By just a few slip stitches, you may create a lovely turquoise (or any other color of your choosing) crochet plant container. Get the instruction here.
Autumn Leaves Crochet Plant Hanger
There are eight leaves made of crochet in various autumnal tones on this versatile Mason jar hanger. This can be used as a plant or candle holder, at your discretion. The concept was found here.
Planter Hanger
With the exception of patterns and techniques, all crochet planters are essentially the same. Play with the designs to make a hanger that is all your own. Here are the instructions.
Crochet Pot Holder
Create the lovely crochet pot holder below for your plants. Attach twine to the top of the holder to hang it. The free crochet plant hanger design may be found here.
Macrame Inspired Crochet Plants Hangers
This project is undoubtedly comparable to several of the above DIYs. You can use your imagination to make it more distinctive, though. View the instructional video here.
Finger Knit Hanging Plant Holder
You can make a beautiful crochet hanger garden indoors or outdoors using all of these creative crochet planter hanger designs! This idea’s DIY can be found here.
Measure and Cut the Cording
Get an approximate measurement of the length of the macrame hanging plant holder first (i.e., how far down you want it to hang). For extra assurance that it won’t be too short, add an additional 12 inches to this dimension. Cut eight cording strands that are equal at this length.
Align one end of each of the eight pieces, then knot the ends (as shown in the photo below). This will be the plant holder’s bottom tassel.
Measure the height of the pot or globe you want to hang from the macrame holder as well while you’re using the measuring tape. Add one inch, subtract it, then divide the result by two. As a result, you can roughly predict how far apart your knots will be in the following steps.
Tie the First Row of Knots
Spread out the four groups of two cords each from the eight cording pieces (as shown in the photo below). Each set should be tied off by about one inch from the tassel knot. At this time, it will resemble a flower somewhat.
Tie the Second Row of Knots
The distance between your knots should then be determined using the measurement you performed in step 1. Take the left chord from one set of cording, take the right cord from the set that is directly to its left, and tie them together, spacing the knot from the first row of knots according to your measurement. For the remaining three sets of cording, repeat this procedure.
Tie the Third Row of Knots
To tie a third row of knots, repeat the procedure you did for the second row. You should now detect a flower-like shape inside a square.
Place Your Pot or Globe Into the Plant Holder
Place your pot or globe on top of the cording after tying the third row of knots so the tassel is centered on the bottom of the container. Bring up all four sets of cording at that point. If required, adjust the container so that it hangs straight and the cords are positioned around it fairly evenly.
Hang Your Macrame Plant Holder
Your new macrame plant stand can be hung from a bracket or ceiling hook. Fresh flowers, succulents, air plants, or even a candle can be placed inside the container.
How are hanging flower baskets made?
A hanging basket can be used for a number of purposes, such as to decorate a front porch or cover a blank wall. Whatever their intended use, they provide a chance to experiment with plant combinations and provide a riot of color. There are fewer places to cultivate as the landscapes of today get smaller. Expanding your gardening horizons could be as simple as planting a hanging basket. It is also among the simplest methods to link your home and yard.
In hanging baskets, trailing plants are typically utilized, with three of the same kind put at the top. Another approach to create a hanging garden is to use a basket with open sides and plant the sides as well. Using this method, I may use three to four times as many plants as I would in a conventional basket. To give the appearance of masses of color and texture, I typically utilize a mess of clumpers and trailers. In order to create interest throughout the growing season, I also mix in a few plants with outstanding foliage.
Choose a basket
Size, or in this case, volume, matters when it comes to baskets. If you choose a basket that is too tiny, you’ll need to water at least daily and probably more frequently because the volume of the basket directly affects how much water your hanging garden can hold. Taller columns or posts may look more in proportion to your home or landscape when they are wrapped in a larger basket. I use baskets with open sides so I can make checkerboard-shaped openings in the liner for planting.
Insert a liner
You might need to overlap two rectangular sheets of liner to completely cover large baskets. The exact lengths will vary on the size of your basket, but be sure to leave enough excess material so that some soil will spill over the edges when the basket is full of soil. The bottom of the basket’s liner should be overlapped for the additional benefit of reducing water egress. View available liners here.
Build a base layer of potting soil
Put some top-notch potting soil in the bottom of your basket to start. In order to have a solid background to cut against while cutting the slits for the first row of plants, press it against the bottom and sides of the basket. When you’re finished with this phase, the dirt should be 4 to 6 inches above the basket’s base.
Insert a water reservoir
I put a vertical 8 to 10-inch portion of slotted black drainpipe, available at any hardware shop, to aid in aeration and watering. I modify the length to leave 2 to 3 inches above the final soil level exposed; doing so prevents the drainpipe from becoming clogged with potting soil during rainfall or irrigation. I position the pipe’s end so that it is about 4 to 5 inches above the basket’s base. Water will just drain out of the basket when the drainpipe contacts the bottom of the basket rather than flooding the area around it. The bottom of the basket is the first location to dry out, therefore the pipe directs the water there.
Plants should be arranged in a checkerboard pattern to give optimum coverage while maintaining visibility. After uniformly distributing the plants in the bottom row, arrange the following row’s plants so that they are between the ones below rather than directly above them. View the plants incorporated into this design.
Cut the liner and add plants
Make tiny cuts in the liner with a sharp tool slightly below the present soil level, then delicately poke the plant root balls through from the outside. The finest annuals to use are little plugs or cell packs since they reduce the amount of the pores in the liner, which prevents potting soil from spilling out or even causing young plants to wash out when watering. If you have to utilize larger plants, carefully remove the majority of the potting soil from the root system, compress the root mass into a torpedo form, and then slip it through the liner.
Continue planting to the top
Until you reach the top of the basket, keep adding layers of potting soil, making slits, and inserting rows of plants in a staggered fashion. Finish off your planting with a few annuals that are upright or perhaps some little grasses. Trim the liner so that a tiny portion hangs over the edge of the basket by 1 to 3 inches above the final soil level. As a result, there is less likelihood that watering will wash potting soil from the basket. After that, thoroughly immerse the entire basket.
For a macram plant hanger, how much cord do I need?
Making your own plant hangers in the style of boho chic is stylish and easy with macram, the knotting technique for rope. It’s a trend from the 1970s that has come back, and this time it’s even better. If you love plants, you’ll adore how these hangers will display your plants both indoors and outside.
Making your first DIY macram plant hanger could seem difficult at first, but after learning the fundamentals, it’s really fairly simple! Today, we’ll go over some fundamental knots and patterns that you can use to create a macram plant hanger.
The three fundamental knots we’ll use in the tutorial are as follows:
- Round knot
- Spiral or half-square knot
- Knot loop
If you’d need extra experience with these before you get started, try out this useful instructional on fundamental macram knots. We’ll go through each type of knot in the video.
Materials:
- 8 cotton cords totaling 15 feet in length (3.1mm thick)
- two brass rings
- two 5 foot lengths of rope
How are trailing hanging baskets made?
This attractive summer hanging basket with an orange theme is simple to build and includes diascia, fuchsia, and heuchera. To make things even simpler, use a coir basket that has already been formed. Whichever plants you select, as long as there are some to fill the center and some trailing plants to gently cascade over the sides, doesn’t really matter.
You Will Need
- Sweet Caroline Ipomoea (1)
- ‘Million Bells Cherry’ Calibrachoa (3)
- Tesco Purple Osteospermum (1)
- D. “Red Ace” Diascia (6)
- grass clippings, 36 cm metalware basket
- Peat-free, all-purpose compost
- Fertilizer with a slow release
Step 1
Place a pail on top of the basket, then fill it with wet grass clippings. An alternative is to purchase a pre-formed coir basket. Include a layer of plastic inside this to help preserve moisture.
Step 5
Prior to hanging the basket in its final location, give your plants a good watering and allow them to drain.
When it’s hot, dry, or windy, don’t forget to water your baskets at least once a day, if not more frequently.