Make it, love it!
Bring some colour to your outdoor space with fun planter ideas that are super simple to make
FEATURE LISA FAZZANI
Add just two or three pots underneath – any more and it will be too heavy
WIND CHIME PLANTER
Small terracotta pots
Thick twine
Wooden beads
Paints and brush
1 PREP YOUR POTS
Use a selection of small terracotta pots to create a hanging planter that will gently chime in the wind. Paint pots in assorted colours before you start or use unpainted pots.
2 TIE WITH TWINE
Take your largest pot (which will hold your plant) and use the twine to create a pot hanger by looping it several times around the top, knotting to secure and then adding four extra lengths of twine to hang it.
3 ADD MORE TWINE
Position your pot upright and suspend it from the hanger. Before adding your plant, take a long length of twine, tie a bead to one end and thread through the drainage hole at the bottom of the pot (the bead at the end will hold it in place).
4 SPACE IT OUT
With the twine hanging through the bottom of the pot, thread on a wooden bead followed by an upsidedown pot. Knot into place and add extra beads and pots (decreasing in size) until you’re happy with the arrangement. Conceal the knots inside the pots. Finish off with a bead at the end and trim. Add a trailing plant and hang.
Deadhead geraniums regularly to encourage more flowers
WA LL-HUNG FLOWER HOLDERS
Marble discs or old china plates
Plastic test tubes
Hot glue gun
Plate hangers and fixings
1 UPCYCLE MATERIALS
Brighten up the wall of a summerhouse, shed or fence by making easy wall-hung holders to display flowers and cuttings. Use marble discs or chintzy plates and saucers from an old tea set as circular backing to help
