Here are some of my attempts at container planting. I loved the idea of taking a "trash and making it a treasure". This is literally what I did with this old wash tub. It was on the back of the garbage man's truck when he drove up and I asked him for it. Yes...I asked for garbage OFF the truck. LOL Here's the before and after of planting some pansies and petunias in it. I also "planted" a wash board to give it a bit more character.

Here's the before planted the first part of June 2004. It always looks so pathetic when you only have a few things in there. Be patient as by July 5th......




This is what it looked like. You have to remember that you need to leave room for growth and that over crowding in the beginning will make your display look too busy in the end.



As you can see by the after shot, I had to remove the wash board as the flowers took over. LOL But that's o.k. It was the wonderful colors of the flowers that I loved to see and not all the accessories.