This post was most recently updated on January 1st, 2020
Oh how I’d love to have a beautiful overflowing garden of brightly colored flowers! But, I might as well be honest, I don’t have a green thumb. Container gardening has always been more my pace. It’s just so much more…well…contained. I do well with ‘contained’. I even managed to keep a basket of flowers on my front door alive last summer which was my first real gardening triumph. (Shoot for the stars, right?!?)
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I’m not sure if it’s just a psychological thing, but gardening in containers just seems less overwhelming than tending to a large garden.You can make it as easy or as complex as you want. Me? I make it easy. Throw in pre-mixed soil from a bag. Water it. Watch it grow. And, if by chance it doesn’t, move it to a better spot. I’ve pretty much just planted flowers in pots, baskets or a window box. But the fab examples that follow have inspired me to try something more creative this summer.
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Galvanized Garbage Bucket Planter
Source and credits: The Lilypad Cottage (click to visit blog post)
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Greek Blue Dresser
Source and credits: Perfectly Imperfect (click to visit blog post)
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Rocking Chair Planter
Source and credits: Home Stories A2Z (click to visit blog post)
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Rain Boots Planter
Source and credits: On Sutton Place (click to visit blog post)
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Fun Gummy Boot Row
Source and credits: Rosy Posy (click here for blog post)
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Antique Sewing Table Planter
Source and credits: Paint Ideas (click to visit blog post)
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Fence Planters
Source: Not Just a Housewife via Today’s Creative Blog
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Antique Chair Planter
Source: Shelterness (click for article)
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.Being a mom of little boys, this last one tugged at the heartstrings, and I just had to share it.
For sentimental reasons, I think I’ll have to plant flowers in a rusty old Tonka truck once they’ve outgrown theirs.
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Rusty Toy Truck Planter
Source and credits: JunkMarketStyle (Fundemento Designs)
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Clearly, one’s imagination is the only limit to the ‘containers’ you can use for gardening!
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Have a happy spring weekend, my friends.