Plant pots made from recycled shoes, teapots, pallets. Concrete planters.

Some examples how to make plant pots from repurposed materials.

A collection of great ideas to recycle and repurpose household items into a pot for plants.
We have already posted several construction drawings of how to make planters from reclaimed wood.
Here we show some inspiration for plant pots made of materials that you would otherwise have thrown away.
There is nothing to buy, just use these containers as they are.
Fill them up with some good soil and insert a nice flowering plant.

Plant pots made from old shoes and boots.

Plants and flowers planted in colored boots from children. — Plant pots made from childrens boots.

Mini garden made in an old sneaker. — Tiny garden in an old sneaker.

Repurpused sneakers in use as plant pots, homemade planter examples. — Old sneakers in use as plant pots.

Ladies shoe recycled and repurposed as pot for plants. — Mini garden design with succulents planted in a pump.

Pallets are one of the most obvious materials for recycling as plant pot.

A pallet is in general completely free material and pallets are easily available.
This wood is a good choice as well because the planks have been treated against wood rot, insects and fungus.
On the other hand, this treatment is for some people a reason for not using pallets in the house.
It is true that in the beginning many pallets contained toxic substances for preservation of the wood.
Nowadays all europallets and most other palletwood is safe for use in homemade furniture.

Hanging plant pots suspended on a vertical pallet. — Pallets and gutter rings to support plant pots.

Planter made from repurposed pallet. — Flowers in a vertical rack for plants, made from a repurposed pallet.

Pallets are used to make this outside kitchen with integrated planters for herbs. — Outdoor kitchen with compartments for plants and made from pallets.

Repurposed scrap metal and household items in use as plant pots.

Inventive ideas to repurpose many not so obvious objects for planting flowers.
Some really great ideas for original plant pots, have a look for yourself.

Repurposed and reclaimed bathtub in use as outdoor planter. — Bathtub as mini garden on the terrace.

Reclaimed car wreck in use as garden planter bed. — Old car wreck top chop and converted into plant bed.

Planter made in an old wooden cart. — Old cart repurposed as plant pot.

Practical use of old pram as holder for plant pots. — Pram repurposed as moveable container for plant pots.

Planters made from old teapots, repurposed as plant pots. — Plant pots from teapots.

Food cans repurposed as planter pots hanging on the wall. — Living wall made with plant pots from empty food cans.

Old car tyres used as planters.

A very common way to repurpose worn tyres is using them as container for plants.
See some great examples and very easy manners for the recycling of old car and truck tyres.

Street furniture design with repurposed car tires as planters. — Reclaimed car tires in a vertical garden rack.

Repurposed and reclaimed tires in use as a wall garden. — Wall garden made with reclaimed tires.

Scaffolding boards are fantastic for use as material for homemade furniture.
We have compiled several construction drawings how to make planters from scaffolding.

Free construction plans for home made scaffold furniture.
Plant pots and containers made from repurposed materials.

Repurposed as planters, recycled pallets and scrap metal converted into original plant pots. Make containers for plants from cement. Recycled and reclaimed.