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Wicker-Look Plant Supports from Foam Noodles
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How to Make Foam Noodle Plant Supports, Step-by-step
Our plant supports look like real wicker but they are made from foam noodles called backer rod. Backer rod is available in lots of stores, and you can also buy it online as we do. Check the prices above.
If you know where to look in our garden, these supports are both sturdy and good looking. In winter, they look great in the landscape with no worries about getting cold or wet.
Under the peony shrubs these supports are pretty and resilient.
To support plants through rain and wind we started with four panels of inexpensive metal garden fence.
We bent the fence as gently as we could around this basket. If you push too hard you can break a weld. We broke a few but the shape held.
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Once we hooked the fence to itself we had a decent support but it was far from the cottage look we love. Backer rod comes in many different lengths and diameters and is made to resist bad weather, and it made this ordinary fence look amazing.
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Backer rod noodles are easy to cut with scissors or knife. To attach it to our fence, we sliced part way through so that it became like a sleeve.
It's easy to fit over the metal once you make a cut as shown above.
We slipped the foam over the metal inside the cut, then attached it to each arch using small twist ties. We left a few inches uncovered at the bottom so that the support can be pushed into the soil later.
We wrapped thinner backer rod around each arch for texture.
Here are the small zip ties we used. These are also known as cable ties. You could also use twist ties.
Here's the exact ties we used ... really useful for so many projects outdoors.
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Here's a closer look at the thinner foam cord tied around the base of the arch. Do not pull the foam too hard or it can snap.
Trim off the zip ties as you go.
Once the large arches were complete, we covered the smaller arches.
Here's a look at the details after wraping the fence with backer rod noodles ... and after spray-painting. Looks like real wicker doesn't it! Then we added highlights and antique effects with craft paint.
You can paint the support while it's in place. Touch it up if necessary, however, paint holds very well on this type of foam. Amazing how such a mundane home repair product can shine in a cottage garden disguised to look like wicker.
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Shown below, we made another support from a tomato cage.
The cardboard is used to help direct the spray if needed. We used brown spray paint by Rust-Oleum then highlighted and antiqued the support with brighter shades of brown craft paint.
If you need to cut your metal, try bolt cutters. Bolt cutters are really useful for so many metal crafts!
Shown below is a close up of the craft paint we used to highlight the faux wicker.
The tomato cage support is shown below. Every support is different with this type of free-style weaving.
Now we need many more. Beautiful and longer lasting than real wicker!
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