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DIY Easy & Impressive Cork Planter Box
Posted: Jul 22, 2015
Next time you open one of our delicious wines, keep the cork! You can add a touch of elegant flair to your potted plants with this do-it-yourself cork planter box display.
What You Will Need: Planter box, a lot of corks, hot glue, potting soil, and plants. We recommend enjoying a glass of wine while DIYing… choose from our white, rosé, or red wines, all handcrafted from biodynamic grapes grown on our family’s two vineyards.
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Step 1: Choose a planter box of your desired size. Depending on where you put the planter box, and what types of flowers you put inside of it, consider having a plastic liner or holes in the bottom of the planter box to help with drainage. We wanted a rectangular shape, since we were creating these centerpieces for the long tables on our winery’s tasting room decks, located in Los Olivos, CA.
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Step 2: Glue corks onto the outside of the planter box. We chose white wine corks for our planter boxes, so that the corks were similar colors. Feel free to experiment with used red wine corks, which add a pop of color and different textures. We found that using hot glue worked best to adhere the corks to the wooden box frame.
![Beckmen cork planter colored corks](https://beckmen.imgix.net/blog/beckmen-cork-planter-colored-corks.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=562&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=900&s=79bab89560c727cf653de25048cb76b0 900w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/blog/beckmen-cork-planter-colored-corks.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=500&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=800&s=e400dfb0a6d7fb7f110878c24ebfada8 800w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/blog/beckmen-cork-planter-colored-corks.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=375&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=600&s=b8cf692360d182b46e99044e10e48262 600w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/blog/beckmen-cork-planter-colored-corks.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=250&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=400&s=939f80643810b9b61d1e2585c11eb1a7 400w)
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We used a pattern of two-by-two corks, alternating with vertical and horizontal patterns. You can arrange the corks so the logo and winery name face the same way, creating a consistent pattern, or randomly like we did.
![Beckmen cork planter dirt](https://beckmen.imgix.net/blog/beckmen-cork-planter-dirt.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=687&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=1100&s=f919a2a7792cd9defba3c2fcdcb18a3d 1100w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/blog/beckmen-cork-planter-dirt.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=562&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=900&s=3513e744eee47b49818ddd70f2f180d4 900w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/blog/beckmen-cork-planter-dirt.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=500&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=800&s=3f3d7ae46a19c34e991c13cee2e1053c 800w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/blog/beckmen-cork-planter-dirt.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=375&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=600&s=1eecfc5fe4ab3f97f81f5717e406e1c0 600w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/blog/beckmen-cork-planter-dirt.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=250&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=400&s=9dc832b4bff4292c8355d9231f932d5c 400w)
Step 3: Fill planter box half way with potting soil. Be thoughtful about what you’ll be planting and make sure you use an appropriate soil type.
![Beckmen cork planter succulents](https://beckmen.imgix.net/blog/beckmen-cork-planter-succulents.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1250&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=2000&s=193654429e21f69c8ed77f1e56483ff7 2000w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/blog/beckmen-cork-planter-succulents.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1125&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=1800&s=ff3828ff4ea09138be25033d5c259bf0 1800w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/blog/beckmen-cork-planter-succulents.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1000&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=1600&s=14c23185c65e3cc1acc2acc668dc116a 1600w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/blog/beckmen-cork-planter-succulents.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=812&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=1300&s=965214bc13b5c2a1649cabc7032a43e3 1300w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/blog/beckmen-cork-planter-succulents.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=687&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=1100&s=bcaaeccd715110e81a632d1602da7903 1100w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/blog/beckmen-cork-planter-succulents.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=562&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=900&s=d3e01fad11dbdef1d9434c8f444bee94 900w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/blog/beckmen-cork-planter-succulents.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=500&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=800&s=a2490b01698ede84374c9f62b2bfa35d 800w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/blog/beckmen-cork-planter-succulents.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=375&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=600&s=404ac6cc2595675f2d3e4a24223e52bb 600w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/blog/beckmen-cork-planter-succulents.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=250&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=400&s=c4cb68fd6022a468af38be4fa78eb09c 400w)
Step 4: The fun part…choose your plants! We used a variety of succulents because we loved the color scheme and the variety of textures, but any type of potted plant or flower will work. We chose succulents because our tasting room decks get a lot of sunlight.
![Beckmen cork planter filling](https://beckmen.imgix.net/blog/beckmen-cork-planter-filling.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=687&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=1100&s=07f584677081459a7c2ce8cf764905f6 1100w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/blog/beckmen-cork-planter-filling.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=562&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=900&s=e51ee0d3d2997920d075b9ec4fa0e5c0 900w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/blog/beckmen-cork-planter-filling.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=500&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=800&s=9423d4fbd0da90005c6f5c1429695a78 800w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/blog/beckmen-cork-planter-filling.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=375&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=600&s=e58eaf90e1a354e2ba1628860af9e3d8 600w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/blog/beckmen-cork-planter-filling.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=250&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=400&s=09a9fe19add292a790eb09344c20d007 400w)
Step 5: Plant your flowers or succulents, filling in gaps with leftover potting soil. Water lightly.
Your beautiful and simple planter box is complete! This is a great project that will continue to bring back memories of all the wines you’ve enjoyed.
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