How To Make Realistic Looking Boston Ferns
With a porch that is west facing, ferns don't stand a chance. They will be fried by the sun. So instead I came up with a way to have the look I wanted without having to consider the elements. And you can not tell the difference either!
The hanging pot with the cord came from the dollar store.
I had the glue gun, glue sticks, and rope on hand.
I purchased all other things from the adult creative playground, Hobby Lobby.
Remove the string from the pots and used a drop cloth in the back yard and spray painted the outside of the pots.
I let them dry for a couple of hours. Flipped them over. And spray painted the insides. Let that dry for the same amount of time.
While those were drying, I started arranging the fern stems for the fake fern plants into the foam squares.
I did this by placing the longer stems dead center right next to each other. Then I placed each of the four shorter stems on each side of the longer ones.
From there, I went through and adjusted and blended the “leaves” to form the plants.
Once they both faux ferns were formed, I glued the foam squares in the center of each pot.
I took the rope I had on deck and cut it into six even pieces, three for each pot.
Then, I tied one end of each rope into the three loops on the pots.
I held the rope pieces up to even them out and tied the string that came from the pot around them. I left about a three-inch end on one side and the remaining length on the rest.
Using the short string, I went under and around the rope ends until there was only a small Piece. I then held it in place and created a loop with the longer string.
From there I begin wrapping the string around the combined rope, remaining string and bottom of the loop.
I wrapped it until it was covered all the way to the top of the rope tightly.
Once fully covered, I double tied the string to a piece of the bottom of the loop.
All done!
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Heather Brown on Apr 07, 2020
Love it! I kill my ferns every year. Thanks for the tips.
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Patricia DellAnno on Apr 21, 2020
I have no luck with ferns or ivy. I over water or under water but I love them. These are beautiful and inexpensive. They usually cost a fortune if they look nice. Thank you. I will try this.
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