Have you ever gone to the garden centre thinking that you'd like to buy a few plant pots. Say four or five? I have and then I've been disappointed because they've been so expensive and I haven't even bought one.
A few years ago I lived next to a woman whose house was slick and gorgeous partly because she used her imagination when it came to materials. Her front garden was filled with earthenware drainage tubes like the ones above. Each contained plants or shrubs and the whole effect was very artistic. She surrounded hers with small pebbles.
Instead of plant pots you could go to a builders yard or DIY suppliers and look at drainage materials, guttering and tubing. There are lots of materials that would make interesting plant containers. I know some soap makers use guttering that has been sliced in half lengthways to make half moon shaped soaps. Some of these items will be cheap and if you're lucky or uncommonly good looking, some items might be free.
In the picture above I've placed smallish drainage tubes onto a piece of slate to provide a base. Then I've grown sweet peas in them. The sweet peas will have to be moved to a bigger tube soon as there's not enough soil to support more growth. But guttering and tubes are fun to use and do look appealing. Note the suds where I hastily cleaned caked mud away.
I was inspired to write this blog by Claire who runs a blog called claireabellemakes.com Go and have a look and see what she's been making and see if you can enter her fantastic competition.
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