How To Repair Broken Concrete Bird Bath Bowl

Brilliant birdbaths re-purposed

Broken or croaky bird bathroom?

There's no reason non to keep using it..in your garden! When y'all call up about it,…broken or leaky bird baths, and fountains, as well, are merely pedestals to raise your garden to some other level. Every bit you can see, Flea market Gardeners have held on to these so chosen broken pieces and upcycled them into something spectacular. Here are some brilliant examples and a piffling nearly how to repurpose your erstwhile fountain or bird bath.

Bobbi Doll– "It'south been a corking year for my sedum"

Barb Rosen "Our delicious birdbath"

How to repurpose a birdbath:

Barb Rosen, of Our Fairfield Home & Garden, tells how she repurposed her birdbath. "I used the leaky concrete birdbath left behind by the former owners of our habitation. Then I fabricated a mix of roughly ii parts compost to 1 role sand and mixed it well. A bucket full of this mix was smoothed into the bowl. Small rocks and stones were added for support and drainage. I tried to build information technology up in the middle then there would be some height and the plants would cascade.

Now the fun role: calculation the plants! The tall Senecio took its spot on the top and the residue I tucked in and effectually the rocks, with some of the longer sedums draped a chip over the side to add together interest. A trip down the street to my neighbor's k yielded some more than good "filler" sedums and the balance I dug upwardly from our front end flower bed."

I salvaged this broken solar fountain earlier a fairy garden workshop and it was sold immediately afterward!

The fountain already had a woodsy look and was a loss to the nursery at $70. retail. Our cost was $thirty. and it sold for $35.! Information technology was a surprise to all of u.s. equally we meant information technology just fro instance. You can exercise this with any solar fountain, or any fountain and turn it into a garden. This ane has creeping thyme and tiny grass and violas. ~~ Sue Langley

Diana 50. Duggan shares this elegantly simple treatment of a cracked bird bath

Diana L. Duggan says, "Rock My World created this bird bath. Its made from a big lamp base and the bath is a glazed ceramic serving dish. Its adhered to a painted cement stepping stone..the birds and bees perch on the rocks…"

Janet Hill says, "Old bird baths make interesting planters"

Sue Gerdes'due south birdbath and birdcage combo

Sue Gerdes says, " Birdbath and bird muzzle with some Yellowish Bells. I had to modify this plant I had ane in here that was non happy happy happy. It had a root rot or something…. you can do tea lights during parties!"

Pat Jackson'southward vivid colors really make this fairy garden pop!

Pat Jackson tells the states, "My fairy garden grown in a discarded fountain. It includes a homemade wire arbour and toadstools made from sticks and acorn caps."

Ann Elias'south spiffed bird bath

Ann Elias says, "This was my mother-in-laws birdbath. Information technology is very sometime and no longer holds h2o. I found just the right size dish. Now just have to await for the birds to find it. It is hot today…I am certain some volition enjoy cooling off in information technology."

Before and After: recycling an old cracked fountain

Jenny Alexander broken fountain

Jenny Alexander shows us the process. Before – an old broken fountain…

Now she'due south planted information technology with tiny, carefully called plants.

Jenny Alexander's completed fairy garden

"My fairy garden is finished. This is the old fountain I showed yous, but now the fairies have arrived," Jenny exclaims! "The pinkish is alyssum. The tall is babe blue eyes. Some sedum and creeping thyme ..all annuals."

Source: https://fleamarketgardening.org/2013/07/23/brilliant-birdbaths-re-purposed/