Summer is here, and the warm weather is making everyone crave flourishing flowers and vibrant greenery. Spend your season hands deep in soil and beautiful blooms by gardening together with your neighbors no matter where you live. Whether you’ve got open acres of land or just a free windowsill, you can take part in the gardening glee with these bite-sized ideas.
Use Pallets to Create a Plant Paradise on Your Patio
Project via Ananda @A Piece of Rainbow
You can give your patio a completely new look without marking the walls, floor or ceiling! Using panels from deconstructed pallets, you can create planter-friendly walls, furniture or boxes for the sunny ledge of your outdoor space. Follow this helpful tutorial to turn your boring patio into a gardening paradise.
Turn One Pallet Into a Row of Garden Boxes
Project via Ronja @Nur Noch
If deconstructing pallets isn’t for you, leave the tools stowed away and simply bring an extra shipping pallet onto your patio or even prop one up against the wall of your sunny living room. Pallets create the perfect cozy pockets for small rows of flowers and plants, and you can usually find them for free!
Arrange Herb Pots on Rods Across a Large Window
Project via Kristy @3 Peppers
Turn your kitchen window into a mini nursery by hanging a couple of rods for buckets full of herbs or other plants. If you’re worried about putting holes in the wall for your brackets, a couple of strong tension rods can give you the same setup and you can spray-paint them to add a touch of class.
Or Grow Herbs in a Strawberry Pot
Project via Patti @Garden Matter
Turn a tall strawberry pot into a pretty herb garden by adding different aromatic plants to each opening. Strawberry pots are a great way to create an entire garden with just one container, and you can fill them with anything from succulents to, well, strawberries.
Make Cute Magnetic Planters to Add Anywhere
Project via Blitsy Crafts
Assemble a couple of these easy magnetic planters in order to place succulents or other easy-care plants around your home. Stick these onto window bars or metal beams, or arrange a colorful collection on your refrigerator. This project used faux succulents, but you can easily sub in real plants.
Hang a Few Air Plants
Project via Jessica @Mom 4 Real
Air plants are trendy with homeowners because they can flourish indoors and require almost no care at all. By hanging glass bulbs filled with air plants in windows, around your patio or anywhere else in your home, you’re creating a plant-infused atmosphere without the hassle of gardening.
Regrow Vegetable Cuttings on Your Countertop
Project via Nava
Are you lamenting your lack of fresh-grown produce? Even without a garden, you can grow a lot of what you need, free, using the scraps of your favorite leftover veggies. After meal prep, save up the leftover lettuce, leeks, onions, garlic, and more, to regrow them right on your countertop.
Stack Cinder Blocks Into a Planter
Project via Kathy @The Garden Glove
Create an industrial vertical garden without any hanging, building or painting by using a few cinder blocks. Simply stack the blocks on your patio, plug up some of the holes and add your soil and plants to the open pockets. Everyone’s drooling over concrete garden features, and this simple idea will get you that very same look — easily!
Create a Vertical Planter With Mason Jars
Project via Amy @Home Remedies
Mason jars are useful for so many crafts and projects, but they’re especially good for outdoor gardening. Use painted mason jars, chalkboard labels and a solid plank of wood to create a leaning vertical planter that looks perfectly delicate and saves valuable outdoor space.
For more great gardening ideas, inspirations and how-tos, check out our gardening page on Hometalk!
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