I’m cursed with a black thumb, but I can appreciate an awesome garden when I see it. What’s better than a great vertical garden? A recycled one!

The Woolly Pocket Garden Company claims that “no woolly mammoths were harmed in the making of” these pockets. In fact, the breathable planters are made from recycled plastic bottles. If you have never planted a thing in your life, the tutorials and blog on the Woolly site seem to be idiot proof. Even I can follow them. If I wasn’t too lazy to garden.

You see things growing in unattended rain gutters all the time. So why not plant what you want? That’s what Suzanne Forsling of Juneau, Alaska did. The gutters in the photo were a Home Depot purchase, but I’ll bet it’s easy enough to find discarded gutters to reuse.

Here’s a really simple idea with a big “Wow, why didn’t I think of that first?” factor. Recycled tin cans! Hel-lo! Why didn’t I think of that first? Paint them any color you like. Just be sure to use rust proof paint. And maybe you don’t want to plant edibles what with the paint and all. From SleepyHappy via Craftzine.