There will be a fabulous prize for the best
painted pot in Merseyside
Yellow glass candle, pounds 4, and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen gold etched glass candle, pounds 6, both Matalan, red glass filled candle, pounds 3, Asda,
painted pot candle, and white ceramic star candle holder, pounds 1.
A powder-blue
painted pot combines beautifully with the deep blue blooms.
Terracotta and T
painted pots can be purchased at reasonable prices from most garden centres.
Grinding stones,
painted pots, granite tools and other items were among the findings.
As well as
painted pots, St John's has organised armies of knitters to take up their needles and make teacosies.
Pack a stylish container - galvanised or white
painted pots are a good choice for a white theme - with fragrant hyacinths, heathers, cyclamen, polyanthus and pansies, plus use white variegated ivies to trail over the edges.
Fill
painted pots with potting soil; mix in controlled-release fertilizer.
Herb and aromatherapy gardens and hand-
painted pots start at $35.
On June 6th at Le Colonial, 100 hand
painted pots created as gifts for children fighting blood cancers will be on display.
Around 35 families planted and
painted pots for gardens close to the local school.
The
painted pots will be judged by a local Marie Curie Cancer Care fundraiser and the winning pupil will be awarded pounds 50 worth of book vouchers for their school, provided by Yellow Pages, and a Children's Three Piece Mini Tool Set, donated by Homebase.