DIY vertical indoor planter

Go green at home with hanging wall plants

Who said that indoor plants have to stand on a window sill or table? Take a look, for instance, at these stylish plant containers that simply hang on the wall. It’s really easy to create a vertical garden indoors like the one shown here, and it will give your home a fresh, green vibe! For our vertical garden, we used attractive-looking preserving which we creatively decorated using edding gloss paint markers. Their dazzling, opaque colours look amazing on all smooth materials, including glass. The colours are all smudge-proof and waterproof, which means you’ll be able to enjoy your vertical garden for a long time to come. To mount the jars on the wall, the most practical solution is to use clip top jars (see photos).

Images: MMOS

Category: Home decor
Products: Paint markers
Materials: Glass and mirror
Difficulty: Easy peasy
Downloads: Images (ZIP)

Step-by-step

Step 1

You can see everything you need at a glance in our photo. To create the words for our template, we simply experimented with various fonts on the computer before printing out our favourites in the size we wanted. In our example, we used edding 751 gloss paint markers in gold and pastel green. To mount the jars on the wall, adhesive hooks are very practical as there’s no drilling required.

Step 2

Photocopy the template in the size you want and attach it to the inside of the jar with sticky tape, so the writing clearly shows through.

Step 3

Next, trace over the outlines using the edding 751 gloss paint marker and colour in the letters. Before use, the marker needs to be activated as follows: shake the marker vigorously with the cap still on, then remove the cap, place the nib on absorbent paper and pump it up and down a few times until ink appears in the nib. Now you’re ready to get started (after use, always replace the cap securely and store the marker horizontally.) In our design, the word “green” has been decorated with tightly-packed dots around the letters.

Step 4

When it comes to mounting the jars on the wall, we recommend using adhesive screws to avoid the hassle of having to drill holes. Fix the adhesive screw to the wall where you want the jar to hang.