Mini Hosta Tool Box Planter

Have I convinced you that Mini Hosta are just as cool as succulents yet? If I haven’t made you a fan yet, maybe my mini Hosta Tool Box will do it.

I mentioned a trip to Picker’s Pig Pen in my last post, what I didn’t mention was this fabulous old tool box. It was exactly what I was hoping to find. It has just the right amount of rust and it’s perfectly battered. One of the cutest succulent planters I’ve seen on Pinterest is an assortment of succulents in an old tool box. I needed a tool box so I could reproduce that planter with mini Hosta!

I only paid $20 for everything I got Saturday and honestly the table base was worth that easily! So these two boxes were pretty much free. Even the bit of tool box rubble was free! Old drill bits and miscellaneous screws. You know the stuff!

Both metal boxes were cleaned up and I drilled drainage holes in them with a drill bit meant for metal. When you are drilling in metal it helps to have some wood underneath that you don’t mind drilling into. There still might be some burrs, but the holes turn out much neater.

The Tin Box

I planted the galvanized box with creeping jenny and a Hosta ‘Waterslide’. Waterslide isn’t a true mini, but it is a small hosta. Mine is even smaller than it should be because I almost killed it a couple of years ago so it’s coming along.

The Tool Box

I planted the tool box with a green and white mini Hosta and some Dichondra ‘Silver Falls’. But I didn’t stop there…

I spray painted some brushed nickel house numbers to attach to the lid of the toolbox.

So have I convinced you that Mini Hosta are cool yet or do you need more proof?

I’m still on the lookout for an old bird cage and a metal chair so I can replicate those looks too. I’ll make a convert of you guys yet.

13 thoughts on “Mini Hosta Tool Box Planter”

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  2. Vanessa, I adore your toolbox planter. I have similar tool boxes–even the same color–that I planted for the 4th of July a few years ago, but I really love your addition of the address numbers! Thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm–pinned!

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  3. I love hostas and repurposing containers so this is my kind of project! Looking forward to featuring you this week on Tuesday Turn About.

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  4. Well, I’m going to check out some other posts of yours that are about Hosta… I’m very curious! Super cute project! So glad you found Tuesday Turn About… hope to see you each week!

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  7. Mickie McHale says:

    You have such great ideas! Thanks for these articles I love the info you provide. Your articles are easy to read and fun.

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    1. Thank you! Sometimes the ideas are completely my own, but I have to give Pinterest credit for this one!

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