Plant, water, enjoy: here are ideas for some easy-to-create garden accessories that will brighten and beautify every corner of your yard from spring to fall:
Paint cans: Recycle cans, drill holes, paint in different colours, pop in a candle and voila!
Tin containers: Make a matching set of vessels by painting metal cans in muted hues, suggests Martha Stewart.
Mosaic wall with embedded teacups for a succulent garden.
Painted hanging pots: For cheerful containers, stain pots in colors that complement their contents.
Hanging wire baskets planter: Create a verdant planter for your front porch using a trio of hanging wire baskets, sheet moss, and two containers of ivy.
Recycled bottles: Use empty plastic bottles as funky flower pots; hang lots of them on a wall with a thin string or jute rope
Window box: This window box alternative showcases your flowers and their pots
Pot rack chandelier: Hang an old pot rack from chains and sturdy hooks, place a variety of potted plants and candles onto the rack.
Hanging mason jars with pebbles and candles.
Painted tires: Paint huge tires in bright colours and use as funky flower pots.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 10th, 2014.
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