I wanted some Floral Solar Light Planters to brighten up the steps down to my boat dock. I ran to Dollar Tree to purchase the floral foam, solar lights and my flowers. Because they didn’t have any suitable size plant containers, I had to make a run to Walmart to pick up the Matte Black Plastic Planters. I grabbed 6 at $4.99 each.
The first thing I did was glue a small sturdy box into the center of each planter and cut holes in the center to hold the solar lights. Once the glue dried, I crumbled up some packing paper to fill in the empty space in each container and began adding floral foam to each container for the flowers.
I ended up buying some Sphagnum Peat Moss at Walmart to give my planters a more finished look which you will see towards the end of this blog post. Technically, this is the stage that I would have added the moss, but I did it as an after thought adding it at the end, which was a bit more tricky.
I gathered the flowers and greenery I chose for each planter…
After removing all of the plastic tags, I grabbed my wire cutters and began adding the flowers, shaping each floral planter as I went. If you’ve never done floral arranging, think balance, so that no matter what angle the arrangement is, it looks even. Hope that makes sense…
Oh and the sun here in Phoenix is gruesome during the summer, so I sprayed all of the flowers with a UV Protectant spray to keep them from fading. (I found it on Amazon). I then placed each planter on my steps going down to my dock and waited patiently for the solar lights to do their thing. When they came on, I did a happy dance! This entire project came together for under $60 bucks! I hope this post inspires you to bring some color to your outdoor spaces! No watering or fertilizing for these pretty babies!
