DIY: Envy-Inducing Planters (Spray Paint Is Involved) - Gardenista
I have the sort of family that perks up at the first whiff of a DIY project. The goal was to get the urns painted and planted in one afternoon, transforming garbage into the sort of gold that makes the neighbors envious when they walk past the house. Photographs by Clementine Quittner, except where noted. The black urns are dramatic; you can leave them sitting in the garden, framed by other foliage. To get your family to do all the work, lay a trap. Arrange these lures, without comment, on the kitchen table. Photograph by Josh Quittner. Unable to resist the pebbles, Clementine signed on for the project. We have two of these 28-inch-tall urns. A similar fiberglass Antique Rust White Urn is $100 from Jamali Garden. Zoe hosed down the urns to get off the spider webs, etc. A key to getting your family to do the DIY project is to provide each worker with her own personal can of spray paint. We let the paint dry for a couple of hours before proceeding to the next step, which was to put a few shovels of potting soil in the bottom of each planter. Photograph by Josh Quittner. Succulents to cover the surface of the soil in each urn. In the center of each urn, “we” placed a Ponytail Palm Tree (a similar size is available for $44.75 from Ty Ty Nursery) to create enough height to balance the shape of the urn. Sprinkle the shiny pebbles around the base of the succulents to cover the soil. In a few months, as they get bigger, some of the succulents will be replanted in the garden. Photograph by Josh Quittner. At home on the front stoop. Check out planters that start that way at 5 Favorites: Jet Black Planters.