How To Recycle Glass Bottles To Decorate Your Garden

Glass is present in many products that we buy at the supermarket, whether it’s a jar of jam, pickles, fruit juice, or a bottle of wine. Recycling glass bottles is in vogue. See why!

If you don’t have a garden, make a note of these ideas as they could be used to make a gift for a family member or friend who has a garden.

Glass bottles accumulate without us noticing and besides, there are many different sizes. We show you some very innovative and interesting projects you can do in your garden, especially with wine bottles. You can use them as decorative elements, to divide the land, or build useful things.

Ideas for recycling glass bottles for the garden

The good thing about recycling, and this new “fashion”, is that we can transform large amounts of everyday items into very useful new items and products, giving them a second life and opportunity.

Furthermore, this recycling always helps to take care of both the environment and our pockets.

wine bottles as vases

An original idea is to recycle glass bottles, be they wine or beer, in pots for our plants.

Keep in mind that they don’t need to be big-growing plants, or need a lot of soil. The ideal is to create an area to plant spices for our kitchen in these bottles. Mint, basil, parsley, or cilantro are a great choice.

• You can place the glass bottles upside down so that the nozzle serves as a drain,  and open the base of the bottles to introduce the plants.

• On the other hand, you can plant other types of plants in these bottles by placing them horizontally. Lying down and open on the side, it’s a very original way to use them, and it gives very good results.

divide spaces

Recycling glass bottles to stack, can be used to make a fence or divide a space in your garden. It’s like making a kind of bottle-based fortification. The visual effect is very colorful, and it’s relatively simple.

You can create anything from a fence to plant more delicate types of plants, to keep them from being stepped on, to a beautiful vegetable garden.

• Start by burying the first row of bottles in half, then the next rows; stack them neatly. Ideally, you glue the bottles together so that the structure is not dismantled.

• To do this activity, remember that you need lots of bottles: organize them before you start, because you may run out of them before you can finish.

lamps and candlestick

A classic is to turn glass jars, bottles or pots into lamps or candlesticks. Because it is of a translucent material, and let pass the light, it gives a very beautiful effect with the light of a candle flame, or artificial light.

To create a lamp or a candlestick, we need to cut these glass bottles very carefully; avoiding breaking them and, at the same time, trying not to hurt us.

What do you need?

• Bottle
• Drilling machine
• Lamp
• Support and wiring with plug
• a lamp
• Insulating tape

Now, we’ll tell you how to recycle a glass bottle to create a light bulb.

• First, clean the bottle inside and out.
• Then decide whether or not to leave the label on the bottle. If you leave it, it will have a much older or vintage effect .
• On the other hand, drill the hole with the help of the drill in the lower area of ​​the base.
• Afterwards, pass the cable through the hole, and connect it to the lamp holder with some electrical tape.
• Finally, place the bracket on top of the bottle, add the lamp and lampshade.

This lamp can be left in the garden or even inside your home: you will achieve a perfect and original effect.

make terrariums

Terrariums are crafts that are very simple to make, and that offer very good results. You only need to prepare your bottle to be able to add precious stones, sand, shells, or any kind of small plant, etc…

Terrariums cannot be made with bottles only: the ideal is to recycle glass bottles of different sizes, or even fish tanks. You can place them both in the garden and inside the house, they are ideal as a centerpiece of the dining table!

Candlesticks with wine bottles

Finally, a very good idea is to make candlesticks out of wine bottles; it is a very economical option, simple to make and, above all, original. That will give your garden a bohemian touch.

Melt a candle and let the wax fall into the mouth of the bottle. Once you have plenty of wax, nail any candle you like, and let it dry and hold. Once dry, you will have your chandelier ready.