New planter box!

You know how I've been making a lot of things out of wood (and some other materials) lately? Well, my goal is to make something new every weekend. Since I haven't posted a project for a couple of weeks, that means that I've got a couple of projects to post about this week.

I'm starting with the newest, the one that I created this past weekend. I was hoping for a dry, sunny evening in which to take photos, but I had to settle for a wet, overcast one.

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So what's the project? It's a planter box!

While getting my hair cut last Friday I found out that my stylist is creating a new planting bed in his front yard, and wanted a couple of cedar planters to fill out the design.

I told him I'd come up with some design ideas and see what he thought.

This is the first one.

The box is roughly 24"x12"x18" (60x30x45cm) which I thought would be small, but turns out to be quite a nice size.

I used the same metal panels as in my earlier screen design.

I've left it unstained (but wet -- thanks rain!) because he thought he'd want a natural finish. I'm thinking a two-toned stain job would be nice, with the corners and edging around the metal being a darker color. Natural is nice too though.


Let's turn this box into a planter, at least temporarily:

One of the benefits of wet ground: new plants don't make it into their new homes right away, so I've got Pulmonaria 'High Contrast' and Ajuga 'Caitlin's Giant' available for some instant foliage zing:

Also a green-leaved canna and a purple Tradescantia pallida. I didn't spend too much time arranging the plants as the humidity was about as high as it can get and I wanted to get back into the air-conditioned comfort.

I'd love to hear what you think about this design. Would you put it into your own garden?

I just realized that the front of the box looks like a cartoon robot, with the knots as eyes and metal grill as mouth...

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