Bottle tree

Spruce up your garden with this blue bottle tree garden bottle art. The blue bottle tree is such a statement and easy to make!

This Saturday from 9-4, the Travis County Master Gardeners, are sponsoring their annual Inside Austin Garden Tour. As always, they have a great garden tour in store […]

If you ever drive through rural areas of the United States, you may see bottle trees. More than yard art, they actually have a magical purpose.

Digging » Bottle tree blooms again: How to make a bottle tree

My bottle tree!

bottle tree origins

Yep, that's a 10 foot tall tree made out of different diameters of steel round rod complete with colored bottles my mom collected from friends and a few she pur…

A bottle tree is a type of recycled glass sculpture that is popular with gardeners. Its origins lay in Egypt, where bottles were used to capture spirits. African slaves also made versions of these sculptures. To make your own bottle tree,...

Curious about bottle trees? Love the colored glass bottles and intricate metal branches? Learn more abut my mom's diy bottle brush tree...

About seven years ago my beautiful curly willow tree decided she had enough of the Texas sun and gave up the fight. I loved her so much, I could not cut her dow…

Over the centuries, the Gullah culture has lent many legends to the rest of the Lowcountry and beyond, and the belief in evil spirits is one of them.

Glass flower...bottle tree...new....2015

Bottle tree I made for my garden. I took a limb we cut from a tree in our front yard. I put it in an old pot and set it in cement. Nailed 10# nails at various spots and hung wine, beer, and water bottles.

Wine bottle tree idea

Is your garden is singing the blues? Mix recycled containers and crafts with blue flowers and add some deep color and serenity to your leafy retreat. It's no secret that blue is the favorite color for many gardeners.

Judy, Judy, Judy, How Does Your Garden Grow? (with vintage lawn chairs all in a row) I didn't mean to be gone for so many days. My internet was down for a couple of days. Why? I do not know. But I'm awfully glad it's back. Today I'm going to share my neighborhood friend Judy's Garden. It is truly a garden of ingenuity. It's full of perennials gathered over the years from friend's gardens, naturally seeded local wild flowers and plants and lots of knick knacks and junky treasures. Judy has a…