden Art
Make A DIY Butterfly Feeder In 6 Easy Steps
11 Surprising Uses For All Of The Things Laying Around Your House
DIY Concrete Birdbath For Less Than Six Dollars!
Thrifted Glass Bird Feeders
Wicker-style Garden Obelisk From a Tomato Cage!
Bumblebee Bowling Ball Project
How to Use Logs as Edging For Plants & Make a Wall Trellis
Got Propane? How to Hide the Tank Without Painting!
DIY Suncatchers From Upcycled CDs
You're About to Be Obsessed With This Sloped Yard Idea
$2 Hula Hoop Turned Into Pretty Flower Hanging Hoop Decor
6 Ways to Reuse Your Leftover Coffee Mate Containers
Fishing Basket Creel Turned Hanging Flower Basket
Garden Flower Bed Border.... Before and After
Rainbow Flower Step Stones
Old Lamps to Classic Fountain
My watermelon looking propane tank
Birdhouse Trellis (Fence) of Many Colors