Anyway, for all these years (and there have been LOTS of years) I have thought about planting succulents in real shoes. My blogger friend Cinde has a shoe garden she calls "garden of lost soles" and has inspired me to finally use that idea that's been in the back of mind for far too long.
So.....a few succulents.....
Some potting medium...........
And, the star of the shoe, er show................
Fill the toe areas with a little moss........
Add some sole, er soil.....................
Stick in a succulent...............
And this is what you get!
These shoes already look better and all they have is potting medium!
Add a couple trailing succulents in these....................
These bowling shoes were working shoes in their first life....now they have a new job!
After I got home from the thrift shop with the shoes I was a little disappointed to realize these were terra cotta colored and may not look like real shoes :(
Once filled they REALLY looked like shoe shaped clay pots. Bummer...
Water them down and they look MUCH better :)
My little collection. Now what to do with them. I considered grouping them all together but decided to incorporate them into my bromeliad borders since there are some sparse areas. The beauty of these is that they can easily be moved if I changed my mind - much different than planting something in the ground.
3 comments:
Oh, gosh, Vickie, when I first saw the shoes I was wondering how they would acgually look, but man they are adorable! I love the variety of shoes, and even the white ones turned out well. I like how you arranged them in and around your broms! What a fun project!!! I may need to trade in my tires for shoes!!! LOL.
Cool idea, I am starting to plant succulents too. I got a book that peak my interest.
Love your succulent planters. My favorite is the pair of shoes that look like terracotta pots. You placed them nicely in the garden, too.
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