Enthusiastic gardeners are likely to be very earth-friendly people. They like digging in the dirt, recycling and composting, and effortlessly incorporate other people’s discards into their backyard decor. When hunting for attractive pieces to beautify their yards, recycled metal garden art can be a popular choice.

The eco-artists creating recycled metal garden are very creative and talented. What may be trash to you or me is reborn in the hands of these talented artists. One artist, Andrew Chase, makes amazing mechanical sculptures of giraffes, elephants and robots from recycled automobile and plumbing parts. He gets junk transmission and engine parts from his local auto shop, and by combining these with plumbing fixtures and pipes he is able to create fantastic, moving creatures.

Old oil tanks and drums are quite frequently used to make metal garden art. Painted oil tanks that once supplied fuel to cottagers are cut into brightly colored critters, such as dancing moose, climbing frogs and dogs with bones. For a change of pace you can even add a diva or a devil!

Hypertufa, a lightweight man made material similar to stone, was created as a substitute for the natural rock called Tufa. It is used to make a myriad of garden art objects. Anyone can make hypertufa, it’s really not that difficult. Hopefully, this article will be of some help.

Hypertufa is made from various ingredients and was developed to replicate the real Tufa rock. It’s a mixture of Portland cement, peat moss, sand, perlite, vermiculite, and water. There are a number of recipes you can mix up. The most basic recipe is sand (or perlite) mixed together with cement and peat moss.

Hypertufa offers almost limitless possibilities for decorating your garden. It can be used to make all kinds of planters and pots, troughs, stepping stones, fake rocks, boulders, totems, sculptures, and many other decorative and/or functional items for your garden. Your imagination is the only limit.

Did you make mud pies as a child? Making hypertufa is quite similar. All you need is an adequate mixture and a mold. All kinds of items can be used as molds – from tupperware to wastebaskets. All sorts of containers can be used to make hypertufa pots and planters. For stepping stones pans can be an excellent choice. Just use your imagination and look around the house.