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Weekend Recycling BBQ Flower Project

Posted on 26. Apr, 2008 by Tracey in My Veg Plot

Last week we cleared out the back of our garden and took the rubbish to the local household refuse site. However I decided to save our old rusty BBQ with pine under-shelf from a fate worse than the crusher and re-use it as a plant stand. My challenge was to hide the rust and add some colourful plants on a very small budget, so heres how I did it.

What you will need is:

1. An old rusty BBQ,
2. Some terra-cotta or plastic plant pots,
3. Lots of stones from the garden (ours has more than its fair share!),
4. Compost,
5. Cheap Plants from the market or local garden centre i.e. violas, ivy, dianthus, herbs.

Method:

1. Move the BBQ to its desired location,
2. Pot up the plants into the plant pots with the compost, add stones to the bottom of the pot for drainage.
3. Arrange the pots on the BBQ to hide the rust and to hang down over the sides,
4. Place the stones around the pots to build up a pebble beach effect.

The Completed Project should look like this:

BBQ Recycling Flower Project

This is a perfect idea for lifting a small area with a burst of colour and more importantly recycling an item which otherwise would have gone to landfill.
Try this project out for yourself.