Substituting your generic beige-coloured terracotta
planters with something sustainable and straight from
your kitchen or living room can add to the plant’s
already-existing aesthetic, rustic appearance.
Multi-storeyed buildings and the lack of garden space hasn’t stopped plant lovers from hunting for sustainable planters that can pick its way to house succulents, aquatic plants or even creepers. If you want to start your journey of sustainability from your garden, here’s a list of items right from your house that you can start with!
Multi-storeyed buildings and the lack of garden space hasn’t stopped plant lovers from hunting for sustainable planters that can pick its way to house succulents, aquatic plants or even creepers. If you want to start your journey of sustainability from your garden, here’s a list of items right from your house that you can start with!
Coconut Shell Planters
Coconuts come with a packaged deal of being a
planter, a fertilizer as well as having their own
version of soil. Not only do they look homely and
snug, they act as a great enhancer to your plant with
an influx of vast amounts of nutrients from the shell
to its roots.
The husk absorbs water keeping the shell moderately wet and also contains high volumes of lignin which resists it to fungal infection. If you want to start your journey of sustainability from your garden, here’s a list of items right from your house that you can start with!
Coconuts come with a packaged deal of being a
planter, a fertilizer as well as having their own
version of soil. Not only do they look homely and
snug, they act as a great enhancer to your plant with
an influx of vast amounts of nutrients from the shell
to its roots. The husk absorbs water keeping the shell moderately wet and also contains high volumes of lignin which resists it to fungal infection. If you want to start your journey of sustainability from your garden, here’s a list of items right from your house that you can start with!
Kitchenware Planters
Instead of throwing away kitchenware, an
economical, viable option is to convert them into
planters that can be slipped into tiny spaces thus
making optimum utilisation of space!
Items like strainers, ice pale buckets, cracked glasses or jars make wonderful planters because of its durability and its already-existing holes for water seepage.
Instead of throwing away kitchenware, an
economical, viable option is to convert them into
planters that can be slipped into tiny spaces thus
making optimum utilisation of space!Items like strainers, ice pale buckets, cracked glasses or jars make wonderful planters because of its durability and its already-existing holes for water seepage.
Plastic Bottle Planters
Old and used plastic bottles is a wonderful way of
getting your creative juices flowing and creating a
piece that strongly resembles a vase or a flower
holder. The very property of the ability of plastic to
melt means that you can mould and shape your
structure to your liking.
Ditching the conventional light-brown plastic pots and instead turning the plastic bottles, sitting aimlessly on your kitchen counter is another great way of kickstarting your transition to eco-friendly gardening material. The plastic that would inadvertently be choking up a gutter somewhere taking thousands of years to breakdown, is instead housing a sapling which make can later be transferred to a bigger pot and replaced with another seedling!
Old and used plastic bottles is a wonderful way of
getting your creative juices flowing and creating a
piece that strongly resembles a vase or a flower
holder. The very property of the ability of plastic to
melt means that you can mould and shape your
structure to your liking.Ditching the conventional light-brown plastic pots and instead turning the plastic bottles, sitting aimlessly on your kitchen counter is another great way of kickstarting your transition to eco-friendly gardening material. The plastic that would inadvertently be choking up a gutter somewhere taking thousands of years to breakdown, is instead housing a sapling which make can later be transferred to a bigger pot and replaced with another seedling!