Dress up your garden with gorgeous bunches of flowers and lush fronds of greenery cascading down from a unique vertical arrangement designed to hang from a gate or fence.
This easy-to-make, easy-to-maintain planter is suitable for a large country garden, a small city lot, an apartment balcony or even a patio wall. Its creator, Jan Mather, a professional garden designer and author of Designing Alberta Gardens (Red Deer College Press, 1994), takes us through the four easy steps involved in making a hanging planter. Her expert advice on which plants to use for your project, along with helpful tips on watering, will ensure successful results and beautiful lasting blooms.
What a perfect way to spend a day outside – with a weekend project that with sprout colorful flowers all summer long.
Our finished hanging garden measures approx 30 x 120 cm (1 x 4 ft), but yours can be any size.
You need:
• 3/4-in plywood, 1 x 4 ft, for back
• 3/4-in plywood, 6 x 12 in, for bottom
• Heavy-gauge black plastic, 61 x 150 cm (2 X 5ft)
• Perforated rubber tubing or old garden hose, 120 cm (4 ft)
• Stucco wire, 61 x 150 cm
• Annual plants, about 100
• Premixed soilless mix and slow-release fertilizer, 2 cubic ft
• 2 elbow brackets, 6 in, with wood screws
• Galvanized nails, 1/2 in
• No. 12 wood screws, 2 in
• Heavy-duty staple gun and staples
• Hand drill with 1/4-in bit
• Hammer
• Utility knife
• Wood block to tamp soil, about 4 ft long
Page 1 of 2 – Begin your hanging flower planter with instructions and tips on page 2.
