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Reuse and Recycle: Broken Fountain to Fabulous!

Garden fountains to planter… 5 ideas!

It’s sad to think, after all the expense of buying an elaborate fountain for the garden, that it’s reached the end of its life. What better than to keep a broken fountain and create a beautiful planter overflowing with flowers? That’s what Sandi Wood thought, too!

See how she transformed the formal fountain permanently installed in her entry garden into a delightful garden feature.

Sandi’s fountain

Sandi Wood’s non-functioning fountain

Sandy and her husband had this fountain installed in a flagstone patio just outside her front door.  She could imagine it bubbly nicely as her guests arrived, however,…they never could get the water regulated correctly for the amount of flow and sound!  So, she transformed it into a splendid two layer flower bed, she says.

Sandi planted it in May

Sandi planted Petunias, Angelonia, Red Salvia, on the bottom and Purslane, Euphorbia Diamond Frost and more Petunias on top.

Update in July.. from Broken to brilliant!

 As you can see, the pink Purslane is very happy here!

Jenny’s fountain

Jenny Alexander’s fountain before

 

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Jenny just emptied it, filled it with soil and planted

 

Jenny Alexander’s filled out fairy garden

Jenny Alexander says, “My fairy garden is finished. This is the old fountain you see above, but now the fairies have arrived. The fairy garden stone sign is from a shop in Hamilton, Ohio The pink is allysum. The tall is baby blue eyes. some sedum..creeping thyme ..all annuals.”

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Marion Richardson’s recycled fountain, now a planter!

 

 

Tracy Wilson-Scarbrough says, “That is exactly what I’m getting ready to do with a non-functional fountain in my front yard!”

 

 

Carol Keskitalo’s fountain AND planter

 

Brenda Propst‎’s ‘failed’ fountain now succeeds

Brenda Propst‎ tells us, “My new succulent garden is in an old fountain! We love it in the middle of the daisies. It isn’t summer here without the daisies blooming.”

Broken solar fountain to Fairy Garden

This solar fountain quit one day, never to spout again, so it was filled with creeping thyme, the elfin kind and a few other small scale plants. It already had the mushroom, which became a fairy house and the bird figurines hat keep the fairies company.
Remember those tabletop fountains of the 90s? They would make excellent dish gardens!

Tiny plants for small fountains:

Sedum, tiny scale succulents
Sempervivum succulents
Sedum ‘Blue Spruce’
Ivy
Licorice plant
Oregano ‘Aureum Gold,’ lime green
Polka-dot Plant, pink and green
Primrose
Aloe succulents
Baby’s tears
Creeping thyme
Wooly thyme
White star creeper
Wire vine
Alyssum
Violas, the tiny ones
Boxwood topiaries
Any small Bonsai tree

More fountains and things:

Brilliant birdbaths re-purposed

Annie’s galvanized tipsy pots

Displaying antique pumps in your garden

Marie’s tipsy solar fountain

The ordinary and amazing birdbath

Cool Summer Spring

Sue Langley

Sue Langley, a passionate gardener and photographer lives and gardens with her husband and Corgi, Maggie on 7 acres just south of Yosemite, Zone 7 at 3000 feet. She manages the Flea Market Gardening Facebook page and website.

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