How green are you? There are many items that with a little imagination and some minor alterations may be turned into a unique container for your plants! Many may be hiding in your attic, kitchen cupboards or garage while others may be purchased at a low cost or even free. They are eye catching, original and many would make great ideas! Look out for the slightly obscure, showing the sky’s truly the limit when it comes to imagination!
MAY, 18 2014
Admit it, sometimes it is painful to say good bye to your favourite pair of shoes, when for some reason you cannot wear them any longer. The fashion trends have changed or you have. There are plenty of reasons why, but only one result – “to the garden”… Probably keen to get rid of old shoes, you can give them a new purpose and recycle them for plants. They will certainly add a rustic charm in the rockery or flower beds. All rubber footwear, which became too small for your children, can become a perfect container! First, it is resistible to constant watering and will keep the original look for a long time. Second, that kind of footwear usually has bright colours or even images which looks incredibly impressive with the green foliage. The idea to radically change the way different things can be applied was not born yesterday, as well as the idea to replace an element of traditional pattern with something unusual - on purpose or not. If you’re a type of person who is capable to make lemonade from lemon, you will certainly feel the excitement of a hunter who is looking for an original way to make his desires come true - find an unusual yet cheap flower container. Maybe even without spending a penny. Giving a second life to a kettle! Watering cans are not just for watering your plants but may be transformed into a container itself. Wheel - the symbol of Sun! Instead of throwing away your old umbrella, you can turn it into a pretty planter. Old wooden chair – the seat can be transformed to hold a potted plant and trailing plants. Look eye catching trailed through the back and legs of the chair. Have an old chest? Great place for a blooming treasure! With a few drawers you will have great variety in plants and show a great example of how a broken item may be given a new lease of life. People, in essence, seek the perfection. Even totally unattractive things can become an aesthetic and original planter. Even an old toiler can become a masterpiece of gardening… Farewell, boatie! This symbol of water travel and maritime adventure will enrich your garden with the spirit of exploration and romance. Sailing through the emerald lawn firing the bloom of flowers, the boat will be a great decoration of any garden. My car My garden! Cute as bug! Make garden miracles with your own hands!
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The Finoak blog discovers the extraordinary in the everyday and the everyday within the extraordinary. Under its glance, background becomes foreground and vice versa. From documenting unusual individuals to the workings of habit, it catalogues the wonderful and sets out to unsettle ideas of beauty and use.
