DIY Hanging Flower Basket Made with Chicken Wire and Moss

One of my favorite things about living in the Pacific Northwest is the moss. Weird, I know. So when I was asked to do a Mother’s Day segment on New Day Northwest I was reminded of a moss lined hanging basket I saw earlier this year at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show. The vendor was charging $99. I made mine for a fraction of that {under $10!}.

Luckily we have about as much moss as one could ever want growing in our backyard, so putting together a few moss lined hanging baskets was a snap.

Supplies

• Chicken Wire {Home Depot sells it}
• Wire Cutters
• Garden Gloves
• Moss
• Potting Soil
• Flowers
• Pattern Piece {Draw out a large circle, make an X in the center and cut it in to 4 pieces}

Directions

Put on a pair of thick garden gloves. Place your 1/4 circle pattern piece on top of the chicken wire and cut along the edges {give yourself about an 1″ allowance}.

** Notice how I left the edges squared off? If you do that you will have a little extra wire to work with. You don’t have to do it but I find that shaping the basket is a little easier when I do. Fold chicken wire into a cone shape.

Tuck the pointy bits of wire over one another to create a cone shape.

Stuff wire cage about 2/3rd full with moss.

Add a wee bit of potting soil to the center and then tuck small bedding plants {alyssum and lobelia work great} out of a few of the chicken wire combs.

Add a larger, more showy flower to the top {geranium, gerber daisy, etc} and viola!

An inexpensive but awesome looking masterpiece!

Now, how easy was that?

~Mavis