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21 Easy DIY Planter Box Ideas

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Want to spruce up your garden? Check out these DIY planter box ideas for all skill levels. Affordable and fun ways to decorate your outdoor area and expand your growing space.

DIY planter boxes are a fantastic way to add a personal touch to your outdoor space. With just a few materials and a dash of creativity, you can create garden planters that won’t strain your wallet.

Using budget friendly wood, paint, or concrete you can make super cute planters from a raised planter to vertical planters to make the most of your growing area.

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Easy DIY Planter Box Ideas

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Cute DIY Birdhouse Planter
Cute Birdhouse Flower Planter
Easy to make and oh so cute in your garden. These birdhouse flower planters make a great gift idea for anyone who loves birdwatching.
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A man kneeling next to a planter and filling it with water.
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DIY Self Watering Planter
Learn how to make a self watering planter step by step using simple materials.
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Terra cotta planter with blue and pink paint.
thekitchengarten.com
Hydro Dipped Planters
Create your own pretty and unique planters using this easy method. In just an afternoon you can make beautiful planters for your flower garden or as a gift.
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A white faux stone planter hanging basket.
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Faux Stone Hanging Planters
Stone planters are just beautiful but can be pricy save on planters and make your own. These faux stone planters are so easy to make and look amazing hanging up.
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Cedar planter with built in bench.
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DIY Cedar Planter Benches
Do you like to rearrange your outdoor seating area? Then you'll love these easy planters with benches. The benches are easily removable so you can change up your arrangement anytime.
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A wooden ladder planter painted white holding flower boxes next to a wall.
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DIY Ladder Planter
Want to add some more room in your garden? Growing vertically is a great way to expand, and this easy wooden ladder planter will look gorgeous on your patio or fence.
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Homemade wooden tapered planter.
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DIY Tapered Planter
These easy homemade wooden planters are perfect for planting flowers, vegetables, or herbs on your patio or deck.
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Wooden planter box built around the edge of a deck and filled with plants.
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DIY Deck Planter
Add a planter box all around the outside edge of your deck. It's a beautiful way to finish the edge of the deck and increase your planting space at the same time.
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A square wooden planter painted black with a large green fern growing in it on the porch.
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Budget Friendly Wooden Planters
Expand your planting space with these easy homemade wooden planters. Cute and cheap to make!
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DIY white fluted concrete planter planted and sitting on steps.
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Fluted Concrete Planter
Do you love concrete planters? Then you'll want to try this super cute project, making fluted concrete planters.
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Terra cotta flower pot with blue and purple paint patterns.
twokidsandacoupon.com
Paint Pour Flower Pots
Make your own colorful flower pots with this easy paint pour method. It's so easy and you can create many custom patterns in a day.
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DIY cedar planters made from fence pickets.
pineandpoplar.com
DIY Planter Box With Cedar Fence Pickets
Make some quick and easy planters using cedar fence pickets. These pretty planters can be used to hold containers or to plant in.
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Large wood slatted planter filled with plants next to a door.
pineandpoplar.com
Large Slatted Planter
Tall planters make gardening so much easier since you can plant and care for your garden without bending. These easy slatted planters are perfect for your patio or backyard garden.
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DIY wooden planter box on a deck railing.
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Easy Deck Rail Planter
If you have a porch or deck turn the railing into a productive planter. These easy wooden planters come together fast and look beautiful filled with flowers and herbs.
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A square wooden planter planted with purple and white plants.
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Cheap Wooden Planter Idea
If you want to make lots of planters cheap you'll love these pretty wooden planters. Using budget friendly materials you'll be able to build a beautiful container garden quickly.
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DIY licence plate planter filled with basil on a counter next to a basket of tomatoes.
salvagesisterandmister.com
Upcycled License Plate Planter
Turn old licence plates into cute planters. Easy to make and a wonderful gift idea.
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A chandelier painted black and turned into a planter with lights.
ourcraftymom.com
DIY Chandelier Planter
Turn an old chandelier into a beautiful hanging basket with solar lights. This easy project will look so cute hanging from your porch or in your yard.
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Plastic bucket painted to look like a galvanized bucket and planted with pink and purple flowers.
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Faux Galvanized Planters
Love the look of old galvanized planters but want to save some money? Turn plastic buckets into pretty planters that look just like tin buckets.
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Wooden planter around a gazebo leg. Text overlay says Easy Planters To Anchor Your Gazebo.
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Easy Gazebo Planters
These easy planter boxes are perfect for turning the legs of your gazebo into a pretty flower garden.
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White homemade flower box hanging on a fence and planted with pink and white flowers.
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Easy Flower Box
Add some color to your windows with these easy to make flower boxes. Also pretty mounted on outdoor wall or a fence.
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DIY rain gutter vertical planter planted with herbs and greens.
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Vertical Rain Gutter Planters
Add more growing space to your deck with these easy to make rain gutter planters. Perfect for herbs and growing greens.
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