![Nine steel coffee cans hanging spaced out on a green wall. Each is full of soil and growing herbs or small plants.](https://indianapublicmedia.org/wpimages/eartheats/2012/04/tincansedit.jpg)
Our social media platforms have been flooded with images of people building gardens out of all kinds of waste materials.
With a little ingenuity, everything from egg shells to yogurt containers to old closet doors can be diverted from landfills and recycling centers to become vehicles for growing food or flowers.
Check out this slideshow for some of our favorites.