Building Simple Wooden Garden Planters - EASY AND CHEAP

It's usually cheaper to make our own raised beds and garden planters, especially if you want something to fit a specific space, so that's what we're doing again today. Stick with us and see how we built two simple, wooden planters for our front garden to hold our spring bulbs and summer flowers.
We're building them from decking boards and it's super easy but they also look great.

Arthur Christmas trailer courtesy Columbia Pictures.

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[Melinda_WA_US]

The planters look great. I was half expecting Kate to get her red paint out 😂

[arisaunters]

Oh man these look awesome - I'm over here nabbing free pallets from work like a racoon haha

[cornishmaid]

Well done yous two. 👍 Lucky for me my retired hubby, being a bit bored, started making all sorts of fabulous wooden planters from pallets, which are free from local businesses. We take photos of nice designs at the garden centre, that costs a small fortune, then he kinda replicates then. Just remember to make drill holes for drainage and sure they’re on legs, which can be anything from a few inches to 2 or 3 feet 👍. They don’t need lining either. The only costs are the screws and wood-stain treatment!! 😄👍 So, up-cycling is the name of the game and it keeps hubby happy playing in his tiny shed. 😄

[Sarcasticallyinspired]

Excellent video. I've been contemplating planters for our back garden and I now don't want to fork out loads of money to buy them when they're that simple

[nickbodenschatz]

Lol...New subscriber here, so I just saw this...we are huge Arthur Christmas fans and I have to admit when I found your videos, I grabbed the kids and said, "Isn't she just like Briony?!" So, we've been building a new bed and my daughter said we should make a video of our raised bed. I said, " Well, I sound nothing like Briony normally, but we could film an homage wherein we use just "3 bits of sticky tape!" to cover our plants against the cold." Before I ever saw this video, I mean. Wow, that's uncanny!

Before Briony's fame, I'm guessing folks were always telling you you look just like Jodie Foster.

Thanks for the videos. I've been down with some bug the past few days, but I feel fortunate to have discovered a new funny, informative gardening channel to binge watch as a result. Oh, we tried the pallet planters, too and found the same as you. What really surprised me was that the thing that grew the best was some self-seeded resurrection fern from the oak tree. Other than that, we had a nigh-unkillable perennial spinach that did pretty well in the top one for years (usda zone 9b Florida) but a hard freeze took it last year. I'll wind back the video and get the name of what you're planting to see if it's suitable for our zone. Thanks again!

[Oktopia]

Such a good idea to start new things that are less permanent and move on to permanent ones once you know you like them. No-risk gardening is much wiser than jumping in with massive stuff you end up regretting later. Big thumbs up for this and every video from you so far.

[Cannad]

Totally agree with the grooves. I have them the same way round in my garden.

[villanella]

happy birthday, eli! i hope you had fun with kate and your friends <3

[michaeld.]

Happy 29th Birthday, Eli! The planters looked great, and look as though they'll last a good five years, at least. It's good to see that Kate seems much more comfortable in front of the camera.

[cherylbranson]

Your right, the grooves look much better. I love the planters!

[marisaromeo]

Don't know what Briony would think about it... but yea, there is indeed a certain resemblance. 😁 You two make lovely things together. Thanks for sharing 👍

[vicgeiger]

Love you Two, always great tip's, even though I am just a Rose grower. Thank you Eli & Kate.

[terrym]

The boxes are fantastic!! The way you lined it was amazing ! I learn so much from you two. Hoping your birthday and anniversary was just as you wanted it😊.

[dawnlalek]

Now you mention it Kate, Yes, Eli could well be Briony 😂
Good work you two. The planters are awesome. And happy birthday lovely xx

[andreaflatley]

Hi from Dublin. Thank you for all the help, inspiration and giggles along the way. My wonderful husband is going to build me a raised bed for my strawberries(he may not be fully aware of this yet😉) and I was wondering how far apart I should space the strawberries.
Thanks again for all the help,
Andrea

[breahnalawrence]

Happy belated birthday!! I love how these turned out, I was thinking the other side originally, but after both planks were together, I think you were right about the pattern. I want to start adding some planters and raised beds next year and this design might work well along my carport.

[lizhodge]

We were lucky to be able to get used decking boards from a local supplier(they looked almost new. Hubby made 14 raised beds, two planks high on our allotment, also two window boxes. We lined everything with plastic and painted them with fence paint. This was six years ago and they are still going strong. I agree with your choice Eli of deeper pattern out. It all looks great, well done to both of you, a job well done.

[jennyjohnson]

Wow what a smashing idea using decking boards and they turned out brilliantly. Love the banter between you and Kate, always makes me smile. This is definitely one for the "to do" list. Thanks for sharing and I hope your birthday was magical!!

[cpoco]

I'm nearly finished my greenhouse (the roof is a bit leaky... but otherwise it's ok)... it was meant to be low/no cost but ended up being a bit costly due to the need for structural timber, but it's using recycled windows and pallets so it's not too bad.
I love seeing the two of you enjoying each others company... just lovely!

[Beeplot]

Love the planters and I deffo agree with deeper grooves on the outside. Will have to scroll through your videos to see if there is one on the hot bins. Have a great week