Decorative flower pots have always been a summer gardening favorite. You can choose from a variety of summer annuals in a range of vibrant colors for both sunny and shady areas. Now, gardening with summer flower pots just got a whole lot easier and more affordable. Follow these steps for a beautiful summer gardening project.
#1 Buy Thrift Store Pots – Brand new clay and terra cotta gardening pots can be quite expensive, especially if you need larger sizes. Stores like the Goodwill and the Salvation Army often have a variety of flower pots for sale at a discounted price. Interestingly enough, these pots don’t have to be true gardening pots. You can buy ceramic bowls, cement urns, and glass containers that will all work quite nicely for this project. In addition, you can find these types of discount bowls at yard sales and dollar stores.
#2 Purchase Seeds or Small Annuals – Do your research and buy inexpensive seeds and small annuals. You can usually spend less than five dollars at a reasonably priced nursery and come home with enough plants to fill multiple pots. Leafy annuals like inpatients and flowing vines like vinca are a great way to fill up small to medium sized pots. Of course, seeds take time to grow and mature, but they are a great way to save if you can wait a few weeks for the flowers to bloom.
#3 Re-use Old Potting Soil – Potting soil lasts forever. If you dig out all the roots at the end of the season and lightly cover the remaining soil, you can use it again the following spring. Just simply leave the dirt in the pots and store them in your garage or outdoor shed. The next year, you will only need to buy one bag of potting soil to top off your dirt from the previous year. That one bag is enough to layer about 2-3 inches deep in all of your pots.
#4 Decorate Using Rocks – It can be a useful resource to incorporate additonal accent pots and containers into your garden or patio area. These can easily be filled with accent stones or rocks from a local hardware store or a craft store. If you really want to make it affordable, fill the bottom of the pots with plastic bags and then stack rocks on top of the sacks. The bags can handle rain and heat, and the rocks will still cover the plastic so you won’t be able to see it. That way, you only need to buy half as many rocks. This works especially well in areas where pets like to play. Your pet might dig up pretty flowers, but he/she won’t mess with the artistic rocks.
Have an enjoyable summer as you decorate with gardening flower pots. Create gardening masterpieces with beautiful and affordable style.
