Patent ID: 7043877

Claim:
A stackable planter, comprising: a plurality of planter trays, each planter tray having at least one planter cup at a periphery for holding soil and an annular inner rib defining a center portion of the planter tray, the annular inner rib being formed by two opposing walls extending upward from the bottom of the planter tray separated by a space, the opposing walls being joined at the top of the planter tray by an upper surface of the annular inner rib, the opposing walls further forming a channel that is open from the bottom of the planter tray and sized to receive an annular inner rib of another planter tray when the plurality of planter trays are in a collapsed configuration; wherein the center portion of at least one planter tray has an aperture extending through the bottom of the planter tray; wherein the center portion of at least one other planter tray has a bottom wall extending across the center portion of the planter tray; and wherein each of the annular inner ribs of the planter trays have the same shape to enable the planter trays to be stacked in an interchangeable order, such that when stacked, the annular inner ribs of the planter trays define a center portion of the stackable planter having a variable amount of volume that is open from the top of the stackable planter, the depth of the center portion of the stackable planter depending on the location in the stackable planter of a planter tray with a bottom wall across the center portion, whereby one or more plants can be planted in the center portion of the stackable planter.