Wooden Box Planter

Having recently built a new fence around the garden I had plenty of offcuts of wood.

Not wanting to throw them away, I had to make use of them in some way.

So a raised box on legs for plants seemed a suitable use for the offcuts.

Decking board 1.8M x 120mm x 24mm

Stick Timber 1.8M x 50mm x 50mm

External wood screws 5mm x 50mm

Saw

3mm Drill bit

Drill

Screwdriver.

Tri square

Ruler

Tape Measure

Marker/Pencil

G clamps/Adjustable clamps

The wooden box planter is designed in Tinkercad using Code blocks at 1/10 scale.

The design is available at Elevated_box_planter | Tinkercad

Using two decking planks, measure 4 lengths of 56cm and cut the decking, these will form the front and back.

Cut 8 x 24 cm lengths these will form the sides and the base.

Cut the timber stick to create two length of 51cm, these will form the support for the base.

Take two of the base boards and mark two 50mm x 50mm squares on one long side of each board aligning one with the top edge and one with the bottom edge.

Cut these four squares from the two boards these will form the entry points for the legs.

Align the short end of the base support with the inset vertical edge of the base corner board.

Align all 4 corners to form a rectangle and in each of these corners insert a screw.

Prior to inserting the screws drill a pilot hole with the 3mm drill bit, this will prevent the wood splitting when the screw is inserted.

Position the long sides front and back and attach with 2 screws per support block.

The screws should be positioned so as to enter the midline of the support block at ~25mm

The four offcuts from the support are used to enable the short sides to be fitted by first attaching them to the outer edge of the corner supports.

Once these are attached the sides can be screwed in place.

The long and short sides attached so far are only the first level as another row is required to complete the box.

The other four sides are attached to the legs.

The legs are inserted into the corner openings previously created.

They are inserted so as to have 30cm visible below the bottom of the box.

Once measured mark a line in case the leg moves.

Attach the leg to the first row by the corner of the long and short sides with 2 vertically aligned screws, repeat for all four legs.

The screws should be positioned so as to enter the midline of the support block at ~25mm

Once the legs are secure fit the long and short sides by screwing these to the legs with 2 vertically aligned screws.

The screws should be positioned so as to enter the midline of the support block at ~25mm

A gap of 24mm is created by using a short piece of decking board as a spacer between the first and second level.

Once the sides are fitted the spacer can be removed.

Apply preservative, stain and or paint as required then include plants in pots or grow bags.