PLANTS FOR SALE

Back in October of 2019 I had an idea to start another business.  This is my 4th business I have started out of my home in 20 years.

So I'm once again working in my art studio that had become a store room over the last 2 years.  Tried cleaning out a lot of stuff to have room for my next project.  It is still overcrowded but I can at least have a small space on a table to create.

Since starting my front courtyard container garden I have grown lots and lots of ivy.  So much ivy that I started to give some away.  Then I decided to take some small cuttings and root them, plant them in small containers and sell them on Facebook Marketplace.

In order to keep the cost down, I thought I would use small containers that I can recycle from what I use at home.  I started with my coffee containers then used my butter containers then tried cat litter containers.  Finally decided to use Styrofoam cups.  I drill holes in the bottom of these containers and then paint and decorate them.  Then add the soil and the cuttings.  I am really enjoying this project and look forward to making a few dollars.

I purchased some cute supplies at the craft store but the cost will be too high in order to make a profit.  So the cups are a great idea.  They are 20 for $.98 while the butter, coffee, and litter containers are between $3 and $5 and not available to me for a length of time.  

So off I go... creating and painting - once again.

Today is a good day.

My small work space.

Getting some inventory ready for plants.

The painted cups fit perfectly in these containers.

These were only $.99 but are too small.

These are the coffee containers - also too small.

This is the bottom of a cat litter container covered with burlap.

UPDATE - 6 months later - April 2020

The plants that I was growing to sell are doing well on my back porch.  I won't be selling anything out of my home until the virus threat is over. 

Just love decorating those wooden containers.

UPDATE - 6 months later - October 2020

My plants are doing really well on the back porch.  

It's been a year since I started this project.

Would like to start selling soon.

These are 2 of my producers.

These are the other 2 producers.

This is a 6 hole container.

This is a 6 hole container.

These are the wooden containers.

It's hard to see the pretty little containers I decorated as the leaves  have grown so much.

My single container plants sell for $5.00.

The containers with 3 potting holes sell for $3.00.

The containers with 6 potting holes sell for $6.00.