So many of ‘our style‘ gardeners have shared their rusty containers and junkola that we want to show you more rustic rust in the garden and how the owner’s found them. If you have rust in your garden, you’ve already joined this fun and mythical ‘club.’
Melody West says, “This is an old mining cart from where my husband works, the shovel is from his dads house and so is the lunch box the amethyst was given to us. If we ever move it goes with us.” Collecting rust from family history makes the garden meaningful.
I found this rusty paint bucket at a junk yard in the California Gold Country. It’s just the right size for a planting container, shown here with Purple petunias and amethyst alyssum.
