How to build a simple wooden planter box 

I've been searching for a simple and easy planter box for about an hour and I'm so glad I found yours. I've never made a planter box but you explained it very clearly and I feel confident that I can build this. You even said what kind of wood and the measurements. Your planter box turn out great. Thank You!

Just wanted to say thanks for posting this video. I am new to making anything out of wood. Thanks to your video here I have made two of these wood planter boxes for my wife. The first was the same as the one in the video. The second was the same design but much larger.

Very nice, easy to make design. Not sure if anybody mentioned it, but if you wanted to have the screws for the legs now show, you could always use pocket holes to connect the 2 leg parts BEFORE you mount the decking board sides, then no screws showing at all outside. It'd increase the difficulty just a bit, but if you hate screws showing on the outside, it'd definitely do the trick.. You could do the same for the bottom pieces to hide the screws there if wanted.

Nice video, lovely planters. I live in England and we have so much rain most of the year, I always make a sacrificial foot for my planters as the end grain will always rot not matter what it’s treated with. I also use resin on end grain if clients want there legs on the ground.

Thank you for the simplest box I've found!

The project was so relaxing to see it come together so smoothly excellent share👍❗ A must try❗

These are very nice. I’m going to use this design. So simple yet so genius. Thanks!

I've built some chests using a similar approach. Put em at the foot of the bed for blankets and extra sheets.

Thanks for keeping it simple!!

Excellent. Thank you! Going to make it tomorrow. cheers. ps yours is the best and easiest of all that I have searched.

Nice video!! I notice you groan like I do when we getting back on our feet!! LOL!!

Great video, thanks. I have high raised beds in my greenhouse (about 3ft above ground) but my tomato plants are growing so tall, they hand over the top. I'm going to make some of these and start growing outside of the greenhouse at a lower height.

Thanks.... Really easy to follow. I made one a little bigger and added some trim around the lip. Came out great!

Thank you for being on point. I will be building me some. Again Thank you

Love your video. Very helpful. Thank you.

Nice planet - well designed - hopefully only non edible plants will be grown in it as I would never grow any edible plants in a planter made out of pressure treated wood. I have made many planters over my life time and I like this one very mucho!

Great job! Great man!❤👍

Just what I was looking for. A build that’s not overly complicated! Kudos!

Great! Just one thing was forgotten, drainage holes. 😮

Thanks pretty nice 👍

Good job, awesome :).

are those work flip-flops ?

Great build, I'm a beginner and want to build one, a few questions Would pocket holes work on the inside support pieces instead of going through the front and back? and instead of using the 3 vertical support pieces would like a 1x1 around the whole inside as a support use 1 1/4 screws then use the inside support pieces resting on the 1x1, thanks

Enjoyed your video! I'm building one for an herb garden so I plan on using cedar. Is cedar sold in the same dimensions as treated 2x4's and decking boards???

Hello Pedro, are the decking boards your using 1 by 4 by 8 thank you

Why is it recommended to line pine with plastic if growing produce?

Save your back and knees, use a work bench or table.

Are the deck boards 1x6's????

Owww....My knees!....My poor knees!

What kind of plastic would you use for the cover of the box?

Hi I have clamps named after my wife , many different types

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I do think even I could do that.

Treated wood is not good for planters. Consider cedar or redwood.

just doesn't look good

Thank you. 2X4 as legs, vs 4x4 as legs. that I think I will do, due to the height I like it at 36 inches as well making a base, the 2x4 is the way to go, See one, do one, teach one, got my ((LIKE))

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Beautiful straight no nonsense instructions. I loved that there was no ripping involved because I do not own a table saw.

I have checked out quite a few videos to make this but every video i saw thay say simple to make it but end up using all those fancy machines. Truly your way is so much easier to make. Thanks bud.

I think I've watched at least a dozen planter box diy videos, and this is by far the best. Wish I would've found you sooner! Thanks so much

Great planter! Much simpler than all these ones using pallet wood that are all over RU-vid!

Priceless, did you ever try using a square? A terrible waste of good lumber.

2 in exterior screws $10.00 1x6x8 $7.58 per board 5 =$38.90 2x4x10 $14.58 1 =$29.36 I have 3 48 in spare leftover 2x36ich $2.27 = $9.08 Exterior 2 inch screws $8.95. Project is under $100.00 custome built, will be priceless. compared to a cedar prebuilt at $160.00 plus at Costco that is fake cedar if asked, I am laying 1x6 across bottom, on top of 2z2 as support then length wise. that makes this one piece less used . for me thank you for hte idea on the 2x4 legs

Love how you started in high top boots then to flipflops by the end of the video hahaha!! thanks for the video, building a planter this weekend and got some good ideas!!

the planter is wonderful, but I gave the video a like because of the doggy :)

If your worried about dirt coming of holes in bottom I put a layer shade cloth in bottom so can come out but not soil,shade I get yard sales it cheaper that way.cheers terry

Modern pressure treated is food save. They changed the chemicals years ago.

Thanks for this excellent tutorial. Simple to accomplish.

This is a great tutorial! I am definitely going to use these instructions for my beds that I'm going to put in my green house!

real nice planter box. I have 2. a 6 ft and a 10 ft. last week when I dug my ground they were frozen solid. my ground wasnt. I'm on the border of zones 3 and 4. I don't have time to thaw these out so off come the legs and bottoms. my greenhouse is ready but frost hangs around until june 21st. right now over 17 hours of sun a day. will be 20 when the sun crosses the line. adapt to what you have to work with. have a great summer gardening. frost will be back in october

I like your job

Excellent and clear instruction on how to build this awesome Planter Box! Thanks for sharing! I an going to build a couple, for my Garden!

Cute. Even an old gal like me can git er done. Blessings.

I just found your channel and subscribed. Thank you for sharing this build, this design looks very strong and rugged. I will try this method,…thank you and keep up the good work! 👍🙏

Save money and just run a few more small braces across the bottom, then spend next to nothing for a roll of mesh screening. Roll the screen across the bottom stapling to the braces. Then line the entire box with land scape mesh material. Drains water better also, and you won't lose soil

I would Pocket hole the 3 strechers as you made the effort to hide the other screws, Nice simple build tho, Thanks for sharing....

Very demonstration video, thank you for sharing. A few of other things you need to be complimented on: 1. Your camera is mounted. Thus, we watch a steady video, not a bouncy video. 2. You did not play music over your voice. Background music is extremely annoying. 3. The camera orientation is horizontal, filling the entire screen left and right. A camera incorrectly orientated in the vertical, portrait, orientation creates a stick video with the left and right one-third of the screen cut off. Portrait orientated video to the viewer it as though they are peering through a keyhole or wearing horse blinders. All those aforementioned correct steps produced a video very easy to watch. Sir, I tip my hat to you!

Built something very similar in the 60’s,used clear 2x12 redwood.

You could substitute fence boards for the sides and bottom. Cheaper. Thanks for the non complicated design.

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Thanks for the great video!! I just built one.

Should done side pieces first then front and back pieces so more timber to screw into

Helll yeah. Woow very simple. Love the way you explain it. Another weekend project 😃

I like your way of doing things. I really enjoy it very much, thanks.

Thanks Pedro for making this video.. really helpful

Use knee pads. Thanks for the infotmation. God bless you 👍

8:14 screw one in the front, and one in the back. Gotcha.

Really relaxed video explaining the build well thank you Mandy 🇬🇧

Very easy and clear instructions. I like that you say what supplies you need at the beginning. I’m going to have a go at making one. Thank you 😊

Dude !!! You are awesome 👌... Thanks for the video.

So I like the video and I wanted to make 4 boxes so I got 6 8’ deck boards per box but I am only using 4 deck boards per box. 2x4 left me with a 16” section which is great. By the fourth box I kinda felt like a professional. 😂 thank you!

Thank you for this build, it was simple and your video was straightforward, good stuff!

Drinking game: every time his tip comes out of the adaptor, you drink.

I just came across this video - as a newb DIYer, this is fantastic! I could be wrong, but this looks like it wouldn't be too complicated to convert to a storage + sitting bench by adding a top with hinges (?).

I recently bought a miter saw and I have made two platform bird feeders. I'm trying this next. Your directions are really good for a beginner!

Off course enjoying thank man 👨 from Canada 🇨🇦

Hi I made 2 of your planters. Thanks for the info. I wanted to bring to your attention that if you use a 2x6 for the side pieces and front and back, you do not have any room to attach the side pieces to the front/back pieces. Since I had already bought 2x6s and had the store cut them for me (could not return them) , I had to change how your instructions fit them together. It would have been ok if the boards for the front and sides were 1x6. What I did to fix the problem was I made the legs adding 2x4s together to get the edge I needed to give me something to screw into. In the beginning of your video you put the second leg piece standing up the long width length. What I had to do was starting from the bottom of the 2 front pieces I added a second 2x4 from there to the bottom of the leg one on top of the other. I did not have a need any longer for the second 2x4 you attached to the leg, as I attached it flat just like the other one lays on top of the first one, but shorter as it starts under the 2 front/back pieces, but ends up flush with the bottom of the first leg. This gave me the 1 1/2 inches I needed to screw into when attaching the side panels to the front and back. Yes I lost a few inches on the length, but I was able to make it work without buying more wood. I am pretty sure that you state that the front /back pieces are 2" thick in the video. The 2x6 is alot thicker than a 1 x 6 [as I am sure you already know LOL] and it added significant weight to the planter. I rewatched the video and you say deck boards, but never said 1x6 or 2x6. I also had to change to 2 1/2 inch deck screws from the 2" ones as they were no longer long enough. Please I would like you to respond to my email. TYVM

Like button frozen won't click,nice video

Can you show how you got the last piece of deck board in the bottom? I know you said you “ripped” 4.5 inches but idk what you mean by that.

What type of wood are you using? Is it treated wood? Can I use treated wood? I want to make shelves out of the dismantled fence rails, but I'm concerned about any potential contamination to the vegetables I'm growing.

simplest planter box ever to build

Thank you 🙏🏾

Veru good !!!

They look awesome! One question though. You said “if you want to plant produce, use cedar or line the inside with plastic”. What is the reason of lining the inside with plastic? What the plastic gonna do?

Thanks 🙏! Exactly what I was looking to do.

Friend, how are you? I'm asking if you can send me the dimensions of the planter, thanks

Thank you! Best video. Seen a few. I’m building this exact model

The video I was looking for thanks

Really like this, pity about the inches though. I’ll try and convert and give it a try! Thank you!

I have seen something like that several years and I used Kreg Jig on the legs and with glue they do not pull apart. Also using kreg to keep all screws from being seen outside. Your bed is also looking nice

Did u end up staining and polyurethane the wood to look have more design and color to it.

Awesome video Pedro! One question, on that last floor board you put in off camera, did you have to cut it long ways to make it fit? Or did it just lay down flat in there?

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I enjoyed your video and I look forward to making this!

Thank you loved it 🥰

very Nice !

Awesome video with clear and not overly chatty instructions. I love the planter, and am going to build a couple for vegetables, I’m planning on making the legs taller, so I don’t have to bend or stoop to tend to the plants. I am also thinking of making the box one board deeper/ taller so I can make it into a wicking bed, but the basic plan you show is great.

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