| When you have your chair frame looking the
way you like it, fix a double layer of chicken wire where the seat used to
be, in a bowl shape. A heavy duty staple gun is ideal for this job.
Next line the chicken wire with a good layer
of pre soaked sphagnum moss as this will be needed to stop the soil falling
through the wire.
When you have a good layer of moss in place,
sit a plant pot saucer or small shallow dish on top of it, just to retain
a little of the water and stop it dripping through quite so much. Then fill
your moss lined chicken wire with soil or compost and add your plants.
Pansies look very good in these chairs, as does
a cushion of busy lizzies. Climbing plants such as sweet peas will wrap their
tendrils around the chair back giving another dimension to the display and
a couple of variegated ivies or other trailing plants would look splendid
curling down the legs.
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