Create Your Own Luxury Planter Box With These Budget-Friendly DIY Supplies

Good quality, highly decorative trough-style garden pots don't come cheap. If you're looking to add plants to your kitchen windowsill or patio table on a budget, or you're far from a hands-on kind of person, consider constructing one yourself. Trust us when we say that this is a farmhouse-chic planter box anyone can easily DIY. All you need is some thin metal or plastic decorative garden fencing (something on the shorter side is best) and a long wooden planter box. Cut the fencing to size, glue it onto the front of the box, and fill the trough with your favorite plants. Bonus: This decorative fence railing planter can sit on a tabletop or hang on a wall indoors or out.

Garden edging ideas that make for the perfect landscaping are equally as great for elevating a boring ol' wooden box planter into something visitors will comment on. Dysects sells a pack of 5 lightweight black plastic flower bed borders (22.8 x 13.4 inches) for almost $33. You can get 20 feet of a similar-looking fencing in white plastic by Evelyne for just under $37. If you prefer real metal, we recommend the 24-inch-tall rust-proof Skcoipsra decorative garden fence — a 10-pack is about $25. A wooden planter box with dividers, like the $20 option by Admired by Nature, is great if you think you'll want to switch out plants often; slip small pots in and out of the compartments as you see fit. Otherwise, choose a standard planter trough like the IWOWHERO cedar window box for under $30.

Tools-wise, you need some kind of cutting implement — miter shears, heavy duty scissors, or wire cutters — and some sort of glue suitable for securely fixing wood to plastic or metal, depending on your fencing material. E6000 (in clear) is a good all-purpose glue that sticks well to wood, most plastics, and metal and is waterproof. Don't forget to treat a cedar planter box before using it in the garden — or a box made from any type of raw wood, for that matter. Apply a few coats of weatherproof, outdoor paint or wood stain in your preferred hue and let it dry to the touch (a few hours to a few days) before getting started on the DIY.

Measure your fence or trellis against your box, marking the line of overhang with a white crayon so you know where to cut. Cut along the line; your fence should sit flush with the sides of your box planter. Apply glue everywhere the fencing connects with the box and firmly press all parts of the fence to the wood, holding it in place yourself until the glue is dry. If you want to hang your planter on wall hooks or screws, attach some picture hangers onto the back of the box. You can get a 4-set of DIYIIRON super heavy duty extra large strap hangers for about $14. Then all that's left to do is fill your box planter with a good quality potting medium and plant a few favorite flowering shrubs or pop pots of herbs for the kitchen in the individual compartments.