Potting a faux tree into an antique olive pot

  • ACHIEVING THE DESIRED LOOK

    It's an elegant way to style your Olive Pot but it's often not without its challenges, for which the below guides present two possible options to help...

     

    Is your pot opening not wide enough for the base of your faux plant to fit through?

    Despite some Kiln pots being incredibly large, typically the openings of old Olive Pots are proportionately small (often under 20cm).

    This is often a huge sticking point, but there is a way around it without needing to compromise on both the size of the faux tree nor the style + shape of the pot.

CREATE AN INNER LINER/CEMENT BASE

  • Faux olive tree with plastic base - shown ready for potting into antique planter

    CUT FROM ORIGINAL BASE

    Start by removing the faux tree from the original plastic pot base. This will likely require the use of power tools

     

    Keep as much length as possible – the trunk doesn’t have to be cut clean but trim the width of the plastic pot base until it is slim enough to fit through the Olive Pot opening

  • Antique Olive Pot shown ready to use as indoor planter

    REPLACEMENT BASE PREP

    To raise the tree within the Olive Pot, create a level false base. The best pot filler to use should be heavy + sturdy: stones or sandbags are advised

     

    Place the flexible pot liner inside + expand it open. Purchase flexible pot liners here

     

    If needed, to sandwich the pot liner central within the Olive Pot, stuff down the sides with bubble wrap or brown paper

  • Interior Faux Olive Tree planted into Antique Olive Pot

    RESTABILISING

    Mix up the correct quantity of rapid-set cement

     

    Place the now narrower tree base central within the wider pot liner

     

    Pour in the cement + hold the faux tree in place as it sets

     

    Tip: For a neat + tidy finish to the pot opening, cover with dried moss

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CREATE A LOG BASE

  • Faux Olive Tree shown ready to pot into a narrow plant pot

    CUT FROM ORIGINAL BASE

    Start by removing the faux tree from the original plastic pot base. This will likely require the use of power tools

     

    Keep as much length as possible – the trunk doesn’t have to be cut clean but trim as much width as possible from the plastic pot base

  • Faux tree with replacement narrow base ready to pot into antique olive pot

    REPLACEMENT BASE PREP

    With the base now as slim as possible, measure the diameter of the end

     

    Take a tall, slim log that will fit through the opening of the Olive Pot. Hollow out the centre to slightly wider than the measurement of the trunk – best done using a drill with a flat wood drill bit

     

    Position the tree inside of the hollow log + silicone into place if the tree is leaning

  • Indoor faux olive tree planted into conical antique olive pot

    FINAL POSITIONING

    To raise the tree within the Olive Pot, create a level false base. The best pot filler to use should be heavy + sturdy: stones or sandbags are advised

     

    Use more to sandwich the log tree base central within the Olive Pot

     

    Tip: For a neat + tidy finish to the pot opening, cover with dried moss

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