If you’ve been dutifully collecting your empty wine bottles but would rather get crafty than toss them in the recycling bin, here are a few ideas. From water-wicking planters to bird feeders to bespoke patio lighting, there are plenty of ways you can reuse wine bottles in your Powell River yard, garden—and home!
Wine Bottle Watering Globe or Water Wicking Planters
Wine bottles are an excellent way to slowly water your houseplants when you’re away for a few days. If it’s a twist-top, use a small nail to puncture 3-4 tiny holes in the lid, then fill your bottle with water, screw the lid on and bury the stem in your plant pot. The water will slowly drain out, keeping the root zone of your plants perfectly moist. If it’s corked, you can pick up terracotta watering spikes. Simply bury the spike in the soil until only the top rim is sticking out, then fill a wine bottle with water and invert it into the spike.

Wine Bottle Bird Feeder
Wine bottles can be repurposed as awesome hummingbird feeders or as hopper feeders. You’ll need to create a frame—wire is the easiest to work with—to hold the wine bottle in place as you hang it on a hook. You can purchase tiny hummingbird feeder tubes that are designed to fit perfectly into a wine bottle where the cork would go.
For a hopper feeder, you’ll need to build a platform and frame for the bottle to stand in. The bottle’s opening will need to be slightly elevated above the platform to let the seed come out. This will work best with smaller birdseed.

Vase For Fresh-Picked Garden Flowers
Wine bottles make great vases for flowers handpicked from your garden. If the label is beautiful, leave it on and just add a few flowers that complement it. Or remove the labels, so the focus is entirely on the flowers. A single peony bloom in a wine bottle or a handful of delicate flowers, like daisies or poppies, is striking.
Garden And Patio Lights
There are a few different ways you can turn wine bottles into patio lights. The easiest method is to wind a strand of tiny twinkle lights into the bottle. Check the string lights before you start; some are only designed for indoor use, so you’ll need to make sure they don’t get left out in the rain. You can buy string lights specifically for wine bottles, where the lights come out of a cork-style battery unit. Make sure that, if you’re going to leave them outside, you select lights rated for outdoor use.

Veggie Row Markers
One of the easiest ways to reuse wine bottles is to use them as row markers in your garden. Push the stem of the bottle into the ground and add a label with the name of your crop. If you’re aiming for the thriftiest way to do it, you can use some painter’s or duct tape to make “labels” and write the name of your plants on each one with a permanent marker. If you want it to look a little more artistic, spend some time to get the old wine labels off and then design beautiful new ones, either to print as labels or paint straight onto the bottle with craft paint. To protect your labels from rain, you may want to apply a layer of clear varnish over the label or paint to seal water out.
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