Nothing like a good book...
...To create an original flower pot that you will not risk finding at your friends' house.
This trick is a good reason to start reading cobblestones of 1000 pages!
Because it's a beautiful way to create stunning flower pots.
Replace its classic terracotta pots to offer its succulents a more literary cocoon...
It's the brainchild of DIY columnist-artist Russel Brown.
An ingenious and magnificent idea that he details in photos on the net.
- 1 old, beautiful and big vintage book.
- 2 or 3 small succulents, none that are really heavy and upright (the pot is shallow). Opt instead for low plants such as Graptoveria Titubens orGraptopetalum Pentadrum .
- A little bit of potting soil.
- 1 cutter
- 1 piece of laminated paper or plastic/garbage bag.
- Glue
- A bit of green moss, imitation or real, which you will find in specialist gardening or forestry stores.
1. Preparation:The day before, with white glue, roughly glue the pages of the book to the edge. They need to hold together better when the cutting stage comes.
2. The book opened on its first pages, comes the moment of cutting (see photos). Using a ruler and the cutter, I cut squares of the same size to obtain a hole of 3-4 cm. Sometimes you have to loosen the glue and proceed by group of pages. Don't worry if the result is rough, only the cutout of the very first square will be visible.
3. Use the plasticized paper or the piece of plastic bag to seal the hole and prevent water from damaging the paper. If the book is very thick, line the bottom of the hole with gravel that the succulents will appreciate.
4. This is the flower arranging stage. Not having a green thumb, I still managed to hold my tallest succulents upright. It is necessary to pack the soil well around their roots and place them in the corners. A little water can also help make the soil denser. The moss then covers the soil.
5. Still using the cutter, cut cleanly, following the contours of the hole, the laminated paper so that it becomes invisible. To do this, slide the ends that protrude under the visible page.
All you have to do is lightly water your succulents once a week using a spray. And be careful not to wet the first page so that it doesn't curl.
And there you have it, you have made a beautiful flowerpot out of an old book :-)
Succulents don't need a lot of water, but don't forget that they need sun.
Have you tried making this original DIY flowerpot? Let us know in the comments if it worked for you. We can't wait to read you!
