Botanical poetry in a bottle: Slow Pharmacy

We made some fun wind spinners from a 2 liter soda bottle, though any size would work. This can be hung from a tree or placed on a dowel that is stuck into the ground. MORE PICS AND VIDEO ON FULL POST HERE

Begin by cutting the plastic bottle in the middle. To cut a plastic bottle in half, you will need a sharp object such as a pair of scissors or a utility knife.

I love to upcycle old stuff into new stuff and I am always looking for new techniques and tools to recycle unwanted things. So imagine how excited I was to find out that you can fuse small pieces of glass in your microwave! It's not like I really need an excuse to drink more wine but seriously wine, beer and liquor bottles do come in some pretty colors. :-)

Hummingbirds are so pretty and fun to watch. This is a wonderful way to reuse and upcycle empty wine bottles. The hummingbird feeders look beautiful and attract hummingbirds to your yard.

You can make plant pots out of anything–bottles, toys, cups, jugs, glasses are some of the examples. Find out some of the creative DIY ideas here.

Though there are various ways you can use empty bottles of wine, in this post, check out some really interesting Wine Bottle Water Feature Ideas that you’ll surely love to make.

Also Read: 26 DIY Wine Bottle Ideas

Wine bottles are beautiful and sturdy. Here are steps to transform your favorite wine bottle into a fun and functional wind chime for your home.

The last few years have seen the spread of No Mow May, a campaign that encourages folks to mow their lawns and meadows less in order to reduce fossil fuel emissions and water use as well as help wildlife. On the face of it, it seems almost too good to be true–you could do a lot of good things for the environment by doing literally nothing. So perhaps it’s not surprising that letting your lawn grow for a month has fallen short of its promises.

Bringing the outdoors inside has been a major trend in recent years, and perhaps nothing reflects this more than the botanical wallpaper trend. Several large wallpaper brands, including Chasing Paper and Graham & Brown, along with emerging ones including Katie Kime, have introduced gorgeous botanical prints and murals (and even some woodsy wallpapers, the more rugged sub-trend of botanical wallpapers) into their collections.

Lawn sprinklers are an easy way to ensure the entire yard gets watered evenly. They not only save you a lot of time, but their mechanism ensures that you just have to turn on the tap and the rest is taken care of automatically. Especially during the hotter summer months when this functional DIY Garden Sprinkler will come to your rescue!

In the winter months why not visit the National Botanic Garden of Wales. Even if the weather is a bit d