Bare ceilings, dreary walls and boring windows transform into vertical gardens with hanging flowers. You can easily have colorful flower fun at dizzy heights yourself. Be inspired by imaginative ideas and practical tips on how to hang flowers skillfully.
How can flowers be hung creatively?
To hang flowers creatively, you can tie ropes into hanging baskets, use wooden boards or halved coconuts as containers, glue pots into embroidery hoops or plant wide-mouth jars and secure them with rope. Tapestries with plant pockets or Euro pallets also offer creative possibilities.
Hanging flowers from the ceiling – ideas
If flowers dangle from the ceiling, lamps have faced spectacular competition. In the spartan clay pot, a clever holder gives the hanging flowers a creative flair. Hanging flowers in glass present themselves in a modern way. The following ideas may inspire your imagination:
- Make a hanging basket out of rope, place a flower pot in it and hang it on the ceiling hook
- Drill a hole in each corner of a wooden board, thread sisal ropes (€11.00 on Amazon), knot at the bottom and hang up with a flower pot
- Cut the coconut in half, fill in the substrate, plant the flower, drill holes on the edge for hanging cords
- Glue the flower pot into an embroidery frame with power glue, let it dry and hang it on the thick rope
- Plant a wide-necked mason jar with flowers, knot a sturdy rope around the neck and hook it to the ceiling
Hanging flowers on the wall – inspirations
When flowers hang with their floral backs to the wall, a variety of design ideas bubble up. Take the following suggestions as an opportunity to create your own creations with the blooming WOW effect:
- Sew or buy a tapestry with plant pockets, plant it with flowers and hang it on the wall
- Wrap flower roots with moss in a ball shape, secure with ribbons and attach to the room wall with rustic ropes
- Attach a wooden slat to the wall, plant mason jars, empty cans or small vases with flowers and hang them on the wood with wire loops
Europallets are popular for the rustic living style, which are converted into hanging beds and attached to the wall with nails.
Hang flowers in the window – extra tip for orchids
If the windowsill is crowded, flowers like to rise into the air. The Vanda orchid is a prime example of a hanging window decoration with furious flowers. In the slatted basket on the fastening wire, the orchid floats bare-rooted behind the glass pane. Enveloped by Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides), the royal flower is well protected from drought stress.
Tip
The flower pot and vase have a break when you hang an amaryllis. It's thanks to the thick, hollow stems that you can let these flowers dangle from the ceiling without a pot or soil. Simply pull a string with a sewing needle through the flower stem, knot it and hang it from the ceiling. You can read detailed instructions here.
