How to make a Container Garden in an Old Bath

I purchased this old bath some time ago from a 'Rastro' (second hand shop) in Spain - you may be able to find one in a thrift store or 'by the road'?

A couple of years ago we renovated our front garden. But.... obviously you have to wait a while for some plants to grow and thought using some artificial flowers would be a nice idea and not too difficult to do and would give the house some instant 'curb appeal'.

I initially purchased the silk flowers to put into the bath to brighten it up immediately until some of the other plants grew. This year I thought I would change the artificial flowers with some more fresh plants that had already got some small buds ready to flower and some succulents. So... this year I have managed to create a small container garden in the old bath.

This was very easy to create. I purchased a bag of 'soil based compost' from our local gardeners with a variety of flowering plants and some succulents. First of all I drilled 3 small holes in the bath and placed some gravel over them and then filled the bath with the compost and placed the plants inside, making a nice arrangement and then gave them a watering. I let the water soak for a while. You will see that the bath also has 'feet' so this will enable some good drainage.

Once that was completed I purchased a bag of white small stones to decorate on top of the soil.

This only took about half an hour to complete. I hope you like it?