Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Repurposing Wood Ladders As Garden Art

Repurposing Wood Ladders As Garden Art
Gallery of Garden Art Ladders
Gallery of Garden Art Ladders

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Ladders As Vertical Garden Art


Wobbly, old wooden ladders have lots of reuses both in the home and the garden.


Here you’ll see them used outdoors as stands for plants and decor, adding vertical interest to the garden the same way arbors, trellis, and obeslisks do.


If you ever see one in the garbage, snap it up! Their value is starting to be recognized and resellers are asking a little too much for them these days.


Whether you paint them or leave them plain, wooden ladders make a quirky, fun garden art accent.


This one is in my garden:


Gallery of Garden Art Ladders
Have a look at these ideas from my garden blog friends.

Gallery of Garden Art Ladders
Gallery of Garden Art Ladders

Gallery of Garden Art Ladders
Gallery of Garden Art Ladders

Decorated old wooden ladders in the garden | empressofdirt.net
Decorated old wooden ladders in the garden | empressofdirt.net

2. Turquoise Ladder | Somewhat Quirky Design


  • If you’re going to paint your ladder, go bold! This one looks fabulous.

3. Decorate A Rustic Ladder | Flower Patch Farmhouse.com


  • Fall decor on an old wooden ladder.

Using old ladders in the garden | empressofdirt.net
Using old ladders in the garden | empressofdirt.net

4. Harvesting English Lavender | Garden Therapy

Functional art: the ladder is a perfect place to dry lavender.


5. Using Ladders In The Garden | Garden Chick

Gather some favourite garden art supplies and create a vignette.


Old ladders used to display Halloween decorations | empressofdirt.net
Old ladders used to display Halloween decorations | empressofdirt.net

6. Halloween Step Ladder | House of Hawthornes


  • Warning: giant spiders might take over your ladder at this time of year.

  • Love this way of displaying a collection of Halloween pumpkins and art.

Garden ladder ideas by Our Fairfield Home and Garden via empressofdirt.net
Garden ladder ideas by Our Fairfield Home and Garden via empressofdirt.net

8. Garden Ladder Ideas | Our Fairfield Home & Garden


  • Go to Barb’s blog to see a whole bunch of ideas for repurposing old ladders in the garden. (I think she’s obsessed!)

Empress of Dirt home garden tour featuring a perennial cottage garden in Ontario, Canada
I hope this gives you a bunch of ideas. Ladders are a great way to create instant outdoor shelving to display anything you like.

~Melissa the Empress of Dirt ♛


Original article and pictures take empressofdirt.net site

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