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The weather is finally warming up and that means aspiring gardeners (or experienced ones) are looking to get their hands dirty with some fresh ideas.

Care2’s Becky Striepe gathered sixteen wonderful ideas for creating visually interesting container gardens for all kinds of spaces using upcycled materials you might already have around the house or yard.

1. Hanging Container Garden – If you’re handy with a drill, this is a pretty simple vertical planter that you can build to grow lots of small plants in limited space.

2. Recycled Canister Planters – Add drainage to old metal canisters, and you have instant beautiful planters! You can use old copper ones like in the linked tutorial or any other metal canister you can get your hands on, like the coffee tin in the photo at the top of this page.

3. Make a Chalkboard Pot – Some herbs – like flat leaf parsley and cilantro – can look very similar to each other. Instead of boring old plant markers, use chalkboard paint to turn a plain pot into a chalkboard pot that you can write on.

4. Grow a Salad Bowl – Salads are such a lovely spring meal, and you can grow your own salad mix in one container right outside your back door.

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Freshen up the garden!

Photo credits: Ben Uyeda and Becky Striepe