Ideas on School Plant Holders

Senior Class

• One idea for decorating a school planter is to allow a graduating senior class to write their names, their year and their favorite slogans or sayings on a large clay, concrete or ceramic planter. These types of planters can be bought at most stores or plant nurseries and come in a variety of colors. Students should use outdoor ceramic paint or paint specifically made for concrete. To finish up the project, the class can also plant their own bush or sapling tree in the planter which can later be transplanted to the school yard when it grows too large for the planter. This can also become a tradition, with each graduating class planting their own tree and decorating the planter.

Kindergarten Class

• A fun project for a kindergarten class could be to decorate a large plant holder for the school with their handprints. This can also be made into a school tradition with each new class making their own planter for the school. Students will need supervision from their teacher, and a large supply of ordinary finger paints. The planters should be large enough for each student to make a hand-print all around the pot.

Vegetable Garden

• Another idea for school plant holders is to allow a class to plant a vegetable garden inside the planters. This can be a fun project for almost any class, and teachers can even allow the students to take home the produce or donate it to a local food bank or soup kitchen. Students can use planters of varying sizes and decorate them with paint designs or their names. They can plant vegetable plants such as corn, broccoli, cherry tomatoes or green beans.

  After the students have harvested their garden, the planters can be used again for flowering plants.

Rocks and Shells

• If your school is located in an area where it is difficult to grow things, or there isn't someone available to take care of live plants on a regular basis, there are other things you can fill school planters with. This can include decorative stones and pebbles or even seashells and beach glass. Add silk or plastic plants to provide a bit of greenery that doesn't need constant care.

  Decorative stone can be purchased in most garden supply stores and seashells and beach glass can be purchased at craft shops.