Here is a fun easy project for everyone — Creat a unique rustic cloth planter for your front porch, lanai or just about anywhere. Purchase and organize all supplies prior to starting the pot-making process since the cement needs to be worked with quickly to prevent it from drying before you are finished. Make sure to wear old clothes, lay out a drop cloth, and work in a well-ventilated area as the project can get messy.
Here is the video tutorial from thehypertufagardener: Making the Draped Hypertufa Planter!
Items You might Need
- Kitchen style gloves with long cuffs
- Dust Mask
- Portland Cement (NOT concrete)
- Perlite
- Peat Moss
- Large Mixing Container (something long and shallow works best… like a rubbermaid container)
- Cloth to use for your project. This can be any old rag, dishtowels, burlap, whatever you have on hand.
- Plastic grocery bags
- Plastic Sheeting to place project on to dry
- A mold tall enough to drape your cement cloth over (5 gallon bucket, stacked nursery pots or any other tall item.
I tried to make these cement cloth pots but they didn’t come out like I wanted. Tried to fix them but to no avail. Stacked them in preparation of tossing them out and found a whole new way to show off and share them in a very different way. Wish I could show pictures. They are gorgeous.
Yes you can share that with us, thanks.