Dish garden. Photo: Daisy Cottage
Dishes add color and whimsy to the garden.
This is truly a project that anyone can afford and anyone can do. All it takes are a few stray colorful dishes and a little digging.
Kim of Daisy Cottage dug a trench a few inches deep, set the plates and added the dirt back in for support. Plates can be set edge to edge or overlapping as shown. Chipped plates are ideal, just hide the chipped portion in the dirt.
The dishes can be used to showcase plants or corral herbs or line a walkway.
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Photo: Daisy Cottage
Can't find a plate in the color you desire? Spray paint is the solution.
If you don't have any garden worthy dishes, ask your family and friends or search thrift stores and garage sales. Plates can be purchased for as little as a nickel.
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Comments
While I think this is a lovely way to edge and frame a little flower bed, I wonder if it is necessary to remove ea plate when it comes time EACH week to mow and weed-eat ?
Thank you Renee for sharing about the dish garden! We have not needed to remove the dishes to trim the yard... there is enough of a dirt and mulch edging in front of the dishes to keep them safe.
The plates are a wonderful idea. I would have never thought of it. I love your ideas, and it is something not everyone does. Keep up the great work. I'll be checking back regularly.
I have had plates lining my front flower beds for about 8 years now. I used all white (with touches of color in their patterns) and they give sort of a lace look. Wonderful with my painted lady Queen Anne cottage! We have had a few break, but in 8 years of Nebraska winters, husbands and teenage sons mowing, and three year old flower pickers, that is to be expected!
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