Warm days are approaching, and many will want to take their flowers out onto the balcony or loggia. But sometimes there is not enough space for flowers and you have to look for ways to place them. I really like vertical gardening. And for a convenient vertical position flower pots You can make a flowerpot for them with your own hands using available materials.

• 1 Hanging planter made from strips of fabric
  • 1.1 Pots from plastic bottle
  • 1.2 This is also interesting

Hanging planter made from fabric strips

Almost every woman collects several knitted T-shirts over the course of a season, which she no longer wants to wear and would be a pity to throw away. You can make a lot of useful things from them, as well as make cords for weaving flowerpots.

To do this, you need to cut strips about 2 cm wide across the product. It is better not to use a hemmed edge. You should end up with a ring with two seams, one of which needs to be cut, and then the strip should be stretched. You will need from 4 to 6 strips depending on the length.

If the strips are long, then 4 pieces will be enough. They need to be tied into a knot in the middle. For short strips, make the knot closer to the edge.

Then you can start weaving flowerpots. For convenience, you can use an empty flower pot.

The photo shows in some detail the scheme for connecting the strips. Repeat the process of tying knots depending on the height of the pot to prevent it from falling out of the pot in the future.

The remaining ends of the cords can be simply tied into a knot, or they can be tied to a ring to make hanging more convenient.

Pot made from a plastic bottle

This pot is more suitable for use in the country. Cut from a plastic bottle top part the right size. It is better to melt the cut edges so as not to injure yourself or damage the plants later. Make 3-4 holes and stretch the rope through them.

Such a pot can be hung on an old tree or used on a balcony, having previously planted flowers or herbs in it.

In the same way, you can use plastic bottles with handles from under household chemicals. Naturally, they need to be washed thoroughly before use.

Then cut off the bottom of the bottles, turn them upside down, attach them somewhere, fill them with soil and plant the plants. By the way, if you do not screw the lid tightly, excess moisture will not be retained in the container and the roots of the plants will not rot.

Of course, the bottles can be decorated beforehand, but only if the desire arises.

Flower pots can be made from the most unexpected materials: old newspapers, unnecessary cages, bottles, twigs, pencils, rags and other improvised means.

What should I plant flowers in?

Before we tell you how to make flowerpots, it’s worth telling why they are needed at all. Home flowers grow best in clay pots. But, unfortunately, they cannot retain their original appearance for long. A plaque appears on the outer walls that cannot be washed off. Place these pots with your own hands in a beautiful flowerpot and see how the flower is transformed.

When choosing a pot, buy one that is 1–4 cm wider and 5 cm higher than the pot. Garden frames for flower containers should be designed for open ground.

Some plants can be planted directly in a pot, but then you need to add drainage to the bottom. In this case, you will save on the pot.

Here are the materials from which pots and flower pots can be made, either with your own hands or purchased, from:

• clay;
• ceramics;
• metal;
• wood;
• glass;
• plastics.

Flowerpots can be woven from:

• threads;
• vines;
• fiberglass.

Each type of pot has its own characteristics:

1. Clay pots have an untreated rough or smooth surface. Sometimes it is decorated with sculpting or painting. But such products are only suitable for indoor use; they allow water to pass through, so they are not suitable for the garden.
2. Ceramic pots and flowerpots are treated with glaze. It decorates such products and allows them to keep water out. These containers are suitable for home and garden design.
3. Metal flower containers are a modern appearance, they will look great in a room decorated in high-tech style.
4. Wooden containers are made from environmentally friendly material and serve as excellent protection for flower roots from hypothermia and drying out.
5. Glass ones have modern look, look beautiful in the interior. Since they are transparent, it is convenient to monitor the water level (for example, when watering orchids).
6. Plastic - lightweight, frost-resistant, not afraid of corrosion, easy to clean. Orchids, whose roots cannot tolerate many materials, grow well in such containers.

Pots woven on the macrame principle, made from threads or wicker, also look wonderful.

Planter made from old bird cages

An old birdcage will make a wonderful flower pot. If you feel sorry to throw away this item, but the bird no longer lives there, turn the cage into a home art object. First, wash it, dry it, then arm yourself with this:

• acrylic paint of the desired color;
• brush;
• gloves.

Do not dilute the paint with water, even if it has thickened slightly. Then the color will be more saturated. Cover the cage bars with paint and let it dry.

To get less dirty with paint, start covering the rods with it first. inside, then - from the outside. Choose a shade that blends in with your surroundings.

Paint inside through the bird door. If the cage is collapsible, lay it out and cover its individual elements with tone. After the paint has dried, place 1-3 flower pots inside, preferably with young vines. When they grow up, they will beautifully wrap themselves around the cage, clinging to the bars.

See what interesting and unusual materials you can use to make a flowerpot and a large plant pot to place in winter garden or at the dacha.

Flower pots made from old things

It’s not so easy to guess that these flower pots are made from old rags. Here's what you'll need for this unusual craft:

• unnecessary rags or burlap;
• cement;
• water;
• latex gloves;
• capacity.

Prepare a solution from water and cement, slightly thicker in consistency than sour cream. Using gloved hands, lower the fabric into it, wring it out, and place it on an inverted container. Whatever size it is, so will the pots made.

When the rag soaked in the solution is dry, turn it over.

Pour some expanded clay inside, then soil and plant the plant.

If you want to make a pot for home flowers, then take a small container. For a garden planter, this could be, for example, a 10-liter bucket.

Look how beautiful products made from burlap look (photo below left). The top of these pots was decorated with fabric flowers. If you have unnecessary openwork fabric, you can use it to make small and large pots and place them in the garden. Leave them as is or paint them.

Give a second life to old things, show your imagination by taking:

• canvas;
• PVA glue;
• water;
• plastic bag;
• acrylic paints;
• rope;
• acrylic lacquer;
• basin;
• brushes;
• a shaped plastic bottle or other container.

Fill the bottle with water, wrap it in a bag, and tie it. Place this design on a spread cloth, cut out a circle of the required size from it, hem the edges by 4-5 cm. Pour PVA into a basin, add a little water, stir. The less it is, the better, as it affects the strength of the final product.

Place the fabric in the solution, remember it and wring it out several times.

Place the bottle in a plastic bag on a cloth soaked in adhesive solution (in its center). Fold over the edges, tie with string, and let dry. If the bottle is narrow, wrap it in newspaper, tie it, and put a bag on top.

If you want to make a flower pot for an existing pot, also wrap some newspaper around it, but not much, and put a bag on top and tie it.

To make flower pots further, fold the edges of the fabric up with your own hands, covering the side seam with a fold. They need to be made around the entire container, tying the fabric with a string.

Place the workpiece in a warm place until completely dry. It is better to place it near the radiator or periodically dry the future decor item with a hairdryer.

Without removing the bottle, paint the pot in any color, adding PVA to the paint for greater strength.

When this layer has dried well, remove the bottle from the container you made by untying the rope. Paint the outside of the planter with 2-4 coats of paint. When it dries, then apply varnish 2-3 times. You can put a pot with a plant in a flowerpot or make an inlay of artificial flowers.

And if you want to place a tree of happiness there, then pour plaster inside the container, place its trunk, and leave it like that until the solution dries.

Here are 2 more ideas on how to extend the life of old things. You can renew the pot by simply wrapping a cloth soaked in cement mortar around it. Drape it as you wish and leave it on the pot after drying.

You can cut old things into strips and weave them into braids like this.

Apply PVA generously to the pot. Starting at the top, wrap the outside of the container in a spiral. In this case, the turns should fit tightly to each other.

Flowerpots for the garden made of wood

You can plant flowers in these at the dacha, and they will feel great. Excess water will go away, and the soil will warm up enough for the roots to feel comfortable. But it is better to place them where there are no cross winds or drafts.

Plant a regular plant in such a large pot. indoor geranium, and soon you will not recognize it, since it will be completely covered with inflorescences.

Make such a flowerpot from leftover building materials, taking:

• bars;
• boards;
• antiseptic impregnation;
• wood varnish;
• hammer or screwdriver;
• screws or nails.

Measure the length of the bars, what it will be, this will be the height of the flowerpot. Knock down the frame of the pot from them. Cut the boards required width. Attach them to the sides and bottom of the plant pot. Cover it with stain and then 2-3 layers of varnish.

Craftsmen can make a large wooden pot like this or something similar and create a fairy-tale corner for children in their dacha.

Other flowerpots also look beautiful, use them bamboo sticks, branches. To make flower pots from the first material, take

• bamboo sticks;
• jigsaw;
• thick twine;
• scissors;
• measuring tape.

Determine the height of the pot for which you will make a wooden flower pot. Cut the bamboo pieces to this length. Now these fragments need to be connected. Measure a rope equal to two circumferences of the pot, plus allowance for twisting.

Fold it in half, place the first stick in the resulting loop, twist this part of the twine in a figure eight, place the second piece of bamboo in the second loop.

Decorate the entire pot in this way, also connect the lower ends of the sticks, secure the twine to the first and last bamboo. This is how beautiful flowerpots for outdoor or indoor flowers are made.

You can make your own flower pots from branches. If they have leaves, tear them off. Trim the bottom of the branches so that it is even on this side. Attach the blanks to the pot, wrap them with an elastic band or a beautiful rope.

We decorate plastic and clay pots with our own hands

There are many ways to do this kind of crafting. If you have an old plastic pot of sufficient size or a bucket of the same material, use a heated knife to make several round holes, pour soil inside, plant flower seedlings.

To prevent the soil from spilling out, first fill the container with soil to the first holes, plant the seedlings, then fill it to the second holes, plant flowers. So design the container higher and higher.

Look how beautiful the flowers look, including ampelous petunia, in such a pot. To hang it, use special fasteners or weave using the art of macrame plant pots and hang the pot. You can tie several metal chains with wire and hang a flower container from them.

Photos of flower pots will help you see the idea in action. Decorate plastic containers It is possible not only with the plants themselves, but also in other ways. Try crackle. This method allows you to artificially age a thing. Craquelure varnishes are used for it. We will achieve this effect by decorating old plastic pots with our own hands, using eggshells.

Here's what you'll need to transform your flower container:

• boiled egg shells;
• acrylic paint;
• baking soda;
• mascara;
• sheets of paper.

If you use white or beige shells, then cover the pot with dark acrylic paint; this tone will highlight the mosaic elements.

1. Remove the inner film from the shells of boiled eggs and rinse.
2. Prepare a soda solution. Degrease the shells in this liquid and dry them. If you want to color it, do this procedure at this stage.
3. Spread PVA on the surface of the pot, attach several shells to one area with the convex side up, cover with paper, press lightly. Then the shells will separate into smaller fragments and stick together.
4. After holding this for a few seconds, move on to the next section. If you want the crackle cracks to be wider, then move the shells apart a little.
5. Cover the work with ink, wait until it penetrates the design, then wipe off the excess with a slightly damp cloth. The mascara will remain only in the cracks, the shell will not change color.
6. Finish the planter with varnish to seal the mosaic and make it durable.

Here's how else you can transform flower pots; achieving this effect with your own hands is very interesting. And to those who come to the house and see such a rarity, you can tell a story about being at the excavations of an ancient mound, where they found this ancient thing.

For work we take:

• pot;
• alcohol-containing liquid;
• sandpaper - grit 70 and 100;
• moisture-resistant putty;
• marsh color acrylic paint;
• brush.

The order of work is as follows:

1. Degrease the outside of the pot with an alcohol-containing liquid, then go over this surface with sandpaper.
2. Cover the pot with putty and let it dry.
3. Apply marsh-colored paint on top of this layer. When it's dry, sand it with 100-grit sandpaper.

The photo shows the step-by-step process of how flower pots are decorated using this method.

And here is what happens as a result.

There are other visual aids for you as well. Look how natural materials transform plastic flower pots.

After a forest walk, bring bark (from a dry tree), moss, and pine cones. Cut a piece of birch bark of a suitable size, wrap it around the containers, and secure it by tying it with twine.

And you need to dry the moss, glue it and the cones to the surface of a pot well greased with PVA.

If you want to transform white flower pots, take just:

• containers for flowers;
• PVA glue;
• twine;
• brush.

Apply glue to the surface of the pot with a brush. Make the first turn of twine at the bottom, securing the end. Next, wrap the rope around the entire surface of the container to the top in a spiral. And this is what an interesting, simple and low-cost floral decor turned out to be.

If you want to update the container for flowers, this can be done even with ordinary pencils. Cover the pot with them around the area, placing them vertically and placing the rubber bands facing up. All that remains is to decorate with a bow and place new item interior in place.

If you want to decorate a pot in oriental style, the next idea is sure to please. The already familiar craquelure technique was used for it.

Here's what you need to get creative:

• flower pot;
• eggshells;
• acetone;
• silver, white and black acrylic paint;
• toothpick;
• PVA glue;

Degrease the outside of the pot with acetone. Apply silver paint and wait for it to dry. Then paint the middle and upper part of the container in White color. While this layer is drying, decide on the hieroglyphs that you will draw.

Here's what the most suitable ones mean:

Draw hieroglyphs in the central part of the pot in a circle. Decorate the distance between them, as well as the top of the pot, with shells pre-painted with black paint.

To increase the distance between the mosaic pieces, push them apart with a toothpick. She will give them the desired location.

Decorate the bottom of the container with light shells. After painting with 2-3 layers of varnish, decorating the polka dots is finished.

The scope for this creativity is immense. In the second article we will continue this interesting and necessary topic. In the meantime, here is a selection of wonderful ideas for you that will help you decorate flowerpots or make them yourself:

The garden will be wonderfully transformed if you decorate it with handmade items. A garden designer receives the greatest satisfaction if he manages to combine beauty and benefit. From this point of view, the most advantageous decor is outdoor flowerpots and flowerpots, which will not only decorate the local area, but also shelter your favorite flowers.

Vases made from tires

Gloomy tires rarely fit into garden design. But it’s really possible to decorate them beyond recognition. For example, imitate brickwork.

A decorative flowerpot-well is built from tires, timber and metal tiles

Unique flowerpots made from tires are made quickly.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Draw a cut line on the side of the tire with chalk.
2. Use a knife to cut the tire along the marked line.
3. Turn the tire over, press down on the inside with your foot, grab the edge and pull up and towards you.

When cutting with a knife, the blade should be wiped with grease or machine oil for better glide

Cover the rubber with primer and apply the design.

For an outdoor flowerpot, oil or acrylic paints are used

For complete camouflage, apply a mesh to the tire, then a thick cement mortar with sand and stick on the tiles.

A tire pot lined with tiles or pebbles looks very stylish

Photo gallery: decorating flowerpots made from tires

Draw a landscape on the tire and plant hostas. A bright flowerpot in the shape of a parrot will decorate an unsightly place. Flowerpots in the shape of cups look very elegant. Place a flowerpot from a tire in the shape of a teapot in dining area Flowerpot made of tires green tones fits organically into any landscape A pot made of a tire in the shape of a cup is suitable for hanging plants

Making a flowerpot from a tire - video

Flowerpots made of plastic and glass containers

Ordinary garbage will serve the cause of beauty, for example, various containers. Plastic instantly transforms if you cover it with twine.

Any waterproof glue is suitable for gluing twine to an outdoor flowerpot.

A great option is burlap decor.

Rough burlap highlights the fragility of flowers

Branch trimmings will also reliably hide the plastic.

The branches are glued to the flowerpot with glue or tied with twine

Apply a pattern to the pots with hot glue and cover with acrylic paint.

To create a three-dimensional pattern you will need a heat gun

Or place the bottles in gift bags.

Pots from gift bags - quick way refurbish plastic bottles

By cutting off part of the canister, create a planter for the wall.

The surface of the canister is smeared with glue and sprinkled with sand to create the effect of a “sandy” face

Secure glass bottles to the fence and plant juveniles and sedums in them.

To trim glass bottle, wrap it with copper wire at the cut point, heat the ends with a lighter and lower it into cold water

If you cut a plastic bottle in half and glue the neck to the bottom, you will get an original flowerpot.

If you paint a flowerpot with silver or gold paint, you will get the feeling that the flowerpots are metal

Flowerpot made from a plastic bottle - video

Flowerpots in the shape of funny characters made from plastic containers

Invite children to help create unusual pots.

Garden flowerpots are created from any plastic containers

DIY pig pot - video

Flowerpot made from bottles

A mini flower garden made of glass looks great. The base (bucket or tire) is coated with thick cement mortar and sand. Rows of bottles are then laid by pressing the necks into the base solution.

Think about the location of the flowerpot in advance, because it is difficult to move it

Plaster plant pots

Come into fashion environmentally friendly materials. Gypsum is famous for its best plastic properties. Strips of fabric soaked in gypsum solution are wound onto any container or wire frame until required thickness walls When the product is dry, it is sanded, primed, painted or decor is glued to the walls.

When making flowerpots, gypsum can be replaced with putty or alabaster

Pebbles, shells, and tiles are used as decoration.

If you mix gypsum with color desired color, we get colored seams

Pot-swan

Bird figures will add a romantic touch to the garden. For a flower pot in the shape of a swan you will need:

• gypsum - 5 kg;
• plastic bottle 5 l;
• leg-split;
• wire;
• mesh for wings and tail;
• bandage;
• primer;
• paints (white, black and red);
• putty knife;
• brush;
• emery.

It is convenient to mix plaster with a special spatula

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Cut off the side of the bottle and pour sand into the resulting container.
2. Insert one end of the wire into the neck, bend it and wrap it with twine along its entire length.
3. Apply a 2 cm layer of gypsum mortar with a spatula onto the surface of the “skeleton” of the future bird.
4. On the sides of the body, press the reinforcing mesh (wings) at an angle.
5. Place several layers of bandage and plaster over the mesh to hide it.
6. Form the head and beak by wrapping the wire in bandage and applying layers of plaster. Smooth out any unevenness with a brush.
7. Attach a tail from mesh and process it like wings.

Dry the figurine for three days, then sand it with sandpaper. Cover the bird with primer, wait until dry and paint.

Making a swan pot is not as difficult as it seems

Making a swan pot - video

Pots from a barrel

Large containers will also come in handy. For example, iron barrels stylized to resemble human figures.

Ampelous plants that fall beautifully are planted in flowerpots made from barrels.

Or sheathed with wooden slats.

The planks are attached with a nail gun

Wooden barrels are cut in half crosswise.

You can make two flowerpots from one barrel

The cut barrel is placed on a stand so that it lasts longer

Homemade pots from a barrel - video

Pots made from unnecessary things

You don't have to throw away everything that's worn out.

Even blatant trash can be given a second life

Sometimes a pot made from old things becomes the highlight of the garden.

An exquisite flowerpot is made from a birdcage

An old umbrella will be transformed if you plant flowers in it.

To keep your umbrella decorative longer, simply place pots of plants in it.

Photo gallery: flower pots made from old things

Cut an old basketball in half. Leaky watering cans are not suitable for watering, but will become a decoration for the garden. Paint old colanders and plant hanging flowers in them. Old flip flops and cups are a wonderful ensemble. Attach the scraps. sewer pipes to the wall and plant petunias in them. Wrap the unnecessary hose around the flowerpot
Weld a pot-umbrella from scraps of rebar and iron sheets

Wooden flowerpots

Products made from natural materials look most organic in the garden. Among them, the tree is the leader.

A simple flowerpot is made from an ordinary stump using a drill and chisel.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. On the cut of the stump, drill holes around the perimeter.
2. Use a chisel to remove excess wood.
3. Treat the inside of the stump with stain and dry.
4. Lay polyethylene inside the flowerpot and plant the plants.

You can simply place a suitable size pot inside the planter.

Coat your wood decorations with an antiseptic to prevent them from rotting.

To prevent logs from rolling, drive stops into the ground

Pots made of timber and boards

Everything that remains after the construction of the house is used to decorate the site. Stylish containers for plants are made from timber and boards.

It is better to make a wooden planter with legs, so it will last longer

Flower pots painted light gray are suitable for a Provence style garden.

Drill drainage holes in wooden planters

If you have scraps of wood lying around in the barn, use them to assemble flowerpots in the shape of a well, a wheelbarrow, or a bicycle.

The pot-well greatly decorates the garden

Photo gallery: wooden planters

If you put tree stumps on top of each other, you get a picturesque composition
Plant drought-resistant plants in flowerpots. Bulbous plants look great in flowerpots made from a stump: tulips, daffodils, crocuses
Please note that untreated wood will quickly lose its appearance.
To make the texture of the wood visible, tint it with oil. Hang small flowerpots made of wood in a gazebo. A wooden flowerpot will decorate the area near the house.

The main requirement for gabion wire is durability

Any plastic container can be easily decorated with crushed stone. Screws are screwed into the flower pots, wire is wound between them, cement mortar is placed on top and crushed stone is pressed in.

A mesh of nylon thread or wire is needed so that the cement does not fall off from the container later.

Dried products are varnished.

Holes are made in the upper part of the iron cans through which twine is passed.

The flowerpot will not fall out of the fastening, woven using the macrame technique.

If the design allows, attach three chains to the top of the planter

Sometimes flowerpots are nailed to wooden slats, which is attached to the wall with dowel nails.

Holes are drilled in the shelves of the bookcase through which the rope is passed.

Hanging flowerpots - video

After chopping wood at the dacha, there remains a lot of beautiful bark, which I use to decorate flowerpots. The bark is cut into strips 2–3 cm wide and attached to the pot using a heat gun. Before gluing, working surfaces are dust-free and degreased. If there are gaps between the pieces of bark, I mask them with moss or lichen.

Hot-melt adhesive softens in the sun, so flowerpots decorated with bark are best kept in the shade

When creating flowerpots from scrap materials, take care of their durability. Treat wooden flowerpots with anti-rotting agents and drill drainage holes. Before decorating containers with stones or tiles, wrap them with reinforcing mesh so that the decorative mortar does not fall off over time.

It is known that little things made by hand give a home a special charm; many can tell about the tastes, habits and hobbies of the owner. And one of these individual features of your home can be flower pots made by you yourself.

In addition, each of your green pets has its own character, requirements for planting and care conditions, and a pot made according to “ individual project» is able to fully satisfy both your aesthetic tastes and the urgent needs of the plant.

Making your own flower pots

Clay pots

Clay is considered traditional material for making flower pots. And, of course, you can purchase without any problems clay pot in the shop.

But it's possible make it yourself, even without a pottery wheel at hand.

To make it you will need:

• clay;
• oven for firing the finished product.

Before starting work, knead the clay thoroughly until smooth.

Separating from total mass a small part, form a ball and, flattening it, give the shape of a round disk. You have the base of the pot ready.

Form a rope with a diameter of about 0.5 cm and a length equal to the diameter of the bottom. Strengthen the rope on the bottom and start making the next one. This way you will form a clay pot of the size you need.

Leave the finished work to dry for a couple of days, after which the product must be fired.

Don't know how to do it correctly? We'll tell you!

Basic conditions proper reproduction hyacinths are described, do not neglect them if you want to grow a healthy and beautiful plant.

Cement pot

This product will not only be original, but also durable.

To work you will need:

• several bricks;
• cement;
• sand;
• two plastic containers, different in volume;
• In addition, you will need a hammer drill and an old basin or pan in which you will mix the solution.

Prepared Grease clean containers with oil(can be plant-based): smaller in volume - on the outside, larger - on the inside. This way you will protect them from excessive sticking of the solution.

Prepare a mixture of sand, cement and water. Ready solution place in container bigger size, and place a smaller piece inside. The greater the difference between the volumes of these vessels, the thicker the walls of your pot will be.

Place bricks or other weights inside a small container. Cement mortar must dry within 2 days. After this, cut the plastic containers and free your product from them.

In this way you can make quite large flowerpots. Small pots made in this way will look rather bulky, but, nevertheless, also original.

If desired, such a pot can be painted after drying. acrylic paints or decorate in another way.

Plaster pot

The procedure for making a pot from gypsum is similar to cement technology. Only other ingredients will be needed:

• gypsum;
• water;
• two plastic containers of different sizes.

We take a larger container, lubricate the inside with oil, place a smaller container inside, lubricated with oil on the outside, set the desired level and fill in the plaster, having previously made a solution in a 2:1 ratio.

To have a more complete idea, I recommend watching the video of this process below; in addition, at the end of the video they will show how to decorate such a pot using the decoupage technique.

Wicker pot

If you are a fan of eco-style, you can try to weave a flower pot from twigs. The process is quite labor-intensive, but the result will undoubtedly please you.

You'll need:

• twigs, preferably even;
• a piece of burlap;
• strong twine;
• glue;
• base container in the form of a cylinder.

Trim the twigs so that their length is slightly longer than the height of the base container.

Use twine to tie the twigs together to create a solid “canvas” that you could use to wrap the cylindrical base. Cover the base with a piece of burlap, and place the resulting structure of twigs on top. Secure with twine. If instead of twine you take a bright jute cord, your product will turn out more elegant.

Mosaic pot

Pots made using the mosaic technique are beautiful and original..

As a “mosaic” you can use small pebbles, shells, fragments of porcelain or dishes, or colored glass.

In this way, you can decorate both small pots and large vases.

To work, in addition to the “mosaic”, you will need:

• tin base (this can be either empty tin, and a tin bucket);
• plaster;
• mounting mesh;
• grout for tiles.

Cover the tin with plaster, and then wrap it with mounting mesh, “sinking” it into plaster mixture. Next, lay out the entire surface of the future pot (excluding the bottom) with the prepared “mosaic”. After this, leave your product to dry completely.

Finally, treat the surface with tile grout. to make the pot smooth and eliminate cracks and the gaps between the pieces of the “mosaic”.

Remove any remaining grout from the surface with a soft cloth.

Pot made from a piece of wood

Original floor flowerpot can come from a small old stump, and from a piece of a fairly thick branch you can make a smaller pot.

To make such a “house for flowers,” remove the core from the tree, clean the inside and sand it.

If desired, you can free the stump from the bark or leave it in its “natural” form. In any case, coat the top of the product with several layers of wood varnish.

After complete drying new pot can be used for its intended purpose.

Coconut shell planter

Coconut shells serve as an excellent container for plants that do not need frequent watering.

Hanging plants will look good in it.

Making such a design is quite simple: cut coconut in half, remove the pulp, then drill holes in the bottom for drainage, and holes at the edges in order to thread a cord or chain through them.

Place expanded clay on the bottom, and place the substrate on top - the pot is ready!

Felt pot

Felt products are now at the height of fashion. Why not give your favorite flowers a felt “nest”?

Take pieces of felt, ready-made or felted yourself, cut out the details of the future pot and sew them together! In such an unusual pot, plants will feel very comfortable.

Mini cactus garden

Unusual containers for planting cacti and other slow-growing species indoor plants can be made from wine corks.

To do this, the core of natural cork is removed with a knife. The mini-pot is filled with soil.

On one side, using a heat gun, a magnet is attached to it, powerful enough to hold the weight of the “pot” with the plant.

Such mini-containers can be attached to any metal surface, for example, to a refrigerator door, forming entire flower arrangements.

Other ideas for unusual homemade pots

• If you are a fan of high-tech style and you still have unnecessary computer floppy disks, you can build original flower pots from them. By the way, they are perfect for growing violets and other small plants.
• By gluing together 5 square mirrors of the same size or 5 ceramic tiles, you will get an easy-to-make, but stylish and original flower pot.
• Pots can be made from old vinyl records. If a vinyl disc is heated, it becomes soft and pliable, easily taking on the most unimaginable shapes.

Using old things

Sometimes The most unexpected objects can serve as flower pots. So, porcelain, earthenware and clay dishes can turn into an excellent container for planting indoor plants. Cups, deep salad bowls, teapots with flowers planted in them will enliven a country or Provence style interior.

Enameled dishes are also suitable for planting flowers. But this is more of an option for a country house.

By the way, if you couldn't find suitable pot for bonsai, an elegant salad bowl is perfect for this. You just need to carefully make drainage holes in the bottom using a drill.

Sometimes the most unexpected things can turn into flower pots. For example, an old cosmetic bag can also serve as a container for planting flowers.

Decorating finished flower pots. How to decorate a pot with your own hands?

To create a flower pot with unusual design, it is not necessary to make it “from scratch”. You can take ordinary standard pots as a basis and decorate it yourself and according to your own taste.

By painting a clay pot with acrylic paints and varnishing it, you will get a real designer item. By the way, such work can be entrusted to a child - and the image on finished product will delight you with its sweet spontaneity.

You can decorate ordinary plastic pots by simply covering them with bright scraps of fabric. Or you can crochet “clothes” for a standard pot - such containers will add special coziness to your home.

By covering the pot completely or partially with braid, twine, lace or simply bright threads, winding them around the container, you will get an original and stylish decoration for your home.

You can decorate an ordinary pot with buttons, shells, coffee beans, cereals or beads.

Even used to decorate pots eggshell . It must first be treated with a soda solution and dried. The prepared shell is glued to the surface of the pot using PVA glue, gently pressing down in the process so that it cracks. Next, the surface of the pot is covered with ink, which fills the voids between the pieces of shells. After this, the surface of the pot is wiped with a cloth and varnished.

Regular plastic pot can be decorated using decoupage technique using PVA glue and a paper napkin with a design you like. The design is cut out and glued to the surface of the pot, carefully leveling it so that wrinkles do not form. After drying, the finished picture is coated with varnish.

Other photo ideas for flower pot design

Using the tips above, you can create a truly unique pot at home, as well as decorate and decorate it with your own hands.

Hanging flower pots are extremely popular in our country and are widely used both in interior decoration and in the design of garden areas and courtyards. It’s not at all difficult to create very beautiful and spectacular hanging flower beds in your country house or balcony and loggia with your own hands. Hanging flower arrangements for the street are created from the most unpretentious ornamental crops.

The most practical and popular today are plastic hanging outdoor flower pots. Such pots are distinguished by their low weight, as well as sufficient strength and ease of care. Impermeable walls allow for good moisture retention and protect the soil from drying out. A hanging decorative flowerpot can be plastic, metal, ceramic or wood, but Wicker, lightweight flowerpots are especially popular.

• traditional clay pots are attractive, but providing plants with good drainage can be quite difficult;
• For street version often used a natural stone, characterized by durability and high decorativeness, but having too much weight;
• wooden hanging flowerpots perfectly retain the heat of the soil, but after a certain period of time insect pests can appear in them, and in addition, the wood is susceptible to rotting;
• metal hanging containers are characterized by high strength indicators, but must be used in conjunction with heat-insulating materials.

If financial opportunities do not allow you to purchase a ready-made hanging flowerpot for growing ornamental plants, then you can quite easily make such a pot with your own hands. IN Lately macrame-style weaving is increasingly being used to create hanging flower pots. Such exclusive option will be a great addition to any design, and the knitting pattern can be standard.

The advantage of hanging flower pots

Despite the fact that in modern landscape design domestic flower growers most often use traditional flower beds, suspended landing tanks have a number of advantages:

• the decorative hanging flowerpot can be moved freely;
• the possibility of forming landscape groups or stationary flower arrangements;
• saving time and rational use small landing area;
• best option for growing hanging beautiful flowering plants;
• the ability to carry out the most effective regulation of light, humidity and temperature conditions.

How to make a flowerpot with your own hands (video)

Common types

Today, vertical gardening can be used different kinds hanging planters:

• hanging structures with fastenings in the form of a plastic tripod, which is included in the kit;
• designs with small metal chains rigidly attached to the edge of the flower pot;
• planting decorative containers equipped with a suspension made of twine or a fairly strong rope;
• models equipped with a special suspension located strictly in the middle.

Forged flower pots are a real work of art, in which the stand is most often represented by openwork highly decorative elements.

Outdoor macrame planter

Among the variety of hanging flowerpots, there is a strong Very interesting hanging flower pots made using the macrame technique stand out, according to the following recommendations:

• cut a dense and sufficiently strong rope into an even number of equal sections;
• connect all the segments, align them in length and tie them on one side into one large knot;
• divide the knotted ropes in pairs, and also tie the pairs in knots;
• combine two pieces from different pairs in pairs and also tie them with a knot.

Weaving is done in a similar way along the entire length. This method is the simplest and does not require special knowledge. A hanging loop is formed on the remaining long ends, after which a flower pot with a plant is placed inside the weaving.

Rules for choosing plants

To get the most decorative flower arrangement, you need to know what types of indoor and garden crops look most impressive in planting containers hanging type. As a rule, amateur gardeners strive to plant ampelous and bushy varieties in such pots and pots, which are perfect for decorating an opening, arch or niche, balcony and veranda, as well as outdoor gazebo and terrace. The most unpretentious and ornamental crops are most often planted in such containers:

• shade-tolerant begonias can be placed in places with insufficient lighting, and big choice varieties and hybrid forms are used in creating multi-colored and variegated, beautifully flowering plant ensembles;
• densely branched petunias are distinguished by extremely abundant and variegated flowering, lasting from the first ten days of summer until a strong cold snap. The plant is unpretentious, therefore it is one of the most popular in landscape design;
• heat-loving balsams are placed in well-lit areas where they are able to form a large number of graceful flowers and neat, densely arranged foliage;
• Hanging flowerpots can be inexpensively decorated using the light-loving achimenes, which is distinguished by long and thin branches, as well as funnel-shaped flowers of quite large sizes. By planting several bushes of this plant, there is a great opportunity to get lush bouquet with long flowering.

How to weave flowerpots (video)

Also, hanging flower pots and decorative hanging flowerpots can be decorated with attractive chlorophytums, asparagus, pelargoniums, marigolds or pansies.

Basic rules for caring for vertical gardening

When growing garden ornamental plants in hanging containers, the grower needs to provide a flowering crop proper care, which is due to the limited feeding area by the size of the flower pot.

Features of the soil substrate

Heavy and clayey soil substrates, which are prone to rapid compaction and are characterized by low looseness, are completely unsuitable for filling hanging planting containers. Such soil can make growing very difficult. decorative culture. Air permeability and water flow can be optimized by adding expanded clay and vermiculite.

Irrigation measures and fertilizing

Under conditions of vertical gardening, the soil can dry out much faster, so to cultivate an ornamental flowering plant, you will need to balance the watering regime. To minimize the risk of rotting of the root system, it is necessary to remove the water accumulating in the pan. Irrigation activities should be sufficiently frequent and plentiful, and for watering you need to use well-settled or boiled water, warm water. Nutrients that are intensively washed out of the soil must be replenished by additional application of complex fertilizers.

Make something original hanging planter for garden flowers with your own hands, it is possible from almost any available materials. Most often such street flowerpots are created from plastic containers:

• clean empty plastic bottles from labels and glue residues, then rinse the container under running water;
• Using sharp scissors or a knife, cut off the bottom, flat part of a clean plastic bottle;
• make several symmetrically located holes along the edge for hanging and thread a sufficiently strong rope of the length required for hanging the structure into the holes;
• place a flower pot with a plant in the resulting plastic pot.

Pots in home decor (video)

Ready-made outdoor plastic flowerpots for last stage creatures are most often painted or decorated with a variety of elements, including pieces ceramic tiles, beads, small pebbles or shells.