Build a stylish planting box of 60 L in wood with a furniture-like expression – perfect for the patio, balcony, or garden. The stable construction with a clear top edge and raised blocks provides a neat, well-crafted result for herbs, lettuce, or summer flowers. Download the PDF with a complete shopping list, drawings, and step-by-step manual – easy difficulty level and 2–4 hours of building time.
Estimated time
2-4 h
Material
Wood
Units
Metric millimeter (mm)
Level
Easy
Included in the build plan
✓ Materials list – everything you need
✓ Cut list and clear cutting diagrams
✓ Step-by-step instructions
✓ Clear building illustrations
DIY Plan for building a 60 L wooden planting box with a sleek, boxy expression and a clear frame at the top that gives a furniture-like impression on the patio, balcony, or in the garden. The box has smooth, vertical boards all around and stands on small blocks that lift it off the ground, making it look more refined than a regular planting box. It is well-suited for growing herbs, lettuce, or summer flowers in a defined volume while keeping the area tidy around the outdoor space.
The construction is built as a stable frame with a thicker top edge that binds the sides together and provides straight, nice finishes. The panel is mounted tightly for a robust exterior, and the inside is prepared to be lined so that the soil stays in place and the wood gets better protection. You can, for example, use landscape fabric or a durable plastic material on the inside depending on how you want to manage moisture and soil, and you can choose a surface treatment that suits your environment to achieve the right feel and longer lifespan.
In this DIY Plan, you will receive a PDF to download with a complete shopping list, cutting instructions with drawings, and step-by-step assembly instructions that serve as a clear manual all the way through. The difficulty level is easy, and the normal construction time is 2–4 hours.
Dimensions
Digital delivery
This is a digital guide. The guide is delivered as a PDF that can be downloaded immediately after purchase or through the order email sent to the specified email address.
The guide contains the information needed to build the product illustrated on this page.
Table of contents of the guide:
Introduction
Tools
Sawing
Mounting
At Egenbyggt, we work hard to deliver high quality. Nevertheless, errors or omissions may creep into our guides and the information we provide on the site. We reserve the right to do so.
If you are not satisfied with a guide you have purchased, please contact us.
Bring the shopping list to your hardware store. In many places, you can borrow a trailer for free when you buy the material.
The shopping list includes:
Lumber dimensions and lengths
Fixing material
Accessories (varies depending on project).
Step 2
Cut the parts
All parts are clearly drawn and marked with a letter.
This makes it easy to cut all the parts needed for the build.
Step 3
Assembly
Once the parts are cut, it's time for assembly.
The guide shows step-by-step how to assemble the parts through illustrations and concise information on each step.
Experience the magic when everything fits together perfectly.
Done
Building materials & tools
Below is a list of materials and suggestions for building tools. A complete shopping list with quantities and sawing instructions is available when you buy the DIY guide.
To provide a good experience, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. By consenting to these technologies, we may process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this website. If you do not consent or withdraw your consent, this may negatively affect certain features.
Functional
Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the purpose of enabling the use of a specific service requested by the user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Options
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone is typically not able to be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising or to track the user on a website or across multiple websites for similar marketing purposes.
Not in English or Dutch..
Good and simple instructions.