Trash to Treasure

Get creative by recycling your old castaways into beautiful treasures for your garden! We had a few fun finds lying around the Garden Center and recycled them into unique planters. The options are endless and inspiration can be found anywhere! Here's a few of our favorite recipes to get you started...

SCOTTS SPREADER:

1 cu. ft. bag of McDonald Potting Mix
1 5lb bag of Greenleaf Fertilizer 12-4-8 (1/2 cup used in planter)
2 Petunias
1 Solenia Begonia
2 Trailing Red Mezoos
1 12x6-inch piece of Weed Fabric

  • Line the spreader portion with weed fabric to prevent soil from falling out of the spreader and to allow proper water drainage.
  • Fill the spreader with McDonald Potting Mix and ½ cup Greenleaf Fertilizer
  • Plant the Solenia Begonia in the middle, back as the thriller. Plant two petunias to the left and right of the Begonia as the filler. Plant Mezoo Trailing Red as the spiller..

CRAB POT:

1 cu. ft. bag of McDonald Potting Mix
1 5 lb bag of Greenleaf Fertilizer 12-4-8 (1/2 cup used in planter)
1 Cocoa Liner (12-inch round) or Spagnum Moss
1 Hens and Chicks
1 Sedum
1 Pennisetum Karley Rose
2 shells for decoration
1 fish net for decoration

  • Open up a hole in the crab pot and use the cocoa liner to line the hole. (Note: Spagnum moss could be used for this step.)
  • Fill the liner with McDonald Potting Mix and ½ cup Greenleaf Fertilizer.
  • Plant the grass as the thriller in the middle, back. Plant the sedum as a spiller and Hens and Chicks as a filler.
  • Decorate the crab pot with shells and a fish net.

MILK JUG:

1 cu. ft. bag of McDonald Potting Mix
1 5lb bag of Greenleaf Fertilizer 12-4-8 (1/2 cup used in planter)
1 8 qt bag of Perlite
1 Croton
1 Million Bells
1 Dichondra
1 Pennisetum Rubrum

  • For a large container, you can fill half of the container with perlite so it is not as heavy.
  • Add McDonald Potting Mix and ½ cup Greenleaf Fertilizer to the remaining half of the planter.
  • Plant the grass as the thriller in the middle, back. Plant million bells and croton as a filler and the Dichondra as a spiller.

{ Happy Gardening! Posted by McDonald Garden Center, July 5, 2010 }