Flower pot transport and display container

A unified transport and display mechanism is particularly suited for transporting and displaying buckets and items within buckets. The items include, but are not limited to, flowers or other plant specimens. The mechanism includes a container and a lid for covering the container. The lid includes one or more perforated areas, the removal of which forms one or more corresponding apertures. Each aperture is sized and adapted for receiving an item such as a bucket in a display mode. When received, the bucket extends into the aperture at a level below a top surface of the lid, and partially extends above the lid top surface to allow visual access to the items.