Thursday, August 21, 2008

Container Gardening Weekly Spotlight!

This week I wanted to dedicate to tyres. Yes, tyres. Now, I don't actually own any besides the ones on my bike. But when I was a kid, tyre planters and decoration were a proud possession of any neighbour who prided their front garden, and were usually handpainted and carefully placed on white pebbles (these rested on a bed of plastic).

If you fancy making your own, you can even find a tute here
by Ron. Here's an example of his work:

Here's some other examples

from here



oh lord, it's an entire flock!
Tyre Black Swans by Daughter of the Moon.
sourced from here

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