Old ladders reach new heights in the garden
by Sue Langley • January 30, 2013 • Garden Junk, Recycled garden art • 7 Comments
Junk gardening goes vertical. How to use that old ladder you see at a yard sale or Flea Market in your garden. re-purposing old wooden ladders is one of the most popular garden junk projects– Pictures tell the story:
Jean Butcher Morrow’s Old Ladder
Christine Cross’s charming ladder against the tree
Beth Py-Lieberman’s brightly painted ladder. Is that lavender?
Sue Langley’s ladders against the old shed
Kirk Willis’s wooden extension ladders make a trellis
Julie Brown’s Ladder and the planter that accents the bottom
More Ideas:
Display bird houses
Nail boards to steps to hold bigger things
Use as a trellis against a wall
Sweet pea or bean trellis
Display old “boot gardens”
Paint a bright color and display pots
Lean against a tree
Spray paint a metal or wood ladder, lay it on the ground and plant in the openings
Many ideas can be seen on Google Images with keywords “old ladders in the garden” or “vintage ladders in the garden.” Tell us what you do with old ladders in the garden, or come post a photo on our Facebook page!
~~ Sue
Loved the ladders Sue. This past summer I used a 5′ step ladder as a support for my tomato plants.
That’s a good idea, Myra…lots of uses we’ve found for ladders like climbing rose trellises, plant pot
holders and just a pop of color when painted,…so creative!
I have an old ladder inside for the winter to hold my succulent containers. It goes out in the garden during the summer. And we built one to lean against the pool wall to hold more of my containers. I love ladders! And I love the examples you posted above…so gorgeous!
Debbie
Thanks so much, Debbie, glad you enjoyed all the ladders,…post a photo on our FB page, won’t you?
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The best places to find these types of ladders are not car boots but skips and waste dumps! Just remeber that it is in fact illegal to remove anything from a skip (yeah I know it sounds supid but it is a fact!) so always get permission to remove them from the skip OWNER (not the person who hired it) before you take anything.
LOVE ladders! I have a little chippy chime one on my Garden Cottage porch for some of my treasures and have an old wooden one still thinking about where to place it. Your pictures offer great ideas. Thanks