Apparatus for forming and securing a decorative cover about a flower pot

An apparatus for forming and securing a decorative cover about an outer peripheral surface of a flower pot, the apparatus comprising:

• a frame assembly having a well formed therein;
• a platform connected to the frame assembly, the platform having an opening therein sized to permit passage of at least a portion of a flower pot and at least a portion of a sheet of cover forming material there through;
• a cover forming and banding assembly having a flower pot receiving opening sized and configured to receive at least a portion of the sheet of cover forming material and at least a lower portion of the flower pot, the cover forming and banding assembly supported within the well of the frame assembly such that the flower pot receiving opening in the cover forming and banding assembly is aligned with the opening in the platform, the cover forming and banding assembly having a plurality of pleat forming members, each of the pleat forming members having a band-engaging portion for supporting at least one band thereon such that upon forming a decorative cover about an outer peripheral surface of the flower pot by positioning the flower pot and at least a portion of the sheet of cover forming material within the pot receiving opening of the cover forming and banding assembly, the decorative cover so formed is secured about the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot by removing the at least one band from the band-engaging portion of the pleat forming members of the cover forming and banding assembly and positioning the at least one band about the decorative cover.