DIY Wire Basket Flower Container Tutorial

I came up with this idea last year when I needed an easy way to line some old egg wire baskets I have. I’ve used the coco lined wire baskets before, but our climate here is very hot and dry during the summertime and I would have to water them pretty much daily to keep whatever I had growing in them from withering. The cotton pillowcase allows the soil to drain, but doesn’t dry out real fast.

Here’s what you’ll need to make this container:
Cotton Pillowcase
Egg Wire Basket (doesn’t have to be an egg basket; any wire basket will work)
Potting Soil (I like moisture control potting soil with fertilizer already added in the mix)
Flowers, or whatever you want to grow!

If your basket has a handle like mine does, you’ll need to cut the pillowcase on either side in order to accommodate it.

Put the pillowcase in the basket and arrange to fit. If the pillowcase is too long, that’s okay- just bundle the excess on the bottom of the basket.

Add the potting soil. If the potting soil is dry, moisten it a bit by putting into a bucket and mixing a little water into it.

Add the plants. The flowers I used are Nemesia Serengeti, Bacopa, and Alyssum. I was also going to use Marigolds, but decided not to because the flowers would get too crowded as they started to grow.