6 Creative Plant Propagation Station Ideas

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Closeup photo of a clear Ball jar of water with sprigs and cuttings growing roots. Held up outside with greenery in the background. Beautiful, lush and green!

During the summer months, many indoor plants grow quickly and benefit from regular trimming. Instead of tossing the cuttings, I like to root them in water and use them to create simple propagation displays.

Plants like pothos, monstera, spider plants, and coleus re-root especially well. Below are a few ideas for upcycled vases and plant propagation stations to inspire your next decorative plant project.

1. Spice Rack For Greenery

This thrift store spice rack was in sad shape, but with a fresh coat of paint and new pulls, it’s ready for a new life!

Thrift store makeover of a vintage wood spice rack that hangs on the wall and holds six spice bottle and has two pull out drawers at the bottom. This dated thrift store find was a dingy wooden piece missing the knobs to the drawers. Shown here upcycled into a beautiful and useful propagation station and given a fresh coat of aqua paint and new pull knobs that are rings in brass. Also added was a decorative applique painted aqua and has ornate edges and a faux key cut out in the center. The spice rack propagation station is hanging on a white wall with four of the six bottle with pothos plant cuttings for propagation. Below are plants and a stack of books.

2. Cigar Holder Plant Station

Test tubes make great little holders for propagating smaller cuttings, and this old thrift store cigar holder works great for keeping them upright and organized! It took a little measuring and searching Amazon to find these colorful plastic test tubes, but I love the pop of color.

A vintage wood cigar holder shown holding six plastic test tubes that are plastic and slightly see-through so you can see the roots of each plant cutting. The pastel test tubes come in pastel blue, green, yellow and orange to add a pop of color to this vintage holder.

3. Vintage Lamp Parts Vase

I found this decorative lamp part and vintage glass bottle at an antique store. I still have no idea what type of lamp this piece came from, or what the bottle once held, but I think they go perfectly, don’t you?

A clear, slender, vintage glass bottle filled with water and a plant cutting in a brass ornate holder that used to be a part to an antique lamp.

4. Bubblegum Machine Vase

If you find an old bubblegum machine, why not turn it into a vase? Find the full tutorial on How to Turn an Old Gumball Machine into a Vase here.

Photo of a gumball machine that has been repurposed into a plant propagation vase. The vase top has a leafy green house plant that overhangs the vase top and you can see the root system in the clear water. The gumball machine base vintage-style red with a metal front. The vase sits on a stack of aqua colored books on a wood table against a white wood slatted wall.

5. Pretty Vintage Mugs

I love these vintage Fire King milk glass mugs. They’re not very big, so not great for coffee, but they do look cute with a few plant cuttings in them!

Plant propagation in three vintage fire king milk glass mugs. Each white mug has a color flower design, on mug with a yellow flower, the center mug with a blue flower and the mug on the right with an orange flower. The mugs are filled with monstera and other plant cuttings on a counter with a cheerful bowl of peaches and blue sky from the window as a backdrop.

6. Condiment Holder Propagation Station

This ceramic holder from Goodwill may have been used for condiments and sauces. Although it was missing the accessories, I was able to find six clear glass jars, some from the recycle bin, that fit perfectly!

Upcycled ceramic condiment holder and tray upcycled into a propagation station using glass jars from my recycle bin in five different size to fit the scalloped shape spaces. Here the jars are filled with large leaf pothos cuttings in dark and spring green varieties with the sun dancing on the leaves.
Star divider used has two hand drawn lines with a star in the center, used as a content break and signals new or different content below. This doodle style illustration is in a medium charcoal gray.

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Spring Collected—Botanical Ephemera + Beachy Crafts + DIY Brooch Pin Bracelets

A small stick from outside used as a base for a mushroom scene. The stems of the colorful red, orange and orange-yellow mushrooms are nails. The caps are hand-painted clay with white dot details.
Spring Collected—Botanical Ephemera
Beachy wreath made from a thrifted twig wreath with green grasses combined with the twigs. In the center is a wood arrow shaped sign in a light green that has a metal shell and says 'BEACH'. The wreath and beach sign came from the thrift store and I just hot glued shells randomly to the twig wreath.
Beachy Crafts
Three finished brooch pin bracelets shown on a wood background.
DIY Brooch Pin Bracelets

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