How to Make One of a Kind Flower Pots

Take some items you no longer have any use for, add in a bit of imagination and you can turn an item that would have landed in a landfill into a one of a kind flower pot, your own personal work of art.

For instance, take that old dented watering can sitting in the corner of the potting shed. Bang out the dents and get a good enamel paint in a bright color. Paint it up and decorate it with garden theme decals. Drill some holes in the bottom for drainage and use it to plant geraniums or one of the more unusual ornamental grasses.

How about that collection of old clay flower pots left over from transplanting plants that out grew them. Make them look classy by covering them with pieces of that lace tablecloth with the stain that won't come out. Put a bit of velvet ribbon around the top as a border and you have a flower pot that you will be proud to show off.

What about all the plastic pots from the garden center that are too ugly to put on display. Go through the bag of old clothes that don't fit or are too worn to wear. Cut up ones that are too worn or damaged to give away and glue the pieces on the plastic pots. Be sure not to cover the drainage holes on the bottom. Make some look real country by cutting the cloth into small pieces and gluing them on in a patch work pattern or just put them on in a hodge-podge of overlapping pieces.

Buying a new set of china because too many of the old set are broken? The tea pot would make a great planter. Drill drainage holes in the bottom with a bit especially made for china. Regular bits will make it crack. Plant small flowers like violets in this one. Don't forget the coffee cups. Drill holes in the bottom of them also. Set them on their saucers and plant with a small ivy vine. These would make a nice gift for your garden club members.

Wide top glass jars can be transformed into planters in various ways. Use a diamond drill bit to drill the holes and have someone slowly pour water on the bit so it does not heat up. The same bit should be use on the china too. Decorate the jars with craft store beads or paint flowers on them. You can also just leave them plain and let the roots do the decorating from the inside.

Things don't have to be thrown away. They can be made useful again.