Patent ID: 8776431

Claim:
A planter apparatus comprising: a basin having a closed bottom, sidewalls, and an open top; an opening disposed through a center of said basin bottom; a walled structure extending upwardly from a perimeter edge of said opening being parallel to said basin sidewalls and defining an inner cavity therebetween; three legs coupled to an exterior of said basin bottom; at least one basin aperture disposed through said basin bottom to receive a root portion of an inverted plant; and, at least one plant support plate having an outer perimeter larger than said basin aperture to cover the same and a slot extending from a center to said outer perimeter to receive a lower stem of said inverted plant such that said root portion is disposed within said inner cavity; wherein soil is disposed within said inner cavity; and, wherein said inverted plant root portion is positioned within said soil for growing said inverted plant downwardly from said basin.