Indoor Gardening and Houseplants: Large Indoor Planters, 1 by HoosierGreen

HoosierGreen wrote:
Just came across this thread, so I may be too late to help... but, I built some large planter boxes when adding on a sunroom a few years ago. They have worked wonderfully. What I did was NOT fill the planters with soil. I took a tip from mall plantings and just put in large potted plants, adjusting the height with block so that they were all at "ground level". Then, I filled up all the gaps and spaces with cedar bark chunks. This way, I can rearrange, add, or remove plants without digging them up or disturbing others nearby. When a plant needs repotting, insect treatment, or summering outdoors, it's a cinch. It's worked wonderfully for me. I water the plants directly and the runoff is no problem since the brick planters are directly on the concrete floor, but the pots are "suspended". The cedar nuggets don't decompose quickly, but they can be replaced easily.

This photo shows how the planters were constructed. The next post shows the finished look.