What else can you do with a planter?

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What else can you do with a planter?

9 Ways to Repurpose Planters and Pots When Plant Parenting Doesn’t Go as Planned

  • Store more in the bathroom.
  • Make a backyard bird bath.
  • Create a plant stand.
  • Use it as an indoor (or outdoor) focal point.
  • Storing entertaining and cooking essentials.
  • Problem solve in an entryway.
  • Hide your hose and gardening gear.
  • Make a candle.

What can I use instead of planters?

6 household items you can repurpose as plant pots

  • Colanders. Colanders are not only useful for draining: they are great used as alternative hanging flower pots.
  • Tin cans. Instead of placing empty cans in the recycling bin, give them a new purpose with a simple upgrade.
  • Tea pots.
  • Muffin tins.
  • An old sink.
  • Plastic bottles.

What can you do with planter boxes?

Just as you’d decorate your living room with a stunning piece of art or cozy up the guest room with throw pillows, planter boxes add a finishing touch to any garden. Place planter boxes near your front door for curb appeal, in a bed as an eye-catching accent, or mounted beneath windows to add a splash of color.

What can you put in outdoor planters besides flowers?

7 Things to Put in Planters Besides Flowers

  1. Vegetables. Image Credit: Liudmila Chernetska/iStock/GettyImages.
  2. Herbs. Image Credit: AustinChan/iStock/GettyImages.
  3. House Plants. Image Credit: Stephen Paul for Hunker.
  4. Decorative Stones or Moss.
  5. Ornamental Plants.
  6. Faux Plants.
  7. Succulents.

What can I do with a small planter?

Put Your Small Plant Pots to Use

  1. Small Plant Pot Ideas.
  2. Create an Indoor Herb Garden.
  3. Decorate Your Dining Table.
  4. Make Easter Table Decorations.
  5. These peat pots filled with wheatgrass are another easy idea for your spring or Easter table setting.
  6. Bake Flower Pot Cakes.
  7. Create a Planter.
  8. Decorate an Outdoor Table.

Should you leave plants in plastic pots?

Transplanting into your new decorative pot will just stress them out more and make it harder to give them the care they need. The solution: Keep your houseplants in their plastic nursery pots for at least the first year. You can still use your pretty pot, Lawrence and Gutierrez say.

What can I use instead of plastic pots?

Alternatives include terracotta, coir, fibre, Vipots, bamboo and waste cardboard. Single-use biodegradable containers are widely available. They are not removed before planting, avoiding root disturbance, but this means they must be bought anew each year.

How to make your own planters?

Mark and cut all the pieces of timber to the correct lengths,cutting the ends as squarely as possible for a smooth finish.

  • Lay out two 100cm,60cm and 40cm lengths to form the frame.
  • Cut treated gravel board to the appropriate lengths for the planter bottom.
  • Flip the frame over onto the other side so the bottom boards sit on the ground.

    • How to create a beautiful planter?

    Thursday, April 1, 4-5 p.m. Gardens and Tonic: Making Beautiful Books 2467 Old Philadelphia Pike, Smoketown. Make a patio planter with cold-tolerant plants. $45, includes a 13-inch container

    How to make outdoor planters?

    – An Australian mum has shared how she transformed an old doll into a plant pot – The creative woman cut the top of the old doll’s head off and spray painted it – She coated it with grey and granite effect spray paints for $35 from Bunnings

    How to build an indoor planter?

    Clay Succulent Pots. Make these cool little indoor plant pots from oven bake clay.

  • Make Them with Tile. Using Morrocan style tiles,‘ Pillar Box Blue ’ has directions for making their DIY plant pots.
  • PVC&Spray Paint.
  • Faux Clay Plant Pots.
  • Geometric Pots from Wood.