DIY Plastic Bottle Vertical Garden

I’m feeling daring, so I specifically called Timothy Tilghman, a former colleague at Martha Stewart Living, who is now horticulturist at the much-heralded Untermyer Park and Gardens in Yonkers, New York, just minutes north of New York City. The property has quickly become a destination for gardeners, a getaway where visitors are wowed by bold, contemporary plantings—including ones in containers—in a dramatic, historic setting.A century ago, in 1915, Samuel Untermyer hired William Welles Bosworth, an Ecole des Beaux Arts-trained architect and landscape designer who designed Kykuit for the Rockefellers, to create the “greatest gardens in the world.” Soon after, they began exe

Kim is also founder of the garden business called EcoBeneficial, consulting on ecological landscaping and design, based in Westchester County, New York. She speaks nationwide to spread her passion for habitat-style plantings, and creates an occasional podcast series on the subject, and teaches at New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden and the Native Plant Center.Read along as you listen to the March 9, 2020 edition of my public-radio show and podcast using the player below. You can subscribe to all future editions on iTunes or Spotify or Stitcher (and browse my archive of podcasts here).Plus: Enter to win a copy of “The Pollinator Victory Garden” (affiliate link) by commenting in the box at the very bottom of the page.creating pollinator gardens, with kim eiermanMargaret: Welcome, Kim. I think we a

Create this hanging feeder for squirrels, using pine cones, peanut butter, and other important supplies. You’ll get the detailed How-to at Keaton The Foodie.

You just need glass tubes and jars to complete theseIndoor Vertical Garden Ideas, and the best part–These projects require only water as a growing medium, which means you don’t need to do a lot of care.

We all are aware that it’s difficult to recycle plastic and rather than throwing plastic bottles away, you can reuse them in creative ways. One of them is Growing Herbs in Plastic Bottles. It’s an innovative trash-to-treasure craft and can be completed in less than an hour!

This easy table modification all started because we live in cow country and where you have cows, you have flies. They drive me crazy in the summer so I am always looking for ways to deter them. The other day I was at OSH and the sales lady said that most herbs are a natural fly repellent. That got me thinking and this project was born. Now the jury is still out if this works on the flies but I love the end results anyway.

The small size of Tillandsia plants and their easy-to-grow nature makes them perfect for newbie gardeners. If you want to decorate your home with them, check out these Mini Vertical Garden Ideas with Air Plants!

If you ever wanted to bring a water garden indoors but stopped due to lack of space–try these tabletop water garden ideas and have these cute miniature centerpieces for decor.

Are you enchanted by those Dandelions? Today we are making some gorgeous lanterns from very humble materials: plastic bottles from your recycle bin, and paper!

These colorful blooms are a pretty addition to any outdoor space — and you don’t need to worry about watering or weather!

You can make plant pots out of anything–bottles, toys, cups, jugs, glasses are some of the examples. Find out some of the creative DIY ideas here.

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