Use old bathtubs for garden decorations

What you need:

• 2 old bathtubs
• High-quality potting soil, according to the filling quantity of the bathtubs
• 1 trellis, rectangular and approx. 1 - 1.50 m high (must fit in the bathtub)
• several larger stones
• Colorful flowers that are compatible with each other
• Ivy plants for the trellis
• Bamboo plants and other Asian-looking plants
• 1 black spray paint
• 1 red or green spray paint
• 2 smart garden gnomes
• Adhesive film with flowers and Asian motifs
• Weatherproof wooden windmill
• Weatherproof wooden house in Asian style

Preparing old bathtubs in the garden

1. After a thorough cleaning, spray the old bathtubs with the green, red and black lacquer spray. The surfaces must be clean and free of grease.
2. Let the paint dry long enough, as indicated on the paint spray, this may well be overnight.
3. The next day you design the tubs outside with the help of the adhesive film with the flower and Asian motifs.
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4. Take the earth and fill the old bathtubs with it. Leave approx. 5 cm free at the edge.
5. Next, put the trellis in the old bathtub, which is to be designed in Europe, and the prepared stones in the Asian one. Distribute the stones according to your taste.


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6. Now put the garden gnomes in the European-looking bathtub. They should be a little spread out.
7. Equip the trellis of the European bathtub with ivythat you planted earlier. Alternatively, it can be tomatoes.
8. Then plant the plants you want in the two old bathtubs.
9. Now place the wooden windmill in the European bathtub and the small wooden house in the Asian one. You can either get it on the Internet or have a good friend build it for you from wood.
10. Good do-it-yourselfers can, if desired, have a small, stone-rimmed bathtub in the Asian bathtub pond create, provided that the relevant knowledge is available.
11. Above all, make sure that the individual plants are compatible with each other and that they are in the right place under the right conditions (sun, shade, partial shade).
12. Find out how often to water each plant.

Now you have transformed the old bathtubs into a new chic one!