Garden Art Idea From Trash

I literally found this garden art idea in my neighbor’s trash. Thank you, neighbor!

The other day I did a morning walk around the neighborhood and it happened to be bulk trash pick up day in our neighborhood. The city comes by once a month and picks up things that are too big to fit into your trash can. So, this is a great day to look for treasures.

Initially, I walked past this particular pile, but I couldn’t stop thinking about that old wagon wheel I saw. So, obviously I went back for it. When I got there, though, I saw that the middle, wooden part of the wagon wheel was completely rotten. It was in pieces and I could not have even picked it up in one piece. So, I started to think about the outer iron rim. I had no idea what I was going to do with it, but I thought it was definitely worth saving.

My New Old Wagon Wheel Rim

Wagon wheels, even just the outer rim, are heavy, by the way. Luckily, I didn’t have far. So, I put it over my shoulder and headed home. Certain I could find a spot in the backyard for some garden art, I rolled it in.

My Vine

I have a Carolina Jasmine vine that is growing well, but I’ve been meaning to get some sort of lattice to put it on. I rolled my new treasure over to the vine and decided I’d just wrap that vine around my wagon wheel rim and see how I liked it.