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Garden Decorating Ideas on a Budget

Pansies, violets or Johnny Jump Ups planted in small baskets and buckets offer a cheerful spring greeting.

Cut in half whiskey barrels make terrific rustic planters for marking your driveway or walk. Plant with annuals in summer and replace the flowers with greens and pinecones for winter decoration.

Home made carecrows add country charm. Paint a face on burlap or use a pumpkin for the head.

Recycle containers, tools and furniture to make clever planters and garden ornaments. I've seen old bed frames and bicycle baskets planted with annuals and I've planted pansies and impatiens in my husband's old work boots. My garden has an assortment of tea kettles, old watering cans and ladders holding flowers, too.

Make a rustic trellis by fastening saplings or thin tree branches together. You can create any shape you like if the branches are green and flexible. You can also create a rustic fence or arbor from tree branches.

If you've got a cracked or broken clay flower pot, tip it over and let soil spill out of it. Plant flowers in the soil for a spilled flower pot look.

Add a faux window to any blank wall. Paint a dark blue rectangle on the wall, then nail strips of wood around the edge and in a window-pane pattern across the painted area. You can paint on decorative flower boxes or vines, or let real vines climb up on the wood strips. For even more color and fun, add brackets and a window-box full of real or silk flowers at the base of your new "window."

Hang old tools or other interesting finds from the flea market on the walls of your porch or patio. We found an old clock face that looks great hanging on the wall near our deck.

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