8 Tire Garden Ideas You Must Look At

If you’ve got some spare tires, must try these DIY Tire Garden Ideas. These outdoor projects are easy to do as well.

Do you have old tires? Don’t throw them away saying they’re not Eco-friendly. They don’t break down easily and can’t be burnt. Reuse them with caution to create amazing things in your garden.

1. Tire Swing


You can make a tire swing and hang it in your garden in a warm and open spot. Children love this. Just paint a tire with shiny bright colors and make cool designs over it. Take care while hanging. You can use both the ropes and chains to hang it.

2. Tire Furniture


Make furniture using old tires. You can use your imaginations to refurbish them. There are lots of tutorials on YouTube to make DIY tire chair, tire stool, and other garden furniture.

3. Make a Compost bin or Wormery


A compost bin and wormery helps in piling up your compost and decomposing it. You can make a tire compost bin and wormery, but this idea is only suitable for areas where the temperature doesn’t exceed from the level of 90 F (32 C).

4. Vertical Tire Planter

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Making a vertical tire planter and growing flowers in it is a unique idea to recycle old tire. It’s easy to do as well. You can grow cascading flowers like petunias and pansies in it. Read this post to learn How to Make Vertical Tire Planter.

5. Tire Pond

tractor tire pond
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A pond in a garden gives it a complete look. It’s an essential part of garden design. If you still haven’t made it, use a large tractor or car tire to make it, paint it using durable and nontoxic best quality outdoor spray paint. You can swim fishes in it and grow aquatic plants like lilies and iris.

6. DIY Tire Planters

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Arranging tires and making DIY tire planters is also an option to reuse tires. Make sure you’ll never grow edible plants in them if you live in a hot tropical climate because tires heat up quickly.
If you’re living in a colder climate, then this will be good practice for you as tires insulate the plants and provide warmth to them.

7. Pet Bed

tire copy

Make a cozy pet bed like above and keep that in your garden or home. Choose the right size of a tire according to your pet’s size. You can also implant cushions in it to make it more comfortable.

8. Raised Bed Tire Garden


Create a raised bed tire garden. Raised beds made of tires border the plants and help them to grow in order. If you’re growing vegetables or herbs in these raised beds, make sure to use big tires and ensure they’ll not heat much.

Also Read: DIY Teapot Ideas for the Garden


  1. One comment on planters made with tires states “never grow edibles” in them. Another with tractor tires states not planting veggies to close to the tire edge because it may get to hot.


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