Hubby has been wanting to make some concrete planters for quite some time and much to my delight he finally got around to doing it.
Observe the completed concrete pots.
Aren’t they lovely?
Of course, they’re even lovelier with plants in them.
If you are interested in making your own, it’s a fairly simple process. Especially for me, since all I did was watch and take notes.
Supplies:
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- Quikrete
- Water
- Large bucket for mixing
- A trowel
- Gloves
- Dust mask
- Non-stick cooking spray
- Plastic containers of various sizes to use as molds (we found tons at our local dollar store
- Wine corks (optional)
Instructions:
Pretty please wear a dust mask and gloves to protect yourself. Once you’ve got your protective gear on, mix the Quikrete with about equal parts water in a large bucket. If you are wearing gloves, you can mix using your hands. You want a kind of oatmeal/cottage cheese texture.
Spray the inside of your bottom larger mold and the outside of your inner smaller mold generously with non-stick cooking spray to make the process of removing the molds easier when the time comes. I know it sounds confusing, but perhaps a visual will help.
Your bottom container needs to be larger than your inner container for obvious reasons. Once you’ve sprayed both of your containers with non-stick cooking spray, put a layer of the concrete mixture in the bottom of the larger container, as thick as you would like the bottom of your concrete planter to be.
If you want to add drainage holes, place some wine corks that have been cut to size in that bottom layer of concrete. Later you can cut the corks out and you’ll be left with drainage holes.
Once you’ve made the bottom layer the thickness you want, place the smaller container on top of it as pictured above and fill the sides in between both containers with the concrete mixture using your trowel. You can use a large rock to weigh down the inside container and keep it in place. As you can see, my husband added some small rocks for decorative purposes.
The concrete needs to cure for about three days before you remove the plastic containers, which will hopefully come off easily because you sprayed them with non-stick cooking oil.
All that’s left is for you to decide how you would like to fill your concrete planter.
Here are a couple of instructional videos with variations on the concept.
This one is for a basic concrete planter.
This one is for hypertufa pots, which are lighter than concrete.
Concrete planters age beautifully. I’m looking forward to seeing how ours become even lovelier over time.
San Francisco, CA
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