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Recycled Jeans Planters

This is a guide about recycled jeans planters. Recycling jeans sets the stage for many craft projects.

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Geraniums in old wheelbarrow planter.

Making a Wheelbarrow Planter

This is a guide about making a wheelbarrow planter. Using an wheelbarrow as a planter can be a fun project and perhaps become a centerpiece of your garden

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Recycled wooden chair planter.

Making a Chair Planter

This is a guide about making a chair planter. Recycling and old chair into a creative planter provides you with a unique, creative garden planter. Not only is this project a good way to recycle, but also a crafty outlet for your combined gardening and craft skills.

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Thick book laid open, center of pages cut out filled with dirt and some succulent plants.

Craft Project: Succulent Book Planter

This is a novel idea for a succulent plant. It is made with a thick book and succulent plants. Succulents take very little moisture. They are great for arid places or inside in the winter with the dry heat. They are like a cactus. They take moderate light and are exceptionally easy to grow.

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Pumpkin Planter 1

Craft Project: Pumpkin Planters

Try carving a pumpkin to create a planter.

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Painting Clay Pots

I like to dress up terra cotta pots with acrylic paints. One technique is to use three colors or more and a sponge. You only need a small squirt of each color, making it great for using those leftovers.

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Craft Project: Bloomers Plant Hanger

This is a recycling craft using children's pants as a holder for potted

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Painted Pots

Tired of those orange clay pots? Buy some acrylic paints and give them some color. Add a plant, and you can use them in-doors or out, plus have the enjoyment of a hobby. I did not take classes, just start experimenting, its fun and creative.

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A decoration for you garden that looks like a picket fence with a clay pot on it.

Picket Fence Garden Hanger

This garden hanger was made from old leftover barn wood and fence boards from previous projects, a recycled clay pot and baling wire. It is simple and quick and can easily be hanging on your garden gate by noon.

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Craft Project: Bloomers Plant Hanger

Craft Project: Bloomers Plant HangerThis is a recycling craft using children's pants as a holder for potted


Craft Project: Chair Planter

Craft Project: Chair PlanterUse an old recycled chair from the junk to make into a planter for flowers to set in the garden. Get an old chair to use. Take the seat off and use as a pattern to cut one out of hard wood to withstand the weather.


Recycled Hanging Planter

Recycled Hanging PlanterOne day I was looking at a large empty can of tomatoes that I was ready to throw in the recycling bin then for one reason or another I decided to paint it. This led to me making a hanging planter for a friend who I was giving a plant to from cuttings. Here's how to do it!


Shell Herb Garden

Shell Herb GardenIf you'd like to grow some of your own herbs for cooking purposes, why not make the garden they are grown in decorative? Plant the herbs in various clam shells and conk shells for display!