Things You'll Need:
- old wooden chair
- chicken wire
- nails or strong tacks
- burlap or sphagnum moss
- soil
- plants
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Step 1
Select a chair. Consider the style of your garden and weather you want the planter to be small or large. Children's chairs are charming in the garden. Chairs with tall backs will look elegant and provide support for climbing plants. Also, cane or cloth cushion chairs are easier to work with because you will not have to make a hole in the seat once the main seat material has been removed.
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Step 2
Buy other materials for the chair container. The planter inside the seat can be made with chicken wire or any other sturdy mesh material. It will have to be lined to keep the soil from leaking out so purchase either sphagnum moss or burlap.
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Step 3
If the center of the seat is not removed, pull it out. Make sure there are no stray bits of wicker and that the wood on the seat is clean and ready to work with.
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Step 4
Measure the hole in the seat and consider how much extra material you would need to make a bowl shaped chicken wire piece for the center of the chair.
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Step 5
Cut the material and shape it into a bowl that will fit into the center of the wooden chair.
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Step 6
Attach the chicken wire to the chair. Wrap the chicken wire around what is left of the seat frame and use nails or strong tacks to hold it in place.
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Step 7
Line the chicken wire with sphagnum moss or burlap. Make it thick enough that the soil will not fall through.
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Step 8
Add soil to the new chair seat container and start plat your flowers, herbs, or vegetables.
