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3 Ways To Decorate Old Tree Stumps In Garden

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Old tree stumps can become quite a nuisance in the garden or a yard. They aren’t decorative and can be hard to remove, requiring specific tools and lots of strength. There are, however, alternative ways of dealing with the old stump, making them look more appealing.

Turning Old Tree Stumps Into Garden Decorations

Flower Bed

Ways To Decorate Old Tree Stumps In Garden: Flower Bed

A stump can become a great natural flower bed, especially if it’s already hollow. All you have to do is fill it up with the soil and plant your greenery or flowers or even herbs into the stump. In case it’s not yet hollow, you can use hammer and chisel to carve a hole in it, creating an improvised stump planter pot. To allow drainage, you can break through the bark in the bottom of the stump or rather use well-draining soil or employ other tricks that will increase drainage.

Choose a plant for your stump planter pot and make sure to provide it with all the necessary stuff like fertilizer and sun. You can also plant flowers around the stump, if you want to cover it up entirely or make the floral arrangement in the stump a centrepiece for your flower garden.

You can simply plant the area around the stump, if you don’t want to use it as a planter with high perennials. For safety’s sake, you could accentuate the stump with a creative sign or simply by adding a birds’ water well so you could see where the stump is.

Moss

Ways To Decorate Old Tree Stumps In Garden: Moss Cover

You can use moss to cover up the unsightly stump. It can be beautifully green or you can plant various kinds of moss to create a pattern of colors and textures. To grow moss on your stump, it would have to be situated in a shady area as moss loves shade and moisture.

If you have other unsightly elements in your garden, moss can be helpful in decorating them as well. Moss is a great alternative to flowers and plants as it is low-maintenance and can live out of sunlight.

To plant moss on a stump, add a cup of buttermilk to the moss clump to help cultivate it, and put the mix into a blender. Pour the mixture onto the site of choice. Make sure to spray water to help moss grow. Beside moss, you could use climbing plants to help cover up the stump. But make sure to safely indicate the stump with some accessory that will prevent stumbling upon it later.

Base/Pedestal

Ways To Decorate Old Tree Stumps In Garden: Base/Pedestal

If your stump is tall enough, it could be used as a pedestal for bird water well or a planter pot. In a case when you don’t want to or cannot work with hammer and chisel to create a planter pot out of a stump you could simply use it as a stand for an existing planter.

You can also create or find a tabletop and use the stump as a base for your garden table. If the location is convenient, it could be your natural alfresco dining spot. Finished with some log stools or old repaired and repainted chairs, the unfortunate stump can make for a nice outdoor living space.

Other creative ideas for turning a stump into a decorative element of the garden include wood carving, which can make for beautiful wooden sculptures, small fairy homes and even furniture.

Of course, if a stump is located in a high-traffic area, it can become a danger to the residents and so must be removed.

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4 Responses to “3 Ways To Decorate Old Tree Stumps In Garden”
  1. f3a1c.easyurl.net Says:

    There may come a moment when you may have to get rid of a tree from ones back yard garden.
    That’s a obstacle but the bigger task is doing away with the tree stump that remains.
    It’s fundamental to eradicate it or else you’re going to attract pests to your back garden
    (and invariably your residence) so you need to contemplate your solutions for this.

  2. Joan Wilcox Says:

    iwhat a brilliant idea for using up an old tree stump and making it a decorative feature in the garden

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  4. C. Allen Says:

    In my line of work, stumps are an eyesore. Nice to see people getting creative with their landscape


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