Recycled Bottles

it looks very effective,

Yes the photos don't do it justice really

I do hope thats rainwater

very effective. :o)

I really don't know Steve. Thanks for your comment Helen.

Aren't they pretty? A nice addition to the stained glass too.

Yes, by all accounts it is very pretty when all lit up. Unfortunately it is all being dismantled today after several weeks.

A lovely effect. Very imaginative.
They can be a problem though. The beaches on the Saudie side of the Red Sea are just covered with them; they move in and out with the tide!
I put some elder flower champagne into two 2litre bottles last year, put them in the garden shed and forgot about them - - - a few days later we thought a bomb had gone off outside- could have been quite nasty!! Under statement!

Wow, as you say, that could have been nasty. , If only people would be a little more careful with them, instead of throwing them about.

Goodness thats brilliant! We are lucky, our council recycles plastic so we get a collection every week.

Our council collects fortnightly.

My OH was very good...before collections started, he used to walk to the nearest plastic bank with ours and our neighbours plastic.

Brilliant. Well done OH.

That's lovely and must have taken a lot of time and patience to achieve! : o )

Interesting idea ... very colourful ! :o)

It certainly must have Shirley, I couldnt believe how many were there.
The imagination of some people - it is interesting Terra.

Think its great, alot of patience needed when it was being done.

I agree Clarice. Its a shame they have to take it down.

great ideas and looks great

thats great Cinderella..i have seen similar at festivals. its amazing how they come to life with the lights. :-)

thanks Paul. Yes Sandra, I am sure they look good when lit. Wish I could have stayed longer until dusk, I am sure it was transformed then.

It must be a wonderful sight.

great idea cinders, thanx for showing them.

I'm sure it is Hywel.

Thank you San

thats very clever salisbury cathedral ~ one of my favourite places ~ the font they have is amazing!
thanks cinderella
how do you make the elderflower champagne driad?

Your welcome

I like this idea very much Cinderella!

Clever idea isnt it Richard. You OK , haven't heard from you lately.

I'm fine thanks Cinderella I have been slacking a bit on here but I will try and keep up to date now. Thanks for asking :-)

I wonder if someone decided to build a greenhouse out of them when the Cathedral took them down. It is a great bit of recycling.

Thats an idea ! I never heard what happened to them.

did the cathedral take them down or are they still there?

wouldnt mind trying to make one myself?! dont have enough bottles tho ~ perhaps i will make a bluehouse or a redhouse??

Sticki they were taken down by the artist that put them there as far as I know. Clever idea though wasnt it. Maybe you could start smaller and make a cold frame with some, you wouldnt need so many

its a really good idea i certainly agree ~ and even better they really look quite attractive.
did you see that clever font they have there?

Just come across this wonderful display of recycling or alternative use of plastic bottles. Thanks for showing us Cinderella. I see Driad remarked about the Red Sea Saudie coast covered in bottles. There is a huge area somewhere in The Pacific of floating plastic debris too. I use them in the soil for watering when we get dry, as we often do in Essex. Also for treating bindwood. We don't use many bottles. So I sneakily pick them up on the way to get the paper or go to the post. I wonder where they go when they are in the river near us? Anyway I'm doing my eccentric bit for recycling too.

Well done Dorjac, I think most of us gardeners use these bottles to a certain degree, they can be quite useful. But when you think how many there are the mind boggles what happens to them. This exhibition was quite something really, with fibre optics in each bottle it looked fantastic at night.

Just looked again at those pics ,Cinders . They really are lovely . Well done !

thank you :o))

Cinders...have you seen the blog I wrote recently about recycling plastic bottles? There was a link in my blog to a recycling project that is really very interesting. Take a peek at the blog if you'd like to read more about it :)

Thanks J, will take a look