Handmade for the garden: 75 ingenious ways to enhance your outdoor space with DIY tools, pots, supports, embellishments & more - Tapa blanda

"Susan Guagliumi puts a chic, modern spin on garden upcycling . . . We love the way she took a leaky old hose and made it into a garden pot."--Birds and Blooms "This book is jam-packed with instruction. That is a real plus."--Getting Stitched on the Farm "A treasure trove of original projects."--Poppytalk "This book adds a new dimension to playing outside . . . if you love the garden, tinkering with tools and creating beautiful objects for out-of-doors, this is your book."--Examiner.com "Takes DIY skills into the garden."--Publishers Weekly "Ideas in this crafting-meets-gardening guide book range from clever ways to repurpose hoses (make them into a planter) to illustrated step-by-step instructions for making mosaic pots and rustic trellis frames."--New Orleans Times-Picayune "Two of the most humble [projects] are my favorites. They set the DIY bar low enough to admit all, and they guarantee success . . . they'll make me feel like a DIY genius."--BookPage "Enhance your outdoor space with d cor and functionality."--Mother Earth Living "This book is bursting with beautiful and creative ways of using everyday materials to liven up your outdoor spaces"--Country Woman Magazine "This book adds new dimension to playing outside . . . if you love the garden, tinkering with tools and creating beautiful objects for out-of-doors, this is your book."--Examiner.com "Any person with a modicum of entry-level crafting skills can add individual flair to their garden following the descriptive step-by-step instructions . . . many illustrations depict precise details in the fabrication process. A source list, with website addresses, will prove useful to those who cannot find supplies at their local home improvement center."--Better Homes and Gardens / Country Gardens "As spring takes its own sweet time in coming, you can save pennies and get a jump start on gardening with Susan Guagliumi's Handmade for the Garden as your guide."--New American Homesteader

The DIY craze has moved beyond the craft room, into the kitchen and outside to the garden. In Handmade for the Garden, Susan Guagliumi shares a treasure trove of original projects that she has been perfecting over the last 10 years in her garden. Relying on easy-to-find and repurposed materials, Guagliumi presents projects that not only make planting and growing efficient and successful but also add a personal touch to the garden-scape. Among the more than 50 DIY projects are newspaper seedling pots; mini hothouses; painted, stamped and stenciled terracotta pots and mosaic stepping stones. Gardeners of all skills levels will be inspired to experiment with form and function to discover creative, artful ways to personalise and beautify their gardens with handmade objects.