How to Make a Hose Guide to Protect Your Flowers
Last updated September 7, 2023
Watering flowers can be tricky when they get in the way of the hose. Who hasn’t watered their garden and pulled just a little too hard to get the hose closer to the flower bed only to wipe out the tender annuals on the corner? It’s a familiar scenario and one with an easy solution. Read this guide to learn how to make a hose guide to protect your flowers and add some style to your garden.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Duration:
Under 2 hours
Table of Contents
What is a Hose Guide?
Cut the Copper Pipe
Drill a Hole in the Pipe Cap
Attach the Cabinet Pull
Create Multiples Hose Guides
Set in Garden
What is a Hose Guide?
Hose guides allow you to pull a water hose around the areas where shrubs and delicate flowers are planted. They are also useful for maneuvering a hose around tight corners, which helps to prolong the use
of the hose. Hose guides are designed to be staked into the lawn around the edges of flower beds or shrubs.
Hose guides blend into the landscape, but many are ornamental by design and add a stylish accent to landscaping.
Cut the Copper Pipe
Hose guides are made of materials like metal and plastic that are designed to withstand the elements and friction. For these hose guides you’ll start with a
5-foot length of half-inch copper pipe that will yield three 20-inch hose guides. Copper is resistant to corrosion and gives your hose guide a classic look. Use decorative cabinet pulls of your choice, either new or vintage, to hold the hose.
Using a tape measure as a guide, mark off 20-inch lengths of the copper pipe. Use a pipe cutter to score and cut the pieces.
Drill a Hole in the Pipe Cap
Using an 11/64-inch drill bit, drill a hole in the center of the copper pipe cap. A drill press makes this easy. Use a pair of pliers to stabilize the cap while you drill. Place the screw and washer through the cap, then screw onto the drawer pull.
Attach the Cabinet Pull
A cabinet pull is another name for the round or square knob that screws into place on a cabinet. It adds a decorative element to your hose guide. Place the screw and washer through the cap, then twist onto the cabinet pull. Fit the cabinet pull on top of the copper pipe.
Create Multiples Hose Guides
Make three hose guides from the copper pipe by repeating the preceding steps.
Set in Garden
Now that you’ve completed creating your hose guides, place
them on the edges of flower beds and around bushes at risk of contact from hoses. Use a rubber mallet to drive the hose guides deep into the soil.
A set of hose guides in your yard helps protect your vulnerable flowers and shrubs as you water them. Use a copper pipe that’s built to last and drawer pulls that add a decorative touch. When you are ready to start your project, download The Home Depot Mobile App to check out and buy the supplies to make your hose guides. We'll deliver the products you want when and where you need them.
