Ivy, lol! You're restricted by the amount of compost you'll be able to put inside them, so smaller plants would work well, but ivy will grow in there alright, and not get out of hand. Depends whether you want something permanent - the best use might be summer bedding with a mix of trailing and upright, replaced with winter bedding in autumn, but you need the boots to leak - there's no drainage otherwise, unless you put holes in the bottom.

How about 'mind your own business!' and I am not being rude either. lol. Take a look at Lulu33, photos she found a photo of some lovely boots covered in moss.

I think Vinca would look lovely . . . blue or violet flowers and shiny green leaves.

I wouldn't allow Mind Your Own Business in through the gate! It'll be out of your boots, down the steps and strangling the grass before you know where you are!!

Thanks beattie. Gardenpanda, It was only a suggestion and I think it would look great in those boots.! Have you looked at Lulu33, yet? The BBC website calls MYOB. a great substitute for moss,it stays lush and green and is very hardy.

Don't forget to give them some character by painting with yoghourt to encourage moss and lichen to grow on them. An old trick with new reconstituted stone garden furniture but it works on leather too.

I planted houseleeks in mine, with the toe cut off of one,
The boots are now covered in moss and look lovely. I drilled small holes over the base for drainage holes, and half filled with grit before putting in a 50:50 mix of compost and grit. All I have to do is split the plant regularly. They are left outside the door, spring til autumn and lifted into the polytunnel over winter. Any small plant would look lovely. I have plundered the boot shed for another for some parma violets I was given over the holidays.

Thank you peeps, my imagination has is running riot now. I have yogurt and paint brush and will post a pic when I have decided what to plant in the boots.

Great idea, and I hope it works well for you. They do look like gorgeous ex-boots. I planted up an old pair of clogs in one of our previous gardens, but found that decay took hold of the leather quite quickly then they didn't look so lovely! Maybe if your situation is drier it will be ok though - I suppose houseleeks are a tidy idea, and wouldn't be too wet for you.

and bamboo's right, you'll need drainage holes, but you'd probably realised that. I just used the drill to make lots through the bottoms.