Gardens are a great way to add natural beauty to any space. You can plant flowers or even grow essential ingredients for your kitchen.
They also make for great DIY projects and can be started anywhere. In this article, we look at some ideas for plastic bottle vertical gardens.
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How do you make a hanging garden out of a plastic bottle?
To start you off on your hanging garden, you will need some essential materials as listed below:
- Four plastic bottles. Old two-liter soda bottles are perfect.
- A skewer
- String
- Hardened paper. An old cereal box will do just fine.
- A pair of scissors
- Gardening soil. You can get this from a flower store or dig some dirt from your yard.
- Seedlings. You have a wide selection to choose from when you visit your local gardening store.
Step 1
Cut the bottles horizontally on one side and remove the extra piece. The final result should resemble a water trough like the one used by animals on farms.
The plants will grow out from here, and it needs to be large enough for you to be able to work. The area between the neck of the bottle and the base is large enough for this space. Ensure the bottle cap is still on to prevent the soil from draining out once you fill it in
Step 2
Poke holes along the side and base of the container to provide drainage holes. Pass the string through the holes closest to the ends.
These will be used to hang your garden. Line the interior of the bottle with the paper and then fill in the gardening soil.
Step 3
Transplant your seedlings into the new garden and then add the required amount of water. Hand the plastic garden to whatever area that you see fit around your home.
Which plants can be grown in bottles?
Herbs and spices such as coriander and basil, make for excellent plastic garden plants. They root easily and do not require much care once they are established.
A variety of flowers also do well in hanging gardens. Wandering Jew and spider plants are some of the flowering plants that do well in plastic containers.
Some awesome vertical garden ideas that might interest you:
1. Recycled milk bottles
2. Green wall made from plastic bottles
3. Making a Plastic Soda Bottle Hanging Planter
4. Plenty of basil growing in vertical garden
5. Succulent in Wall Planters
6. Fence garden
7. A Vertical Garden from Soda Bottles
8. Plastic bottle recycle
9. Vertical garden on Pallet
10. Indoor Bottle Herb Garden – From Recycled Milk Bottles
11. Self Watering Vertical Garden
SourceYou can create a self-watering garden by using other smaller bottles. Drill some small holes into the cap of the small bottle and insert it upside down into the soil of your garden.
The water will slowly slip into the garden as the plants need it. Only refill the bottle once the water runs out.
12. Re-cycled hanging container
13. Upcycled Soda Bottle Vertical Garden
14. Small Space Vertical Garden Made From Soda Bottles
15. Vertical Garden Using Plastic Milk Bottles
16. DIY Vertical Onion Planter
17. DIY Vertical Gardening
18. DIY Self-Watering Seed Starter Pot Planter
19. DIY Vertical Plastic Bottle Tower Gardening
20. Plastic Bottle Herb Garden
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21. Indian Bottle Face
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22. Cute Flower Pots
23. DIY Plastic Bottle
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There are many ways you can arrange your plastic bottle gardens. You can plant a variety of flowers and herbs and combine them to create fantastic foliage patterns.
Areas such as your terrace, backyard wall, or even the porch are great places to have these arrangements.
24. Plastic Bottle Planters
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25. Cat Planter
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26. Cat Flower Pot
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27. HedgeHog Planter
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28. Hanging Flower Pot
29. Plastic Bird House
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30. Planter Made From A Milk Container
31. Cute DIY Face Planter
Conclusion
Plastic bottle gardens are not only a cheap way to decorate your home but also help in reducing pollution in the environment. Do your part and recycle to make your area cleaner.
Hi its a very nice piece of art and a very helpfull one for our environement i would like to ask for a permission to imitate this art for our team project for our community so that we can help our environement by collecting all plastic materials and make an art like this for our potting materials instead we will buy new pots for our plants this is a very nice and helpfull tip for all of us here. Thank you!
Sure, Glenn
I love the DIY ideas, i can apply it in my recycling class. More Power!