10 Bright Ideas To Repurpose Broken Garden Hose
Garden hose is susceptible to environment damage which mainly comes from the sun because they’re usually left outdoors. Plus, prolonged use with twisting and bending at certain parts will weaken certain areas. All combined makes certain part breaks easily and become leaky. When that happens there’s basically two things left to do to salvage it. One is to cut the broken part so you will be left with shorter but still functional hose. The other is to upcycle it into a new thing that you will still use. Before throwing it away, why not checkout the ideas here first and help out our environment!
1. Garden Hose Spring Wreath
This garden house gets a total makeover into a stunningly beautiful wreath that fits well on the walls of your garden shed. A large part of it is coiled, leaving one end out for the nozzle top. The upper part is heavily decorated with flowers, greens and a huge ribbon. This wreath is mostly made of these two main parts but it looks so amazing.
2. Hose Bucket
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With old hose and zipper ties, you can make a bucket out of them! The hose needs to be coiled tightly and secured with black ties. Starting from the base, work your way out. Bind each loop of the hose as tight as you can. Once the base is done, work your way up for the body of the bucket. A lot of zip ties is required for this. It should be fine to be used as garbage bins.
Here’s a brilliant idea to utilize it. Wrap it around your planter as an exterior decor. It’s creative that they even put up the hose vertically and have a bird ornament erected on it.
3. Flower Hose Vase
It’s unthinkable that hose can be used as vase! This simple bundle of hose tied with rustic jute cord is the new vase that your table needs! Each tube is just enough for one stalk of flower. You can tie up more hose ends for more flowers!
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4. Giant Garden Fence Flower
A simple flower fit for a simple fence. Simply cut the hose into desired lengths and bend them into the right shape. Then, stick it onto the fence forming the typical shape of a flower. You also can put up a bowl for the center of the flower.
5. Hose Rug
Black zip ties become the hope and dreams that pull this rug together as a whole. Just as how it is with the bucket, you gotta work from the inside first. Then, work your way out. Each loop of the hose needs to be well secured with the zip ties. Once all is done, snip the remains of the zip ties one by one. The rug might not look that fancy but it’s just good enough to be placed outdoors in the garden, by the porch or backyard.
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6. Flower And Vines Hose Art
Art is truly wonderful. You can make art out of anything at all like hoses and pipe control knobs. There’s different type of hoses involved in this entanglement. One main thing is that they must be green in color so as to resemble the vines. The knobs by themselves already look like flowers. That’s the beauty of it. Well-thought placement of the knobs will let add up the illusion of a flowering greenish bushy plant.
7. Garden Hose Harvest Basket
Similar to that of the hose bucket, this one has two twists on top which can be used as handles. It might not be that practical to be used as your normal grocery basket because it’s quite heavy. It probably works nice as a planter.
8. Garden Hose Chair
The garden hose gets weaved into the cushion of this chair frame. It’s not something fancy but it’s something beyond common expectation. You can be sure it will last quite sometime out there because it’s meant for outdoors. However, this idea works so well because the chair frame somehow allows that. A little bit of creative juice might be needed if we want to adapt the same with other kind of chair frames.
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9. Fern Garden Stakes
Create a sense of mystery and wonder with unknown garden plants. It looks out of this world and sure will raise some curiosity in a good way. First, the top part of the fern needs to be shaped first. Roll it into a spiral and stick it shut. Then, a bent metal rod can be inserted into the tube as backbone and support of the fern. Place them around the garden and you’re done!
10. Net For Cupboard
Damaged cupboard nets can be replaced with hose. Pretty sure this is a much more durable option than normal plastic mesh. For this idea to work perfectly well, it might be best to try and flatten the hose. Or better yet, cut them into strips that is easily manageable and less bulky. Attache them to the side of wooden frame with glue. It’s a simple fix but it works.
