Repurposed Garden Containers

by Adventures In Junking

Non-traditional containers add great charm and interest to even the most work-a-day common garden plants.

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My friend Paddy's lobelia spills magnificently over the edges of this salvage wicker chair, painted white (South Surrey, BC)

Salvaged musical instruments make a spectacular welcoming planter in my former neighbour's front entrance. (White Rock, BC)

Same former neighbor turned an antique copper boiler into a fun planter in her shade garden. (White Rock, BC)

An antique washing machine, with mangle intact makes an intriguing and fun planter in my friend Sharon's amazing garden. It has the added advantage of adding height. While she painted it her signature teal and purple, I would have liked to see the original rusty condition allowed to show.

An antique baby pram gives elegance to my friend Sharon's garden and the white geraniums that make it their home. What a wonderful combination of textures, shapes and colours.

Antique galvanized metal coal hod is used as an autumn planter at ABC Country Restaurant in White Rock, BC

The ancient Celts believed that planting Irish Moss near one's front door would attract wealth to the household. As it quickly grew to spill over the edges of this salvaged liquor crate, it certainly proved a wealth of loveliness to my covered entryway. (White Rock, BC)

Lobelia escapes tantalizingly from my iron birdcage, a feature introduced as a planter in my garden to add height variation to an array of ground standing flower pots

Baskets on bicycles are very common - but less common but every bit as charming are tricyle planters (because old metal tricycles are harder to find).

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My friend Sharon has taken the bicycle planter to a whole new level - her garden bike (one of ... I should say, because she has at least 2) has pannier baskets on the back, the frame has been adjusted to hold an extra basket beneath the seat and even the seat is a flat piece of wood that can hold another large, overflowing basket.