Re use and Recycle making a vertical Garden with a broken outdoor Chair

Finished product

I having been looking for a way to screen my pool pump so taking some inspiration from the vertical pallet garden I set to work making a vertical garden screen.

Broken Chair

I have had this broken outdoor chair laying around for a while, and have been looking for a way to reuse it.

Screwed together and oiled

I arranged pieces of the chair into a L shape. The tall part screens the cartridge filter while the lower will screen the pump.

I then screwed some 75 x 50 mm Fence railing that I had laying around to the outside edge

I then gave the whole thing a coat of oil and removed four wooden slats so the plants could grow through.

Attach Weed mat

I then lined it with weed mat. I attached the weed mat with a staple gun. this is what will hold the soil in place and stop it from spilling.

I left the bottom open for drainage but in hindsight I should of also lined the bottom and added some holes for drainage

Screw back on

I then screwed some ply wood to the back holding it all into place and was now ready to be filled with soil and planted out.

All Finished

I set in place using by driving two garden stakes in the middle. I then filled with soil.

Trying to plant it out set up in place was a little tricky using a Stanley knife I cut a small hole in the weed mat  then carefully squeezed the seedlings in.  

As mentioned before I left the bottom open for drainage.

It would have been better to enclose it so I could fill with soil then lay the vertical garden down flat to plant.

This would have been much easier and I could have left flat for a week or so for the plants to establish themselves before setting into place.

I was really happy with the results Can you see the pool pump?