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Professional Atlanta, GA on Mar 19, 2012

Suitcase Planter

These plants are on the move! Cultivators Design and Landscape loves to explore new planter ideas and the suitcase planter is one of our favorites! Anyone can do this! And again the possibilities are endless!!! Herbs, veggies, annuals, sedums, you name it! But remember this is a shallow planter and will probably needed to be watered daily! Happy Planting! :)

15 Comments

Miriam I New York, NY

OMG. This is too cute!!

on Mar 19, 2012 · Like 1
Cultivators Design and La... Atlanta, GA

Thanks Miriam!

on Mar 19, 2012 · Like 0
KMS Woodworks Nederland, CO

I'm going to have to pass on this one...The planting are nice but I can't get my brain past the "decor de landfill" aspect of the old Samsonite.

on Mar 20, 2012 · Like 0
Cultivators Design and La... Atlanta, GA

We are just trying to give people ideas for planters and re-using things in the garden. It helps to keep an open mind....as the old saying goes one man's junk is another man's treasure!

on Mar 20, 2012 · Like 1
Miriam I New York, NY

Well said!!

on Mar 20, 2012 · Like 0
Ruth K Leesburg, FL

I love ideas like this. I knew an older lady in my younger years that used everything for planters.. Old boots,work shoes, felt hats, cracked bowls,piece of funny looking log. She had such an imagination.

on Mar 20, 2012 · Like 1
Douglas Hunt New Smyrna Beach, FL

Just don't try to get that past the TSA!

on Mar 20, 2012 · Like 3
KMS Woodworks Nederland, CO

This would fit in with other more rustic ones I have seen...How do you make an old toilet "smell like a rose" Plant some in it...or in this case pansies.
Years ago we stayed at a little Mom and Pop Motel in the middle of no where Wyoming. In front of each rooms exterior door, on either side of the small porch were Cowboy boot planters...my girls thought they were the cutest thing ever, as they do when they see one of these. ...»

I also remember seeing planters made from old tires, cut in a tulip shape and painted white...I have not seen one of those in over 20 years...I kind of miss them...
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on Mar 20, 2012 · Like 2
Cher D Elyria, OH

the toilet is tacky

on Mar 21, 2012 · Like 0
Design Time for Homes, At... Marietta, GA

hey, I've been looking for an older suitcase like this to actually use in over night stays at my daughter's, LOL. Where can you find these?

on Mar 21, 2012 · Like 0
Cher D Elyria, OH

to design time for homes...i have some in ex cond...but they come at a price

on Mar 26, 2012 · Like 0
Evelyn R Manchester, MD

Tacky toilet - I have an old bathtub, bathroom sink over an old toilet (seat removed) all grouped together and when planted and in bloom, they are gorgeous. If the plants cooperate this year, I'll post a picture. Last weekend my 2 yr old twin grandsons loosened the soil in the bathtub with their bulldozers and only walked away to get a drink. Past 2 years I've grown veggies in the tub.

on Apr 03, 2012 · Like 0
Terra Gazelle Springfield, LA

I think if the toilet was painted a really wild color..like purple and green stripes, it would be more appealing and look less tacky. How about poka dots ?

on Mar 23, 2013 · Like 0
Terra Gazelle Springfield, LA

With the suit cases..how would you protect the cases from the weather and not fall apart?

on Mar 23, 2013 · Like 0
Cultivators Design and La... Atlanta, GA

Terra, The suit case will fall apart over time.....you could put a sealer on them to make them last awhile longer.

on Mar 23, 2013 · Like 0

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