Do-It-Yourself Garden Projects and Crafts: 60 Planters, Bird Houses, Lotion Bars, Garlands, and More

by Wolfe Debbie

Overview

Improve and decorate your garden and home with easy projects and beautiful crafts. Make a Bird and Bee bath, a Flower Press, a Foraged Garland, Herb Napkins Rings, and much much more! With step-by-step instructions illustrated in full color.

Create your dream garden with simple bird baths, herb drying racks, and unique planters. And bring the outdoors indoors with natural fabric dyes, pressed flower paper, and herbal bouquets. DIY Garden Projects and Crafts book relies on home grown and foraged materials that will inspire creativity and capture the bounty of the seasons. The sixty practical and decorative projects for use in the garden and home include:

• Gardener's Tool Apron
• Metal garden charms
• Veggie Market Tote
• Macrame produce bag
• Gourd bird feeder
• Kirigami leather hanging planter
• Tomato cage plant stand
• Shibori Dyed Fabric
• Herbal lotion bars
• Gardener hand scrub
• All-purpose thyme cleaner
• And more!

Do-It-Yourself Garden Projects and Crafts features detailed, step-by-step instructions as well as simple crafting and gardening tips that will make your projects successful.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781510737150
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	02/05/2019
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Debbie Wolfe is a freelance writer and co-author and photographer behind the garden blog The Prudent Garden. She is a mom of two rambunctious boys, wife, and is an obsessive crafter, home chef, and gardener. When not writing or crafting, she is in the garden or hidden away reading. She is also a regular contributor of garden and crafting content to HGTV, DIYNetwork, and Great American Country. She lives in Powder Springs, Georgia.

Table of Contents

Preface 1

Introduction 3

Chapter 1 In the Garden 5

Wood Burn Garden Sign 6

Gardener's Hand Scrub 9

Mason Jar Lid Plant Labels 11

Origami Newspaper Seed Pots 14

Rain Chain 19

Tool Cleaning Bucket 23

Gardener's Tool Apron 25

Pruner Sheath 28

Aluminum Plant Tags 32

Wind Spinners 35

Chapter 2 Harvesting the Bounty 39

Market Tote Bag 40

Bento Bag 45

Custom Seed Packet 49

Seed Tape 53

Herb Drying Racks 56

Macramé Produce Bag 59

Reusable Wax Wrappers 63

Harvest Gather Apron 66

Chapter 3 Critter Hospitality 73

Modern Nesting Box 74

Gourd Bird Feeder 78

Toad House 82

Solitary Bee House 85

Hanging Suet Feeder 88

Recycled Hummingbird Feeder 92

Bird and Bee Bath 98

Sun Catcher Wind Chime 101

Chapter 4 Unique Planters 107

Kirigami Leather Plant Hanger 108

Fabric Pouch Plant Holder 111

Grow Bag 115

Fabric-Covered Terra Cotta Pots 119

Geometric Plant Stand 124

Tomato Cage Plant Stand 127

Kokedama Hanging Plant 130

Upcycled Chair Planter 134

Chapter 5 Nature Crafts 139

Flower Press 140

Fire Starters 143

Natural Dyeing 146

Seed Bombs 149

Botanical Impression Magnets 152

Anthotype Photogram 155

Plant Pounding 158

Okra Pod Santa 160

Recycled Petal Paper 164

Chapter 6 Botanical Décor 169

Foraged Wreath 170

Foraged Garland 173

Foraged Winter Planter 176

Branch Weaving 179

Shibori Fabric 182

Garden Fresh Arrangements 187

Edible Centerpiece 190

Herb Napkin Rings 193

Chapter 7 Natural Home 197

Herbal Lotion Bars 198

Thyme and Lemon All Purpose Cleaner 201

Herb and Flower Sachets 203

Hot Pepper Sore Muscle Rub 206

Clay Essential Oil Diffuser 209

Herbal Bug Repellent Simmer Jars 213

Wax Sachets 216

Fragrant Simmer Pots 219

Four Thieves Vinegar 222

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"This book is packed with great giftable projects for any garden lover. As a crafter (who is cursed with a gardening black thumb) this book gives me so much inspiration for giving gifts to the green thumbs in my life. Or maybe I’ll just buy them this book." —Anne Cullen, Editorial Content Manager