Wine bottle garden border

One of our favorite ideas from Garden in a City was the use of recycled everyday/industrial materials as ornaments for a parkway garden. The “Reusable Parkway” was done by Christy Webber designers Tony Butterworth and Brian Wildman. We really like the wine bottles used as pavers and edging – the mix of colored glass and

I kept thinking the Potager needs some kind of edging ... Boxwood? Yew? Germander? Would the Germander stay evergreen because the Rue really didn't. Do I really have space for an edge, a hedge? Do I really want to clip and maintain a formal hedge? Boxwood seems so formal and well, English. Not at all in keeping with my rustic structures and style. Then I came across a few images of bottle borders while researching a bottle / glass cutter and thought, now that would be really cool. My garden…

Do you really want to keep throwing all those wine bottles away? You will think again once you see this amazingly creative and resourceful DIY project for your garden. Upcycle your old wine bottles into

The pros and cons of using wine or beer bottles as garden borders.

It's easy to recycle wine bottles in the garden. I pondered about the best way to combine two things that I enjoy... gardening and wine. Cre...

Although they could be tossed in the recycling bin, glass wine and beverage bottles seem too pretty (and useful and sturdy) not to repurpose. After spotting this garden border made of wine bottles in ReadyMade, we searched for some more examples and quite like the effect, especially when done with bottles of complementary colors and heights. What do you think?

Or at least stop using my garden edging as an excuse for your wino ways! (That cri de coeur you just heard was my husband exclaiming, "But I have not yet begun to drink!" Don't worry, honey, you can still drink; I just don't need the bottles any more.) To my husband, my friends and neighbors, and many of you bloggers, I raise a glass. Many people suggested I ask a wine store for their empties. Some people even slipped me pieces of paper with names and numbers of said wine purveyors. Maybe…

Have you ever noticed how empty wine bottles seem to pile up in our homes day after day? It’s something many people toss into the junkyard when they start

Do you have wine bottles and a string of holiday lights? Great! Here’s how to use them to light your garden path!