Fill a large pot with plants or flowers and drive a trellis into the dirt. On top of the cage, rest a drainage saucer and fill it with water for your feathered friends.

You can make a tepee trellis with twigs or bamboo, or buy a pot-sized obelisk. Evison says he’s grown patio clematis on a column of poultry wire and inside an old bird cage placed over a flower pot.