Build Your Own Potting Bench

A storage friendly design will allow you to organize your garden.

Build your own potting bench.

The classic potting bench. Download a printable potting bench cut list. Here s a combination potting bench starting battery large enough to handle all your indoor gardening chores. Hands down the easiest way to break down a pallet is to cut your pieces out.

If you can avoid trying to pry out those hateful nails then enjoy your life and don t go there. Make the work surface. How to build a diy potting bench. Once you ve assembled the bench you can attach salvaged or inexpensive hardware along the countertop edge to hold gardening tools or screw casters to the leg bottoms to make the bench more mobile.

Only the screws are new. This one is a knockoff of a chesapeake styled bench available through a big box store just scaled down to a size that s appropriate for kids. I love how this bench has a place to hang your potting tools on the back of the bench. So having it all in one place will definitely help things along.

It is best to field measure trace and cut these pieces from your build. Build them their own potting bench in a kid friendly size. When the work is done throw a tablecloth over your potting. This is most easily done with a table saw.

Step 22 make dowel supports. Organization makes potting your plants so much easier. How to make a gardener s potting bench. Make your own potting bench from better homes and gardens.

As you can see the potting bench has a nice large working area on top plus a bottom area that s open on all sides. Build this bench 29. It is made from inexpensive 3 4 inch thick 2 pine shelving and 1 4 inch thick peg. Whether you re a hardcore gardener or a weekend warrior every garden needs a potting bench.

To make the sides of my potting bench i grabbed two pallets and cut them out at about hip height. Screw the frame together with the bottom edges flush. This diy garden bench is made from recycled wooden pallets. You can build your own potting bench in a budget friendly way using this diy potting bench plan that involves a handy manual wood construction.

The potting bench s 37 inch high work surface is perfect for potting plants. Secure cleats along the sides of the frame and another spanning the middle of the frame all flush with the bottom edges. A potting bench provides a work surface where you can do quick garden pot fixes even the transplanting. For my potting bench i wasn t in the mood for a fight with the nails.

Cut two piece r s from a 4x4. Secure the shelf. Drill 1 diameter holes 1 deep as shown. Check out this free plan from thrifty decor chick for a potting bench that s simple yet useful.