25 Junk Garden Vignette Ideas
July 20, 2023
Do you know what my all time most popular garden post is? It's Junk Garden Ideas Galore 2014. The post had 22 photos of older garden junk ideas, like the one above.
Scroll on down this new post with some of my best junk garden ideas since then!
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What's my secret to interesting junk garden vignettes? Of course cool junk, but layering. Layering back to front and up and down!
This vignette from the corner of my deck has a red framed window screen as a backdrop, pulleys up top, and other pops of red from a stool, plants, and oil can.
This vignette was situated on a shady front corner of my house.
More oil cans, a funnel on a broomstick, and shade plants all layered in place.
An old white painted garden bicycle leans on a tree next to my deck.
On the other side of the tree are sedums, impatiens and an interesting piece of junk.
A junk garden just can't have enough galvanized items, like chicken feeders, milk cans and buckets.
Here I layered some of my items on the ground and some on the deck bench above.
I just love rustic birdhouses, (most of mine were once inhabited by birds). Layer the wheels, signs, plants and birdhouses in the corner of the deck.
Another layered rustic birdhouse vignette on the deck with stacked crates.
Sometimes a few tweaks and different flowers will give the vignette a new look for next year.
An area to the rear of my deck has a long expanse of the bare siding wall, I layer gates, fence pickets, and old farm cultivators in and among my container gardens.
A sawhorse, stool, and crate layer this vignette up and front to back.
Here I have a horizontal barrel layered with three buckets of pansies, a screen, sign, and small pots on the railing for much needed vertical interest.
Some plants in the ground, some in ground level pots, and one hanging on a homemade clothes rack. (a great find at the consignment shop).
Layer the galvanized planters on the deck. The groupings give maximum impact.
A garden shed all decked out with vintage farm rustic decor.
The front patio has a bit less junk but still has varying layers, including an old iron dolly.
Flower beds need vertical interest! Here a laundry tub attached to a commercial metal pedestal table base fills that need.
What's this? An old treehouse ladder leaning on the house, all stenciled and decorated with up north vintage decor.
Prop up an old barn door against an outside wall, decorate it and hold it in place with a galvanized trough.
If your laundry tub of flowers is too low to the ground, set it on an upside down tub.
An old window frame with no glass adds interest to two tubs of Lazy Susan Vines.
Rusty wire fence panels edge hostas planted under a tree.
Stack terra cotta pots on shelves, and crates on the ground, and add a vintage pump.
A laundry tub of impatiens layered with a fun rusty farm piece and pump.
Large borders benefit from layers of plants in the the ground and above ground on stepladders and in funnel planters, and a stenciled shovel head too.
A coffee themed planter layered with a coffee sign and coffeepots on stakes!
Let your imagination run wild! Just remember that outdoor junk displays work best when your lawn is well manicured and tidy.
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Everything looks so beautiful and charming! You are so creative and imaginative along with having an incredible green thumb!! - Briana from Texas
ReplyDeleteFabulous, Carlene! I love them all! I think you should publish a book entitled: The Art of Creating a Junk Garden! I know it would sell!
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