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    Ideas wanted for fancy plant/herb labels

    There's a Charity Open Garden Weekend in our village next month and my garden has been included.

    I am racking my brain for some unusual/nice/fun/eyecatching ideas for plant/herb labels to replace my cut up milk carton efforts. What do you use or have seen that looks good?
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    I use pebbles with things painted on.
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    • #3
      Slate also looks quite nice and it can be careful cut into shapes with a pair of clippers/cutters.
      Those that forget the past are condemned to repeat it!

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      • #4
        I like the blackboard labels in the link but they're a bit pricey.
        You might want to splash your cash for the occasion.
        Plant Labels

        From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.

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        • #5
          Large pebbles would be my suggestion too. You can push them out of the way, until someone asks for the name of something and then you fish out the pebble!
          Growing in the Garden of England

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          • #6
            You can use thin lengths of wood with the name painted on, then varnished over.

            I never use fancy plant labels. I tend to grow so many different things each year that I've never tried before that I'd end up with a shed full of fancy but unused labels! I do think they're good for charity stalls though!
            Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

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            • #7
              Like the pebble idea...........I may adopt that. My plot has white plastic 'tee' labels i bought from Tesco's but the pebbles look better.

              Just had a thought......I have loads of old bricks, would they do................no, maybe not!
              My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
              to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

              Diversify & prosper


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              • #8
                cardboard stuck to wooden drinks stirrers, written on with gold or silver pen and a few curlicues.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Snadger View Post
                  Like the pebble idea...........I may adopt that. My plot has white plastic 'tee' labels i bought from Tesco's but the pebbles look better.

                  Just had a thought......I have loads of old bricks, would they do................no, maybe not!
                  Yes!!!

                  We had several brick sample boards sent to us when brick matching for our wall; and I'm using the brick slivers to do the same thing. I think they are lovely!!!

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                  • #10
                    I use plastic straws with a sticky label folded over at the top. They look like little flags.
                    Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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                    • #11
                      Thanks for all the ideas and suggestions, lots of great ideas.

                      I was thinking of cobbling up my own version of the blackboard label idea. Perhaps I could try and get a couple of black vinyl floor tiles, cut them with a Stanley blade into rectangles, put them on dowels/sticks/canes and write on them using liquid chalk or silver and gold pens as per taff's suggestion. That way I could label all the herb pots at different heights.

                      Now I need to find a couple of back vinyl floor tiles.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by zazen999 View Post
                        Yes!!!

                        We had several brick sample boards sent to us when brick matching for our wall; and I'm using the brick slivers to do the same thing. I think they are lovely!!!
                        So now all I've got to do is hire a Stihl saw and cut my bricks into slivers? Not bloomin likely!........it's whole bricks or nowt!
                        My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                        to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                        Diversify & prosper


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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Snadger View Post
                          So now all I've got to do is hire a Stihl saw and cut my bricks into slivers? Not bloomin likely!........it's whole bricks or nowt!

                          Whole bricks might look nice at the edge of a bed, might try that myself. at least they won't blow away, looks like were in for another big blow tonight in the East Midlands!

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Snadger View Post
                            So now all I've got to do is hire a Stihl saw and cut my bricks into slivers? Not bloomin likely!........it's whole bricks or nowt!
                            Gosh - even Alys can cut bricks with a chisel and a hammer........chop them into 3 and get the paint out

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                            • #15
                              You can buy blackboard paint... wouldn't chalk wash off in the rain though?

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