Integrating a tree stump in the garden »Nice ideas

Ways to incorporate a stump in the garden

A tree stump in the garden can look very decorative if you include it in the garden design with a few small measures. For example, design:

• Bird baths
• Places for hanging baskets
• Table replacement
• Create a work of art

You can also do a stump very well green. With the right planting, you can create a real eye-catcher in the garden.

Make the birds happy!

In hot summers, the feathered garden dwellers love a cooling bath. A tree stump is a very good basis for a bird bath. To do this, you scrape a hollow in the surface that you seal with varnish or wax.

You can also attach a purchased bird bath from the garden market to the surface.

Change the water more often and clean the drinker from time to time to prevent bird diseases from spreading.

Green tree stump

A green stump becomes a highlight in the garden. plants Just put a few climbing plants around the trunk. Ivy in very shady locations or are well suited

Clematis in partially shaded places. If the stump is in a very sunny place, sow every year Nasturtiums or morning glories around the trunk.

Flower baskets that you plant with climbing garden flowers also have a very decorative effect. Hanging geraniums or Petunias tendril down and hide the stump.

Convert tree stump to table

If the stump is thick enough, you can even conjure up a garden table out of it. To do this, the top of the stump must be sawed off straight. Then a wooden plate is screwed on and you have a rustic table where you can have coffee in the summer.

Create a work of art

There are hardly any limits to your options. Are you skilled with the saw, you can shape the stump in animal shapes.