Herringbone paths, ruin gardens, and other ruggedly beautiful recycled brick ideas for your garden
Reclaimed bricks inspire the most inventive garden solutions, resulting in a delightfully rustic look! You can find old bricks in social media recycling groups or set up alerts on online marketplaces. It doesn’t matter if the corners of the bricks crumble a bit in garden use. We’ve compiled six stunning ideas for DIY planting beds, floors, and paths.
Sheltered by walls
Divided into various rooms, this garden in Oulu offers surprises and shields you from cool breezes.
A stylish kitchen garden
The raised beds edged with bricks from an old baking oven perfectly complement the granary dominating the view. The inside of the brick frames is lined with plastic to prevent soil from spilling onto the paths, but you can implement the idea without plastic.
What a pattern!
Herringbone isn’t just for parquet floors; this laying pattern elevates the look of your garden path to a new level. The arch is draped with Virginia creeper.
A warm embrace
A bed built from bricks and covered with windows is delightful in both its beauty and practicality. It retains heat well, allowing you to safely start seedling cultivation early in spring. Later, heat-loving plants like basil thrive in it.
A floor that fits the style
The floor of this spacious pergola is laid with 600 bricks salvaged from a demolished house. The aesthetic is also present in the decor created from recycled items.
Neatly bordered
Stacked roofing tiles make whimsical borders for planting areas. If you have enough tiles, you can also create deeper planting beds from them.
