We had such a gorgeous weekend that I spent some time working outside cutting back things, pulling up weeds and making a pretty little spring garden in a window box for the barn.
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Have some fun with your window box! You don’t only have to plant flowers!
How I Made My Spring Window Box
Materials:
Potting Soil Mix
Spring Blooming plants (choose ones depending on the location of your window box sun vs shade plants)
Select plants of different heights
Plastic to line your window box
Optional: Plates, ceramic mushrooms, anything to add a bit of whimsy
Directions:
1. Line your window box with some plastic (I used a Target shopping bag, garbage bags are good too) and add holes if you have drainage holes in your window box.
2. Fill your window box with potting soil mix to about an inch or 2 from the top (you’ll add more soil after you plant your flowers)
3.. Most potting soil has fertilizer mixed in but if not you’ll want to add some to the dirt like Oscomote or use a liquid fertilizer when you water later on
4. Lay out your plants in your container until you have them the way you want
5. Take your plants out of their containers and gently loosen the roots and plant.
6. Add additional dirt so that the root system is totally covered
7. Water your newly planted Spring Window Box!
I used two vintage plates that had seen better days, some violas and a few spring blooming flowers from the grocery store in my window box (I’ll plant them in the yard when they die since in my zone they will come back next year).
This is planter that my husband made for me from an old window and some scrap lumber.
I love mixing in some fun elements in my gardens – especially plates!
My red barn is one of my favorite things in my yard and I thought it deserved a bit of prettying up with some Spring flowers.
Hope you all are seeing signs of spring where ever you are!
Aw, so cute, Manuela!
Brenda
This is beyond adorable Manuela! These pics look like something right out of a magazine!
Love your touches of Spring! Have not seen anything in bloom around here, but have not been out and about the last couple of days.
Have a great week.
Thanks for sharing your Spring! We are supposed to have the warmest temps in 3 months here today and then it will take a nose dive and get very cold again. So, Spring is still on hold for me! But, I think your window box is very cute!
Very pretty!
Love it! We have been outside ALL weekend clearing and cleaning:) Have a blessed week dear friend, HUGS!
It so pretty! Ah, giving me hope of Springtime!
How pretty! It really pops against your wonderful red barn!
Very pretty and Springy, Manuela! I can’t wait to some bulbs start coming up here.
I haven’t seen any sign yet but it will be here in about two weeks, usually right after my son’s birthday. Love your pretty window box!
So dresses up your little red barn. Completely charming…
What a beautiful, charming window box! I love how you used the plates in it. Violas are my favorite spring plant but it’ll be awhile before we see any here at the garden centers or are even able to use them outside. It’s sunny here and supposed to get up to 53 degrees, which is the highest temp we’ve seen in many months. Feels glorious. I just had all my windows open!
The colors in your flower box are just brilliant!! And I love that you used the plate as well. Blessings, Cindy
Very pretty Manuela, now if spring would make its arrival to Northern NJ we would be set.
Cynthia
What a darling display! So many interesting things to look at an!
Wow! The colors in your window box and the red barn behind–amazing. I love springtime!