How to Make a Rustic Grapevine Basket Planter

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This tutorial on making a rustic grapevine basket planter, is the perfect solution for utilizing wild grapevines growing in your backyard.

I really can’t believe how many grapevines are growing wild in my gardens this season. They are out of control. It may be a result of the warm winter we had, or maybe because I had a late start working in the garden this year. I’ve been cutting and ripping them out when I see them popping up, and then I decided to put them to good use. 

Rustic Grapevine Basket Planter
Handmade rustic grapevine basket planter.

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Grapevines growing wild in shrubs.

It’s crazy how they just show up, even in large established shrubs like the lilac above.

Pile of cut grapevines.

In the spring I made a simple grapevine wreath from vines left over from the winter.  Here we are in summer, and I’m finding more and more. So, after I gathered a large bunch of these wayward vines, I decided to try and weave a basket.

Start of making grapevine basket.

Using four of the longest and strongest vines, start forming the base of the basket by crossing them in the middle as shown above. These will be the side supports.

Weaving rustic grapevine basket.

Next take another vine and weave it over and under the side vines, as tightly as you can. Since  you are working with an even number of sides, when you come back to the first side, you will have to go under two or go over two, to keep the weaving on the right track, and then proceed with the over and under weaving. Each time you get to the beginning spot go over or under two, and then back to over and under one.

Grape vine basket sides.

Once you have weaved a few for the base, you may want to tie up the tops to make the weaving a little easier.

Empty weaved grapevine basket planter.

To finish the basket, take the side supports and tuck them in front of their neighboring side vine to the right.

Side view of handmade grape vine basket.

It’s very rustic, and a little wonky but I love it. 

Make a grapevine basket planter.

A little sphagnum moss and soil made a cute little home for this hardy geranium. Don’t have grapevines? You can use other vines such as honeysuckle, wisteria, bittersweet and of course willow if you have it. 

Definitely give it a try. Now that I’ve made one, I’m keeping a special pile of vines as I see them, for a future, hopefully prettier, basket.

 

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About Patti Estep

Patti is the creator of Hearth and Vine, a home and garden blog filled with projects to inspire your creative side. She loves crafting, gardening, decorating and entertaining at her home in Pennsylvania. When she is not working on a project at home or searching for treasures at nurseries and thrift stores with her girlfriends, you’ll probably find her with family and friends, at a restaurant, or home party enjoying new and different food adventures.

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Comments

  1. Carole West says:
    August 2, 2017 at 9:51 am

    Great idea – natural vines are interesting and they kind of have a mind of their own which makes them fun to work with. Great basket idea, they might make neat bird feeders and my brain just went to Christmas so I’ll leave you with that… I bet you could transform this into a neat Christmas project too. Have a great day!!

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