It's a shame to use terracotta pots only for growing flowers: 8 creative gardening uses

If you're a gardener who loves DIY, then you can use the following 8 creative ideas to decorate your balcony or yard, making your home look more elegant and natural. These ideas are all made with terracotta pots, the materials are very inexpensive, and the finished items are all very practical.

1. Vertical hanging flower pots

This idea is very charming: use a thin iron rod to thread terracotta pots together, choose terracotta pots with relatively large drainage holes, and plant a different plant on each level. Petunias are a great choice, paired with some Madagascar periwinkle, variegated greater periwinkle and rosemary, etc.

2. Terracotta pot creations

Thread terracotta pots of different sizes together to turn them into cute flower pot figures. Placing them in the yard will make it look especially artistic. These little figures will make your gardening life more fun, and they are also fairly simple to make.

3. Mushroom ornaments

Terracotta pots can also be used to make mushrooms. Use terracotta pots of different sizes to make a cap-shaped terracotta pot mushroom; the pot needs to be painted with color and white round spots to make it look a bit special.

4. Terracotta pot bird drinking station

You can transform terracotta pots into a fresh and natural little bird drinking station, hung in the air. The drainage hole of the pot is directly blocked and secured with a hanging rope, after which it can be hung in the air. Holes also need to be drilled in the pot so the water inside can flow out, and the tray on top can be lifted off to add water.

5. Terracotta pot hanging planter

You can prepare 20 or so terracotta pots of the same size, then thread them together to make a wreath-shaped vegetable tower.

Before making it, you need to prepare more than 20 terracotta pots, some sphagnum moss, wire and succulents. Thread the terracotta pots together, and the containers with their tops facing up can be planted with small plants.

6. Succulent flower tower

Making this succulent flower tower requires a great deal of effort, and later care will be relatively difficult, so beginners are not advised to make this creation.

You also need terracotta pots of different sizes, a thin iron rod, succulent soil and various succulents. After planting, do not water at first; keep them in a ventilated, shaded place for one or two weeks, then gradually expose them to light.

7. Turning terracotta pots into a fountain

Making terracotta pots into a small clear-water fountain is also a good idea, but you need to prepare an extra small water pump and drill holes in the tray. If the holes in the terracotta pot are not big enough, you need to drill them yourself.

Plant plants in the top container, and it looks especially natural and fresh, with a feeling of a small stream babbling along.

8. Painted clay pot figures

These are all made from ordinary terracotta pots, and they all look especially cute, but as long as you have some hands-on ability, you can easily make even better works from terracotta pots yourself.

The tools used include rope, potting soil, plants and terracotta pots. The finished terracotta pot figure can be placed in a spot with relatively more light, because the flower pots on top can all be used for growing flowers, which is especially fun.