Garden Month has us looking for inspiration everywhere, even en route to the parking ramp. Less than one block yielded three garden-worthy ideas from the street that tweak the familiar in fresh ways.
Public Containers, Home Inspiration
This tub at the Mill City Museum evokes culverts, pipes and galvanized trash cans.
In a good way.
Simple wood boxes on casters would quickly separate spaces or create on-demand shade on a large patio or deck--or between apartment balconies. Just attach casters to any ready-made box and pop a pre-potted terra cotta inside.
One door down, a classic pattern got reworked in oxidized metal.
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Those round metal tubs look exactly like (and probably are) stock tanks... metal tanks that farmers use to water livestock. Growing up on a farm, we had plenty of them. My sister and I even had one just for us, to use as a swimming pool. I love seeing them in an urban setting!
view glamtart's profile
Yeah that one up top looks like a water trough
view Laura's profile
Oooh, I love the stock tank photo!
view r.b.z.'s profile
Does anybody know if it would be safe to plant edibles in a water trough like that, or are they coated in nasty chemicals? thanks!
view Claire K's profile
I think it would be fine to plant edible plants in the horse trough, provided you get a new one or know the history of a used one.
I believe they are made out of aluminum.
Love the idea, love it. Might copy it - on a smaller scale - for a patio planter.
view Janella13's profile
Very nice.
I think they're made of galvanized steel, not aluminum.
I agree, it would make a nice patio planter on a smaller scale!
view lightspeed's profile
Totally agree with earlier comments. . . if you have had livestock at any point in your life, those containers are reminiscient of water troughs, not trash cans! I've seen several lately; a local brewery here has a couple of different shapes of them in front, which makes a great display, but I have scrubbed out way too many to see anything but a water trough :-)
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Ditto Glamtart.
We had some for the cattle and the horses...
and another one rolled out on the lawn in the summer for a pool!
view clickchick's profile
Claire, if livestock can drink out of them, I think you can plant in them.
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