10 Unique Outdoor Planter Ideas To DIY
Unique Outdoor Planters
Admit it. Potted planters are just too common these days. We want something different! Something more exciting than just an orange pot. Most importantly, we want something special to fill the yard with. Having more flowery greens is the usual option. The vibrant colors of the flowers are perfect by itself. But, it can be better with an extraordinary planter!
1. Dresser Planter
It’s time to transform your old dresser into something amazing. Give it a new paint job – the weather-resistant kind. And, you’ll be up and ready for a super nice planter. The drawers are just wonderful to put your plants in. The top of the dresser has space for extra potted plants. It’s an unusual look for your front porch or yard. Checkout the source link below for tutorial.
Alternate idea.
Stacking your drawers together into a step-like shape is a creative idea for cute presentation of your planters.
2. Ladder Planter
Ladder has many steps which is the best thing ever for a vertical display of planters. Just lean a ladder on the wall and place lots of pots of different flowering plants on it! It’s beautiful and makes good use of the vertical space as well. In case the steps are too small to put your planters on, you could slide a wooden plank on it. Or, sliding a drawer right between the steps is a great idea as well.
3. Living Wall
Make yourself a wall garden with drawers! Paint it with nice colors that matches your style. Then, secure it by the fence.
It doesn’t really matter what alternate items you use for the planter. Sometimes, it’s about a little arrangement and growing the right plants.
4. Wheel Barrow Planter
The wheel barrow isn’t just useful for carrying stuffs. It is also great to be upcycled into a portable planter.
5. Bicycle Planter
Breathe new life into your broken bicycle by transforming it into a unique planter. In this idea, the creator maximized the usage of all the possible spot for planters. Looks neat doesn’t it? It’s portable as well. So, you can always place it as how you wherever you want easily.
6. Hanging Pulley Planter
The pulley planter is an entire new look to present your favorite potted plants. It makes use of a pulley to hang two of your pots. Just be sure to put two planters of the same weight.
7. Barrel Planter
Sometimes, a plain barrel can become an unusual planter with the right props. This barrel would look like a normal planter if there’s just the flowering plants in it. But, the mini light post made the entire planter even more beautiful. Will be great if the light post really works!
Alternate idea.
Here’s another creative presentation using the barrel planter. It looks like someone spilled the plants all over the ground. What a shame!
8. Metal Pot Planter
Here’s another amazing piece of work with your old cooking wares!
9. Watering Can Planter
Grow your plants in these planters! The stacked arrangement of the watering cans already looked amazing. But why stop there? Install a fountain system and turn it into heck of a beauty!
10. Sink Planter
The sink happens to be one convenient flower pot. Why? That’s because it has a sink hole for drainage. After selecting the right plants, it comes down to picking the right place to put it up.
There’s certainly more ideas out there that we’ve seen while making this list. There’s probably gonna be a part 2 for this post considering that there’s a lot more fascinating ideas out there that deserves our attention. The choice of planters is part of the way we can make a decor for the outdoors around our house. Other than the choice of planters, we can also make an unusual tiny landscape or fairy garden on it. They’re always wonderful and able to catch the attention of your visitors.
