How to Build a Brick Flower Planter

A brick flower planter looks nice around a tree or in front of a home. It is a place where you can show off those beautiful flowering Spring plants. Rose's,azeala's,daisy's,bluebell's all are nice pretty flowering plants.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• brick
• mortar
• trowel
• mulch
• flowering plants
• water

1. If you have some bricks laying around that you used for another project you can use them. No bricks around go to your local hardware store and buy some decorative bricks. They come in different colors red, or "Old Brick" which is a combination red,white and black colors. While your buying your bricks pick up some mortar mix and your trowel tool. Get a bag of wood chips to put around plant the flowers in the flower bed.

2. Arrange the bricks in a circle or square around a tree. If planting in front of your home make it a long rectangular flower bed.

3. Mix the mortar going by the directions on the bag. Usually it is mixed with plain tap water from the garden hose. After it is mixed well put some on the top of a brick. Then put another brick on top stack bricks up at least 4 high and continue to the next until your flower bed brick planter is done.

4. 
    
   pretty rose flower plants

   Plant in some beauitful Spring plants and water them well. They will add beauty and fragance to your yard.

Tips & Warnings

• Water Spring flower plants as necessary so they don't dry out
• Fertalize your plants every few weeks with liquid fertilizer made for plants
• Enjoy fresh flower outside and pick some for your dining table or office
• Weed plants when necessary
• If there's not much rain water plants daily

[geekmommy4]

on 5/8/2009 I also have some loose bricks that I could use. Thanks for the suggestion!

[ilivetoteach]

on 5/1/2009 I have some old bricks in my garage. I'm going to try this. *5