Ideas to beautify a rain barrel
- Rain barrel plant
- Paint rain butt
- Dressing up rain barrel
- Rain butt as a garden pond
Plant the rain barrel
Creeping plants hide the unsightly plastic after a while behind a dense, blooming growth. However, when choosing a plant, you should pay attention to a plant that does not overgrow too much. After all, the rain barrel should be accessible at all times. The best thing to do is to help the growth habit by wrapping the drift around the rain barrel and thus preventing it from spreading too much.
You can also place plants directly in the rain barrel. Floating plants are then the varieties of choice. Many of them produce and take oxygen Seaweed thus the basis for their development.
You can find more information on planting a rain barrel here.
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Paint rain butt
Alternatively, you can match the color of the rain barrel to your garden. Use the same color as the object in front of which the rain barrel is located. A rain barrel, which is also red, is hardly noticeable in front of a red shed. Depending on the material, there may of course be color deviations. Also make sure you use environmentally friendly, pollutant-free paint. Alternatively, you can focus specifically on the rain barrel. Eye-catching, colorful paintwork can also look good.
Tips
Most of the time, children want to help with the garden design. Let your little ones dip their hands in paint and leave handprints on the rain barrel.
You can find even more tips on painting the rain barrel here.
Dressing up rain barrel
High quality Rain barrels(€ 3.68 at Amazon *) come in the design of a wooden barrel. You can easily make this look yourself. Read herehow to dress up your rain barrel.
Rain butt as a garden pond
As mentioned above, you can put water lilies or similar plants in the rain barrel. If you have the Water tankdig in, nobody can guess that it is actually a rain barrel. The appearance of a garden pond is created. Integrate your collection container into the garden by attaching it to a Wall border (is like a fountain) or even Goldfish in the rain barrel breed.