Container Gardening – DIY Stacked Terra Cotta Planter

Wahooo! Check out this stacked terra cotta planter I just put together this morning!

I was at the Home Depot {of course I was, where else would I be?} and I spotted these super cool terra cotta pots with ruffled edges and knew I just had to use the Home Depot card my MIL sent me for Mother’s Day and snatch them up.

Although the stacked terra cotta plants look cool now, just wait until the flowers begin to fill out and start trailing down the sides of the pots. It’s going to look amazing.

Putting this together was super simple. You can do it too.

First, gather up 3 flower pots in graduating sizes, a flat of flowers {even though I’m showing 2 flats, I only used about half of the flowers from each flat}, and a wooden dowel rod. Now the dowel rod is very important. Especially if you have animals or small kids, or who knows, maybe you’re kind of clumsy too. Anywho, the dowel rod will help prevent your pots from falling over and breaking once you get the whole thing put together.

Are you ready for the directions? They are super easy.

First, place you largest pot on the ground where you’ll be keeping it. Then, fill the pot with potting soil {I used my own homemade potting soil mix}. Insert the dowel rod so it it resting in the drainage hole of the pot.

Then, add your second pot, fill with soil, then your third pot and add soil to it as well. Once you get all the pots stacked and the soil in them, trim the dowel rod so it is level with the top pot.

Next add flowers all around the edges of your stacked terra cotta planters.

And viola! A masterpiece has been created.

Now all you have to do is keep your planter watered and sit back and enjoy the view.

Pretty cool, don’t you think?

~Mavis

What is YOUR favorite plant to use in outdoor containers? Mine are petunias, hands down.