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60 Garden Sign Ideas—Funny, Sweet, & Practical

Published on February 3, 2020Last updated October 6, 2021 ♛ By Melissa J. Will

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A great garden sign can set the mood for the entire garden. Have a look at these ideas and find the right one for your space. They’re funny, salty, sentimental, and tell-it-like-it-is.

Want the perfect garden quote: See 50 Short, Funny, & Favorite Garden Quotes.

Examples of funny garden signs.

Garden Signs for Unique Gardens

Favorite garden signs.

Update: In the years since originally sharing these ideas, some of the sources on Etsy and Amazon are no longer available. There are, however, newer (similar) products that may show in the search so I hope that leads you to some great discoveries either to DIY or buy. If you can’t find what you want, also consider hiring a custom sign maker on Etsy to create what you want.

What’s your garden sign?

If you want a unique name for your garden, try our one-of-a-kind garden name generator here.

This collection of sign ideas should help you zero in on the perfect sign for your personality. After all, your garden, your vibe.

Some are sweet, others are funny, a few are dark in humor or a tad sarcastic for those of us who enjoy a bit of snark.

I have linked to sources at Etsy and Amazon but the listings do not tend to last long. If you get a “not available” message after clicking a link, just type the phrase into the search (at the shopping site) and see if a similar sign is available. Listings are constantly changing.

Funny garden signs on Etsy

There is also the option to ask if the Etsy seller to make a custom sign just for you.

Or, DIY your own version with paints and some old boards.

Buying Tips

  • Check the dimensions of the sign—you can not tell from the photos how large a sign is.
  • Check the materials. Will it hold up in year-round weather conditions?
Gardener's recipe sign.

GARDENER’S RECIPE
one-part soil
two-parts water
three-parts wishful thinking

Buy Here

  • Gardener’s Recipe Sign | Amazon
Garden sign saying all our visitors bring happiness. Some by coming, others by going.

All our visitors bring happiness. Some by coming. Others by going.

Buy Here

  • All Visitors Bring Happiness | Etsy
Bee Nice sign by DCdesignsUSA on etsy

WELCOME
Bee Nice to the garden

Source

  • Bee Nice Garden Signs | Etsy
Sign saying think outside, no box required.

THINK OUTSIDE
No box required

Source

  • SimplyPallets | Etsy
  • See more “Think Outside: No Box Required” items here on Etsy
Sign saying beware, I'm losing my impatiens.

BEWARE
I’m Losing My Impatiens

Sign saying "to weed or not to weed, that is the garden."

To weed or not to weed
That is the garden

Garden sign saying experimental dandelion farm. Do not disturb the weeds.

Experimental Dandelion Farm
Do Not Disturb Weeds

Buy Here

  • Experimental Dandelion Farm | Amazon
Welcome sign.

Welcome

This welcome sign with a mason jar for flowers would work on the front door or a garden gate.

Source

  • RedRoanSigns | Etsy
Garden Shed sign.

Garden Shed

Buy Here

  • Garden Shed sign | Amazon
Eat. Sleep. Buy Plants. garden sign.

Eat. Sleep. Buy Plants.

Custom garden sign with name of gardener and year established.

Custom Garden Sign
with gardener’s name and year established.

Source

  • TheSimpleH | Etsy
Sign saying give peas a chance.

Give Peas a Chance

Buy Here

  • Give Peas a Chance | Amazon
Tshirt saying give peas a chance.

Give Peas a Chance
t-shirt

Buy Here

  • Give Peas a Chance T-Shirt | Amazon
Sign saying bird and pollinator habitat, pesticide free.

Bird & Pollinator Habitat
Pesticide Free

Source

  • WirtheimDesignStudio | Etsy
Smart stone.

Smart Stone
If this rock is:
wet…it’s raining.
Moving…earthquake.
White…It’s snowing.
Not here…It’s stolen.

Buy Here

  • Smart Stone | Amazon
Garden of weedin sign

Garden of Weedin’

Source

  • LiztonSignShop | Etsy
Sign saying life is a garden, dig in.

LIFE IS A GARDEN
Dig in.

Buy Here

  • Life’s a Garden Dig It | Amazon
  • Life is Better in the Garden | Amazon
Life is better in the garden sign.

Life is better in the garden

Source

  • TheGoodLifeSigns | Etsy
Bee happy sign.

Bee Happy

This cute bee sign one is one-of-a-kind. If you want one made, see if the Etsy seller will make one for you.

Source

  • MySalvagedPast | Etsy
  • Also creative bee garden signs on Etsy
Sign: I live in the garden and just sleep in the house.

I LIVE IN THE GARDEN
I just sleep in the house

Source

  • SimplyMadeDesignsbyb | Etsy
  • See more “I Live in the Garden…” items on Etsy
Country flower market sign.

Country Flower Market
Flowers, Antiques, Collectables
est 1935 Fresh Picked

Source

  • thevillagecrafter825 | Etsy
Sign saying it is what it is.

It is What it is

Source

  • CrowBarDSigns | Etsy
  • See more “It is What It Is” items at Etsy
Solicitors will be eaten by zombies.

Solicitors will be eaten by zombies

Source

  • ZedsZombieRanch | Etsy
Garden sign saying free weeds, pull your own.

FREE WEEDS pull your own

Source

  • HoneySuckleLaneCo | Etsy
  • See more “Free Weeds…” signs at Etsy
I will survive garden sign.

I Will Survive

Source

  • 81MetalArt | Etsy
Sign saying blaze your own trail.

BLAZE YOUR OWN TRAIL

Source

  • CrowBarDSigns | Etsy
  • See more “Blaze Your Own Trail” items at Etsy
Trespassers will be composted sign.

TRESPASSERS WILL BE COMPOSTED

Source

  • 81MetalArt | Etsy
  • Trespassers Will Be Composted | Amazon
  • Also see Trespassers Will Be Composted items on Etsy
Gardening is cheaper than therapy plus you get tomatoes sign.

GARDENING IS CHEAPER THAN THERAPY
and you get tomatoes

Source

  • MeganMooreDesigns | Etsy
  • Gardening is Cheaper Than Therapy (Amazon)
  • Also see Gardening is Cheaper Than Therapy idea at Etsy
Sign I don't remember planting this.

I Don’t Remember Planting This

Source

  • ChawinsWorkshop | Etsy
Happy trails garden sign.

HAPPY TRAILS

Source

  • CrowBarDSigns | Etsy
Garden pun sign

ADVICE FOR THE GARDENER
Grow PEAS of mind
LETTUCE be thankful
SQUASH selfishness
TURNIP to help thy neighbor
and always
make THYME for loved ones

Source

  • KimburCreations | Etsy
Sppon printed with the words plantus unknownus.

Plantus unknownus

This one is a plant marker, not a sign, but may be the only one you need.

Source

  • pumpernickelandwry | Etsy
Sign saying I'm in the garden, do it yourself.

I’m in the garden
Do it yourself

source

  • CraftedByGale | Etsy
Loam wasn't built in a day garden sign.

Loam Wasn’t Built in a Day

No greater truth has ever been spoken.

Garden sign saying Whatever you are, be a good one.

Whatever you are, be a good one. ~Abraham Lincoln

Source

  • blessingandlight | Etsy
  • See more “Whatever Your Are…” signs at Etsy
Empress of Dirt Grow Your Own Happiness t-shirt.

Grow Your Own Happiness

Buy Here

  • Grow Your Own Happiness Tee | RedBubble
A few plants short of a full flat sign

A Few Plants Short of a Full Flat

Beware of snapdragons sign.

Beware of Snapdragons

Source

  • YourCozyCottage | Etsy
Mom's garden tours sign.

Mom’s Garden Tours
Begin at the gate

Source

  • TheLiztonSignShop | Etsy
Garden sign saying grow dammit.

Grow dammit

See other funny garden signs on Etsy

Secret garden sign.

Secret Garden
(miniature garden sign)

Source

  • HelloLittleCloud | Etsy
  • Also see How to make your own fairy garden accessories (it’s easy!)

Sign saying No solicitors.

No Solicitors

Source

  • No Solicitors sign by WoodenDalliance on Etsy

Want to discourage those knocks on your door?

See this collection of ideas to keep solicitors away.

Sign saying remember as far as anyone knows this is a nice, normal family.

Remember, as far as anyone knows we’re a nice, normal family

As Far As Anyone Knows | Amazon

Garden sign saying old gardeners never die they just spade away.

Old Gardener Never Die…
They Just Spade Away

Source

  • Spade Away | Amazon
  • Lose Their Bloomers | Amazon
Sign: Delight in the little things.

Delight in the little things

Source

  • TheLittleHedgerow | Etsy

DIY Signs

Home is where the garden is sign.

Home is where the garden is.

Antiques sign.

Antiques

Welcome sign on gate at vegetable garden.

Welcome

This one is homemade. You can make your own using patio paints which hold up nicely throughout the seasons.

Potting shed garden sign.

Potting Shed

Dog garden art.

Dog Art

Scrap wood and a jig saw is all  you need to honor your dog on your shed.

Garden sign with the word garden.

Garden

Stones with word engraved on them.

Wish stones

Buy Here

  • Engraved Stones | Amazon
Garden sign saying remember that happiness is a way of travel not a destination.

Remember that happiness is a way of travel
not a destination

Cardinal Cafe garden art sign

Cardinal Cafe

I made this sign for my garden. You can get the complete Cardinal Cafe Sign tutorial here.

Keep calm and let the garden handle it.

Keep calm and let the garden handle it.

You can find more idea here in my collection of favorite quotes.

~Melissa the Empress of Dirt ♛

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