I’d like to show you how I made a knock off version of the Home Depot Flower Tower.
Here is what you’ll need to make it.
Flower pot- mine is a large size
Fencing
Wire to close the fencing
Landscape cloth
Dirt- mine took 2- 40 lb bags
Flowers- mine took 2 flats
Spade
Utility Knife
Note: The larger the pot the more flowers you will need.
Directions:
I already had my flower pots so didn’t need to buy that, but I did give it a coat of spray paint and added some acrylic paint to age it.
Menards had the fencing for considerably cheaper than the Home Depot fencing they recommend. I got mine on sale for 11.00 and I made 2 large pots and 2 small pots and still have some fencing left over. So not a bad price for that many pots.
Take your fencing and measure the inside of your pot. You want a little bit of space around the edge of the plant. Cut your fencing to the size you need. Set the fencing inside your pot.
I took a piece of wire and wrapped it around the fencing to close it off. See picture below.
Next measure your hardware cloth and cut to size and then add it to the inside of your fencing. You will have some that will fold over the edge which you will cut off later.
Add your dirt into the fencing. Water so that the dirt sinks.
After your dirt is in take a utility knife and cut slits into the hardware cloth in every other hole.
Add your flowers into the slits you cut. I took a spade and pushed in a hole to set the root ball into.
At this point, we trimmed the landscape cloth about a couple inches longer than needed and rolled the hardware cloth into the dirt.
Add flowers to the top of the tower.
Sit back and watch it grow.
I’ll share a picture when it fills in. Not only do I get to pull in my driveway looking at this:
I will have two towers sitting by my garage doors so when I pull up I’ll see their beauty.
Thanks for stopping by!
Happy Creating!
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I love the color and scent of fresh flowers. I bet the drive up to your home is just lovely.
I love it, thanks! I've enjoyed looking through your blog. Check out Sunshine PenPals and join the fun, we'd love to have you!http://sunshinepenpals.blogspot.com/
Love it!! I bet it will be beautiful by your house with all the flowers!!
Popping by from Linky Ladies hop. I love this idea. I saw it on a commercial today and thought it was too cute. Thanks for sharing!Angel @ Household Savvy
What a great idea. stopping by from Fluster's Creative Muster party.
Wow..,these project reminds me of that Home Depot commercial! and I think I have the perfect person to work on it this weekend! thank you so much for linking it to the Fluster Buster party this week!, have a great weekend, Lizy party-co host
Very cool, I can't wait to see it all grown in!
What a great idea! It looks great now but I can't wait to see it all grown in!
Wow Barb, it turned out beautiful .. and a heck of a lot less expensive then buying them premade!Thank you for linking to Raising Imperfection. Please come back Friday to see if you were featured. :)¤´¨) ¸.•*´ (¸¤ Lanaya | xoxo <a href="http://www.raising-reagan.comwww.raising-reagan.com<br />
I loved this when I saw it on Home Depot. Love yours with the great tips on how to do it easier. You give a better explanation than HD especially on how many flowers you used. Also I love the look of your address sign post and flowers below. It looks really pretty now and should look gorgeous when it fills in!
Very pretty and such great directions that I think I could do it!Thanks for sharing your favorite post at Raising Imperfection! We feature our favorites on Friday, make sure to come back and check.Leslie http://www.violetimperfection.com
I love how it turned out. So pretty! I've shared today on my blog: http://www.52mantels.com/2013/06/summer-food-craf…
I love this look! Question-do you think a tomato cage would work? Maybe cut down a bit?New Mrs. Adventures
I was thinking the same thing. The holes in a tomato cage would be bigger so maybe 2 plants per hole. I have seen these with veggies too.
Absolutely! Thanks for the suggestion. 🙂
How cool is that! What an awesome idea. Thanks for sharing at MOnday Funday!
What a great idea! I think yours is easier to make than the HD version.Very pretty!Thanks for linking to the Creative HomeAcre Blog Hop. We hope to see you again this Sunday!
Seeing your frugal and creative idea linked up at the Creative HomeAcre Hop was inspiring! Thanks for joining us and we hope you'll come and party creatively again on Sunday at http://mumtopia.blogspot.com/2013/06/Hop9thJune.h…. Best wishes, Alison (Mumtopia)
Great idea Barb – I'm going to try this whenever we finally get Spring (had snow on the weekend). Marie @ The Interior Frugalista
Can't wait to see it all filled in. I've never made a flower tower, but it looks like it will fill out and be really beautiful. Would love if you shared this on Merry Mondays Linky Party.