A vintage garden. A garden with quality. Re-use and recycle old things in your vintage garden!
98In my part of Europe a new type of garden is coming up; a Vintage garden! It is a variant besides the type of garden that can be called Shabby Chic garden. A vintage garden can be created in many different ways and also have much in common with shabby chic. But a real vintage garden should only be based on re-use and also on quality, and not so much on consummation. A vintage garden isn’t supposed to be perfect or even so well organized. It should instead be a garden where people can socialize and relax. The vintage style is a garden that shows creativity, personality and harmony. There should be no room for stress or “must do”.
A vintage garden is the opposite of the modern way of living with consumption and throwing away used stuff. It is about preserving the old and beautiful and also a way of creating another way of life.
I will give you some examples of things that can be used to create a vintage garden. But remember that it is only suggestions, the purpose it to use the stuff and the things you have laying around that you don’t use anymore. Try to see new and other ways to use old thing, remake old things, use the same colour on different items and create an wholeness by putting them together.
You don’t have to turn the whole garden into a vintage garden, again, it is all up to you and how you choose to use the garden. Maybe you rather would like to have one area as a special vintage room.
How is a vintage garden structured?
Since a vintage garden contain many items and also in some way is supposed to look like in the past, it is best to divide the garden in to smaller rooms. That will create a feeling of shelter and privacy but also prevent the garden from looking to "messy". You divide the garden to smaller rooms by making it a little like a cottage garden with hedges around, which will also give shelter from the wind. Since the purpose is to make use of the gardens, a vintage garden is best described as a delightful chaotic profusion! The garden isn’t supposed to look contrived and it is alright to have plants for food production mixed with flowers. Other important features are paths and borders, fruit trees, and of course, many places to sit down or for relaxation. The key is to make the garden look like it is a garden that is being used and not only for the eye.
Borders, edges and walls in the garden
As said before, hedges are important in order to create that vintage feeling. As hedge plants you can of course use the one you prefer, but for a vintage feeling it should be a hedge that is easy to multiply or that shoot suckers, and most important; thrives where you live. Examples are; Lilac hedges or old shrub roses in seasonal areas. Old rose bushes can be planted here and there in mixed borders. As you might have guessed; hedges that need constant care and pruning is not the one to choose in a vintage garden.
Other type of edges that can be found in a vintage garden are paths that can consists of gravel, grass or stone ore flat rocks paths. If you use rock or stone choose something that can be found in your area instead of bringing in some texture that doesn’t fit in the natural environment where you live. You can also mix materials in pathways; in fact it can be very effective with a mix of stones, gravel and slabs in matching tones.
Another type of border is the low-growing plants that can be used at the front of the beds or beside paths. You can use them as informal ribbons at the edge of small borders or let them be tucked down here and there in a more unstructured pattern.
Use walls that already exist in your garden, or if you must make new ones, make sure they have a purpose and just doesn’t pop out in an unnatural way from the ground in the middle of nowhere. If you make a new wall of any kind, surround the wall with flowers, climbers or make use of the wall for shelves, pots or other things for decoration.
Places for relaxation
Use furniture from inside that you don´t want anymore. It can be old beds, preferably made with an iron frame. That will lock just right in a vintage garden. As garden furniture, use the old wooden chairs and wooden sofa from inside the house. They might not stand in a hundred years but they will last longer than you think. And make sure to plan more than one area where you can sit down for a while. A vintage garden is supposed to be a garden where you can walk around, pick some flowers, sit down and look at the flowers, socialize with your family and friends, lay down and look at the clouds or even take a nap!
Perennials in a vintage garden
Vintage in the garden should be the same as quality. And there are many perennials that meet this criteria. This is perennials that are hardy, easy care, and even self-sow themselves. They are brilliant in a vintage garden. Some great examples and some of my personal favorites are Columbine, Astrantia major, Peony, Bridal Veil, Larkspur, Lavendula, Clematis etc. There should be perennials that flowers; the possibilty to be able to go out in the garden and pick a bouqet of flowers is a thought that feels just right for a vintage garden. The flower beds should be small or big, free-standing and not look so pruned or chastened. Let the plants stand where they want and they will thrive.
Other things that will make a vintage garden!
Use water jugs in zinc or other old watering cans, use old coffee cans and jars as vases, use gadgets that are worn and are painted in many layers. If all layers is visible; the better! Make small organised areas with selected objects and flowers as art here and there in the garden. Have bouquets outdoors, and let old tools with a history become part of the decor.
If you don´t have the desired items yourself, pay a visit to a car boot sale or maybe you know someone who would be glad to get rid of old stuff in their houses. There is no ending to what can be used in a vintage garden. If one starts to look at things with new eyes, almost anything can be used!
A aquarium can be transformed into an exhibition spot where you put precious things or just things you like for the moment. Next week you can swap the items in the aquarium and you get a total different appearance.
Use old trolleys, bicycles, shelves, tables. everything can be of use, the only thing that can restrict your creativity is your imagination limits!
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Nice hub! I've been doing something along similar lines without realising it had a name lol. In our tiny back garden, I put an old door on top of some piles of breeze blocks, to create a space underneath where I could put unused pots, seed trays etc., and used the upper surface of the door as a table for placing tomatoes and herbs that I grow in pots. I do love this sort of gardening - it's the total opposite of the "manicured" look.
A beautiful hub thougtforce along with amazing photos. Thanks for the tips.
jayjay40,I am so glad you liked this hub! That is the best with gardening, the possibilities and ideas are endless:)Thank you, for coming by and for your very kind comment and the rating! I am grateful for it all!
Hi EmpressFelicity, it is nice to meet you here. An old door is just right in a Vintage garden, very good idea! I imagine that there are many of us that has done this for years; used old thing in the garden:) But most of us have not made it to wholeness in a space, not yet any way! And now it also has a name! I find it very addicting, everything can be of use in the garden! Thanks for your comment!
Hello carrie450, it is always nice to see you! It is still a long time to spring when I can spend time in the garden, and to do a hub about garden and garden ideas makes it easier to endure winter! I am glad you found this useful and thanks for your comment!
How beautiful. I love how you can be kind of not perfect
I love vintage gardening. I love to see old things within my bloomings. My girlfrind used an old baby bed in her garden and planted flowers in the frame. She also used an old chair and removed the cushion and planted in the seat frame. I love to use old toys and things that vines will climb over.
Mrs.J.B., that is the best part with this type of garden! To have a perfect garden requires much work and time and can be really beautiful. So it is perfect, for those who like this style and don't have so much time!
Thanks for your comment and best wishes for you!
Golfgal, that is excellent examples of things to use in a vintage garden! I like the feeling of old things being useful again in another way! Your example with the chair is one I have thought about but haven't done yet. It is a lovely way to use old chairs and a chair like that will fit in nicely everywhere. Thanks for adding to this hub with your comment!
Hi thougtforce thank you for all these great ideas for making a a vintage garden, loved all the beautiful pictures to !
Awesome hub !!!
Hi thoughtforce,
Thanks for sharing this great hub.
I love gardening and your beautiful pictures complemented the whole hub just right.
There is nothing more beautiful than nature.
Take care
Eiddwen
OHHHH well I believe I already have Vintage Gardens then. At first I took care of everything and there is alot but of course other things had to be done first, so the gardens started to look like 1313 Mockingbird Lane ( The TV show "The Munsters" ) but now that it is called Vintage/Chic I am feeling pretty good about it. LOL
I too have been gardening this way, using old/antique items in unusual ways, but never knew the name of it!! Thank you for the wonderful information and have a great gardening season!!!
"A vintage garden is the opposite of the modern way of living with consumption and throwing away used stuff. It is about preserving the old and beautiful and also a way of creating another way of life."
I loved this. I'm a vintage gal, so this is right up my alley. Very well done. The photo of the Astrantia is exquisite, btw.
I really enjoyed this hub. I am ready to try a vintage garden. Maybe I can find some cast-offs at yard sales and use those to get me started.
~Hello Tom, you are so welcome! I hope you can use some of the ideas and make a vintage garden at your place. It is so much fun, and it will be beautiful! Thanks for the “awesome”. Take care!
~Eiddween, I totally agree, nature is unbeatable when it comes to beautiful things. As human we can only try and do our little piece of nature to a great place for us! I hope you can find some old things to your garden in Wales, and when you do, make a hub on it! You can make every day things to be exciting and I love your hubs about your days in Wales! So glad you came by and for your comment!
~ Mrs.J.B. Glad that I could make you happy! Isn’t it often so, many problems solves themselves:) If we only leave them for a while! I haven’t seen “The Munsters” but I can imagine what you refer to anyway. I am happy if I have been able to ease your burden a little, and that you now can enjoy your garden instead of seeing it as a problem! Thanks for your visit, it is always nice to see you in my corner!
~ Hi Tuesdays child, How interesting to hear that! And I am happy to bring that information to you! Now, that your garden is hot fashion you can expand your ideas further! Thanks for stopping by and leave a comment, and I which you a great garden season to!
~ Genna East, that is what I like about Vintage gardens, the re-use. There must be something completely wrong when making a garden must mean that you have to put a fortune in it. For us who love old stuff, now is our time, we can enjoy ourselves now:) Thanks for your much appreciated comment!
~ Sierra Mackenzie, Yes, I am sure you can! And once you have started to look at things in another way, even things that at first looks impossible become possible to use! It is so fun and your creativity will flourish! I am so glad you came by and thank you for your comment. I wish you happy “hunting”!
I figure the next time I am out in the front yard gardens and my neighbors are in theirs working a way. I am going to mention how I have a VINTAGE GARDEN and that it is all the buzz in Europe. I LOVE THIS!!!! Oh The Munsters are about a family from Transylvania...
Mrs.J:B.,Yes you can! And if you want to look like you work in your garden you can just rearrange your old beautiful things in a new way! Enjoy! Thanks for a Great comment!
Hi thougtforce,
Another great article! I love the idea of an aquarium in the garden, I will most definatly be revamping the garden this year.
Thanks for sharing your ideas, best wishes.xxx
WOW, so beautiful and perfect timing. With spring coming early this year we'll be planting in no time. I love gardening and take great pride in my landscaping. Love your vintage garden feel, tips and ideas! :) Katie
Hi Victoria Stephens, Glad to hear that you got some new ideas from this hub! Yes, an aquarium becomes like a exhibition stand or a window when it is used this way! Looks really good at the patio or a veranda! Thanks for stopping by and good luck with you garden!
Hi katiem2, Sounds lovely that spring comes early where you live! Here we have at least two more months until spring. I am happy to hear that a vintage garden is something for you! To spend time in the garden is good for us, and there are no limits in what we can create with just simple things! Thanks for your great and much appreciated comment!
These pictures are beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Ask DJ Lyons, It is my pleasure that you enjoyed it! Thanks for reading and leave a nice comment!
Thoughtforce, Thank you for this Hub!
I have an old vintage house and I have found all sorts of lovely, broken containers I wanted to use somehow and your idea of a vintage garden...makes me wish spring was here because that is exactly what I wanted to do...but had not figured it out yet!
It may take a few years to find and grow the right plants...but that is why it is so fun...because it does not have to be perfect!
HI Scribinet! That sound lovely; an old vintage house! I love finding old things, and sometimes one is grateful to the former owners that they were not so good at cleaning up outdoors.
You will have so much fun and I hope spring comes very soon where you live! Thanks for your inspiring comment!
So that is what I may call my garden: A vintage garden. Thanks so much, thoughtforce, for this unique hub about gardening. I am inspired and on my way to find more items to make my garden more vintage. Enjoy your garden!
Martie, so you are not a person who is on your knees and cuts the grass edges with a small scissor, and have your garden in perfect fit? No, I didn't thought so:) There are many ways to enjoy a garden and fortunately also different taste of how a garden should look like. I wish that people would dare to allow their personality to show in their garden! Imagine how interesting it would be to walk around in a neighborhood if all the gardens didn't look the same! I hope you have a wonderful time in your garden and now without a bad conscience! Thanks for stopping by, I always appreciate your visits and your comments! Take care!
I love gardening and you made a hub about vintage garden which is really beautiful. You have done a great job. I liked your idea to make this garden. Very inspiring and helpful. I learn much from you. I also love all stunning picture....awesome. Vote up and God bless you!
Love and peace,
Hi prasetio, I am happy to provide you as a gardener with information and tips! That is part of the fun with gardening, to share tips with others who can then use the tips in their own way. Thank you so much for your very kind and supportive comment, and I wish you a happy gardening season! See you soon!
Vintage garden...what a fabulous idea. The concepts you discuss here have my mind whirling!
Thanks much for sharing the info.
RTalloni, I am so pleased to hear that and I am sure you will come up with some fantastic ideas that will suit your garden. The possibilities are endless and once you have started, one thing leads to another! Happy hunting and creativity! Tina
Beautiful page, I love the garden pictures and wish we could have something as nice here. I do have plants here in the office and a few around the house but I am seriously envious of your garden!
kentuckyslone, It is so nice to meet you, and thanks for your wonderful comment! I think you can have a beautiful garden too if you just take it in small parts. Start with one corner, place out a couple of chairs and start to build the near surrounding. If you have a big garden; narrow it down with shrubs, trees or standings with climbers. It is always easier to start small and remember that most gardens have started that way. Maybe you are satisfied with that or you will continue further. Before you know it your garden is ready! It is well worth the effort and it is so much fun doing it. I hope you give it a try!
Tina
I just love this article. Thank you so much for sharing your ideas.
Thanks Julie McM for coming by and leaving a great comment! It is good to know you liked this hub!
Tina
You are so creative. Your garden must be filled with beautiful pots of flowers. Vintage garden is such a great and refreshing idea !
Hi Ingenira! It is easy to get more ideas once you get started. One thing leads to another and there are so many ways to use old things. Something happen in the meeting between flowers and old things that show signs of being used. Thanks for this very appreciated comment!
Tina
These ideas and photos are great! This is actually the second time I haved enjoyed this hub. It just makes me feel good. :) I love gardening. Would I ever love to visit yours! Thank you Tina.
Hi Vocal, You are so welcome to visit this hub as well as my garden! It would be grate if we could meet:)) If it was possible I would organize a great garden party for all cyber friends. For now, we will have to settle for visiting each others corners!
Thanks for stopping by vocal,
Tina
Very nice, almost poetic to read. Voted up, and thanks for sharing.
EuroCafeAuLait, Thank you so much for reading and I am glad you liked it!
Tina
That is just beautiful! I love hubs on gardens and landscaping.. this is the prettiest and most detailed one I have seen. I have always tried to garden this way but I live deep in the south of the US and the heat kills everything. Glad I can come visit this nice garden though.. LOL!
Hi Tammyswallow, it is great to see you! I can imagine how hard it must be to have a garden where you live. But I think you can do well with a vintage garden since it doesn't have to be so many flowers or so. You can focus more on beautiful old things instead, stones and candles, and combine them with plants or shrubs that can survive the heat with just a little help. You can also use fabric in green and other bright colors to get it more "green"!
But you are always welcome back here to my garden:)
Thanks for the visit and the comment!
Tina
Tina, wonderful ideas. I have often thought about creating a vintage garden and was vague about how to accomplish it. I now am armed with some wonderful ideas. Beautiful pictures. Up, useful, interesting and amazing.
Hi KoffeeKlatch Gals, I am glad to hear you got some inspiration from this hub and I know you will create a fantastic vintage garden! Just use things that you like, start in a small area and take it from there! Thanks for your comment and for pressing the buttons! I appreciate it,
Tina
My yard is too small, but I'd love to try something like this. My garden is only 10x10'. Thanks for sharing this.
yellow2mato, 10x10 is small but I am sure you can get the vintage feeling anyway! I often start in a small area and extend from there and if you only have a small area you can try and then change small things in that area until you are happy with it. Use old things that you like, and if you like romantic things you can add some of those. Thanks for the comment and I hope you try it even if your yard is small,
Tina
What a great article about creating a vintage garden. I love the ideas and the photos.
Thanks for SHARING. Up and awesome
I love this hub! I guess you could say I have a vintage garden...I love to use things that I find in my garden. I use old watering cans and even broken pots. I will lay the pot down on the broken side and it looks like the flowers are spilling out into the garden. You have some great ideas here. Voted up and awesome! Going to put this one on my blog! :)
Hi Viking! Thanks for the positive comment and I am glad to share my ideas! It is so easy to spend big amounts of money on the garden, but it isn't necessary to buy everything new. Many of us have many old things that need a new life and a new use. I appreciate the votes and all!
Tina
Hi sgbrown, It is great to meet another vintage gardener! Old watering cans and a broken pot with flowers is so beautiful and can be put almost everywhere. And it really sets the right feeling! Thank you so much for the comment and for the votes and I will take a look at your blog,
Tina
Tina, this is another great hub... with lots of great tips and beautiful photos! I LOVE the old aquarium with the rocks and plants in it. I love to repurpose and reuse things too. Voted up!
Hi Jamie, Thank you so much for the positive and generous comment! I love the aquarium too and look forward to take it out on the patio every summer! I am glad you like this!
Tina
Hi thoughtforce,
I really enjoyed your Hub. It is fun to reinvent new uses for unusual items, and incorporate them into a garden.
I just found some old roof gutters that I'm thinking of using to sow some seeds in this May.
Thank you for an inspiring Hub!
N T T
I love this! I love vintage and shabby chic and a little bit of chaos. I don't like streamlined order in yards, gardens, or houses. This is perfect for my back yard--as soon as I have more time to think about it! Voted up among many others. Sharing!
NotTooTall, That sounds great, old roof gutters with some patina will be so useful and look fantastic in the garden! I have not thought about using them, but I will think about it next time I see one! I know it will be great for seeds and flowers. Thanks for reading and for sharing your great idea!
Tina
Hi Victoria, I know what you mean and I am the same:) Straight lines in a garden must be accompanied by some curved lines or some chaos, otherwise I don't enjoy being there. I hope you got some inspiration from this and the best thing is that a vintage garden will look fantastic, even if it isn't so well polished and well managed. It is a blessing for anyone with limited time. Thanks for reading, sharing and for the comment! I appreciate it!
Tina
Tina... what a GREAT hub! I love anything vintage, especially gardens! Beautiful pictures and wonderful ideas! I'm excited that spring is here so I can get out and get my hands dirty! lol :) Voted up and shared! Lisa
Beautiful - I am totally inspired! I would love to vamp up my garden in this way. I love the vintage style and these ideas are truly amazing.
I really love this! Your garden ideas create areas that look like they have evolved and been loved over time. Beautiful! Everything doesn't have to be so "perfect"--it should be what WE like. Your hub has inspired me. Voted up! Beautiful :)
This is the kind of garden I would love to have. I live in a house that is truly vintage: 100 yrs. old (I wrote a Hub about my old house), and a garden like this would be perfect. We have so much rain here in S. Fl not to mention the hot sun, so many of the things you mention would just rot away shortly. I'm going to use some of your ideas, though. I voted this UP, etc.
I love a vintage garden, we live in an old property so this sort of garden is very fitting!
You have some wonderful inspiring ideas here, thank you I have enjoyed reading and voted up.
Wow! Look at all the comments! Great hub with some wonderful ideas. I'm giving this to Bev so maybe we can incorporate these ideas into our new garden plans.
Hi Rusticliving! Spring is really the best season of the year, but I am sorry to say that spring this year in Sweden is very cold! I hope it will change though, because I want to get out there too:)) I hope you can use some of the ideas and thanks for the votes and for sharing! Hugs and Happy gardening season!
Tina
I like the vintage garden. The pictures look amazing!
This only helped fuel my desire to be outside gardening. I am passionate about my garden and love vintage. A couple of years ago we changed around some of our beds. We live in the country and have many irrigation ditches around. We found lots of old bricks - some broken, some not - and some old metal dining room chairs dumped in one of the ditches. We hauled them back, made bed borders from the bricks...I have the center circles pointing up and grow moss rose in them as an addition to the border. As for the chairs, the seats were already out, so it was just the frames. In one, I put a really deep pot and grow patio tomatoes in it. The other I put in a garden bed and use it as a "tomato cage" and let morning glories grow around the sides of it. I love turning trash into useful art! Voted up and shared.
I like these vintage garden ideas, especially with recycling items.
Hi Emma Harvey, I am so pleased to meet you here! I know that you will create a fantastic vintage garden that suits you and your family! There are so many ways to create a vintage garden and we all have our personal style so use the things you like!
Thanks for reading and for the positive comment!
Tina
Hi susanm23b! I am so glad to know that you liked this hub and I would love to see how it turns out in your garden! A perfect garden can be very beautiful too but I prefer the vintage style and it suits my life right now! Thanks for the votes and for the comment. I appreciate it!
Tina
Hi mary615, Wow, a vintage garden would look great to an old house but we must adjust to the weather conditions where we live. It sounds like a real challenge to be a gardener where you live and it means that you will have to be very creative. I am glad if you found some ideas from this hub, to share ideas with each other is one of the big benefits with hubpages. I also live in an old house and love the special atmosphere in old houses. I have been thinking of writing about my house too, so it would be interesting to read your hub! I will look for your hub as soon as I get a chance! Thanks for the votes, I value your opinion!
Tina
Hi MovieM! I am so happy to share some ideas with you and I know you will have a wonderful vintage garden. This type of garden is very suitable to old houses! Thank you for reading, the votes and the positive comment! I hope you have a great weekend!
Best wishes
Tina
Hi Billy! Thank you for the positive and encouraging comment! It is great to know that others likes these ideas and I hope Bev will like them too! Good luck with your new garden, it is so fun to plan a new garden.
I always appreciate a visit from you! Thanks
Tina
Hi hectordang, and thank you for the comment! I am so glad to know that you liked this article! Thanks!
Tina
Hi LaBrashear! Wow, your garden sounds like a wonderful vintage garden! And such creative ideas! It sounds as if you have made the most of the items you have found. It is great to be able to use old thing that others had thrown away in a new way, and personally I think all old things look great in the garden. It is something about the vital growth from nature which goes so well as a contrast to all the old and used things that makes it beautiful. Thanks for all the creative ideas and for the votes and for sharing!
Tina
Hi celebritie! I hope you can use some of these ideas! Thank you for reading and for taking the time to leave a comment!
Tina
with earth day coming...such a fitted hub. I would like to share it across for people to get ideas on respecting our mother nature.
Beautiful hub with great ideas, Tina.
Wow.. I love the concept..Thank you for sharing..
Wow!!! I love this idea. I have a hugh garden. Cannot wait to get started!!!
I think I want to have a vintage garden! We have hardly anything in our garden yet and this hub gave me many good ideas. Thank you! Voting up, awesome, beautiful and interesting. Tina, you rock! :)
Hi Ruchira! We can all do something to recycle and reuse and the garden is a great place to use old things! Thanks Ruchira for reading and for sharing, and for the support!
Tina
Hi msorensson and thanks for this wonderful comment! I am so glad you liked this!
tina
Hi Shawn May Scott! It is so nice to meet you here! Oh, you have so many opportunities with a huge garden and I am sure you will create a wonderful vintage area somewhere in it. I wish you a great time creating your vintage garden! Thanks for this encouraging comment, I appreciate it,
Tina
Hi Made and thank you for the uplifting comment! It is so inspiring to start with a garden project and once you have finished one part the inspiration to do the rest will follow! Thanks for the votes too!
Tina
A vintage garden - the very name conjures up graceful old Victorian ladies having tea in some shady rambling rose arbor. Clumps of hollyhock by the brick wall of the house, a few strawberry beds, a couple of vintage apple trees inside the old swinging wooden garden gate. Recycled chamber pots holding miniature roses, and hodge podge beds of pelargoniums and Michaelmas daisies and some camellia bushes. That's my idea of a vintage haven. I think the best vintage gardens are in England. They are so cleverly uncontrived. Thank you for your lovely hub, Tina. I would love to visit one of your vintage gardens in Sweden next time I'm over that way.
Hi mizjo, That is a great description of a vintage garden! Even though a vintage garden can be almost everything, depending on the gardener, the name vintage garden really give me that picture too. Recycled things and the typical cottage roses and shrubs. I have seen the vintage gardens in England on TV and they look so wonderful and I would love to see them in real sometime. Thanks for this lovely comment, I appreciate it!
Tina
What fabulous ideas! I must bookmark this and refer to it often. This is the perfect concept for my shamble-down house and yard! Voted up and awesome! :)
Hi justmesuzanne! Yes, a vintage garden is a perfect solution in some gardens and it is so fun to create this style. I love the idea mostly because I can use old things in a new way, and it is also a great way to make your garden personal. I hope you will enjoy your vintage garden and have fun while you transform your garden. I know it will be awesome! Thank you so much for the comment and the votes!
Tina
jayjay40 15 months ago
Love the ideas in this hub, anyone interested in gardening must read it. Well done, I have rated it up