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Mexico City Reinterprets the Traditional Flowerpot with Salvaged Materials

07/18/2012
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  • Mexico City’s Creative Planting Bathtub
    One only has to walk a few blocks of Mexico City’s Roma district to notice street after street lined with curiously shaped planters. Rather than buying new pots to grow urban greenery, many residents of this neighborhood, and others like it, have salvaged unusual containers and converted them into hip and practical planter systems. Jump ahead to see some of our favorite creative planter ideas from this bustling city -- we're sure they'll inspire a few recycled flowerpot ideas of your own!...<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/mexico-city-reinterprets-the-traditional-flowerpot-with-salvaged-materials/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Mexico City's Creative Planting Planter
    One only has to walk a few blocks of Mexico City’s Roma district to notice street after street lined with curiously shaped planters. Rather than buying new pots to grow urban greenery, many residents of this neighborhood, and others like it, have salvaged unusual containers and converted them into hip and practical planter systems. Jump ahead to see some of our favorite creative planter ideas from this bustling city -- we're sure they'll inspire a few recycled flowerpot ideas of your own!...<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/mexico-city-reinterprets-the-traditional-flowerpot-with-salvaged-materials/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Mexico City's Creative Planting Coconut
    One only has to walk a few blocks of Mexico City’s Roma district to notice street after street lined with curiously shaped planters. Rather than buying new pots to grow urban greenery, many residents of this neighborhood, and others like it, have salvaged unusual containers and converted them into hip and practical planter systems. Jump ahead to see some of our favorite creative planter ideas from this bustling city -- we're sure they'll inspire a few recycled flowerpot ideas of your own!...<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/mexico-city-reinterprets-the-traditional-flowerpot-with-salvaged-materials/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Mexico City's Creative Planting Shoe
    One only has to walk a few blocks of Mexico City’s Roma district to notice street after street lined with curiously shaped planters. Rather than buying new pots to grow urban greenery, many residents of this neighborhood, and others like it, have salvaged unusual containers and converted them into hip and practical planter systems. Jump ahead to see some of our favorite creative planter ideas from this bustling city -- we're sure they'll inspire a few recycled flowerpot ideas of your own!...<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/mexico-city-reinterprets-the-traditional-flowerpot-with-salvaged-materials/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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Mexico City’s Creative Planting Bathtub

One only has to walk a few blocks of Mexico City’s Roma district to notice street after street lined with curiously shaped planters. Rather than buying new pots to grow urban greenery, many residents of this neighborhood, and others like it, have salvaged unusual containers and converted them into hip and practical planter systems. Jump ahead to see some of our favorite creative planter ideas from this bustling city -- we're sure they'll inspire a few recycled flowerpot ideas of your own!...

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