This collection of creative and functional potting bench ideas come from home gardens. While some are intended as a place to display garden art, others are good, functional tables that make fast work of plant care.
A work area like this is also perfect for tasks like regrowing geraniums from cuttings.
Potting Bench Ideas
Once you get a potting bench you will wonder why you waited so long. I know I did.
Potting tables originated as practical work spaces but often double both as eye candy and a place to display garden art.
The number one reason I love mine is because I have a place to work where I don’t have to worry about spilling soil or making a mess.
It’s always ready to go and makes it fast and easy to repot or divide plants.
Tips For Choosing a Potting Bench
- Be sure the height is right for you to stand and work. You don’t want to be bending over a low table.
- Select a potting bench that can withstand your weather or provide a sheltered location on a covered patio.
- If the table top will be exposed to rain, consider getting a slightly sloped top or something with drainage to avoid water build up and rotting.
- Is storage important? Many potting benches come with upper and lower shelves for extra storage.
- Is a sink needed? If your potting table doesn’t have one, you can always get the top cut to accommodate a used one from the second hand store.
Gallery of Potting Benches
1 Potting Table with Sink
This table is made from 4x4s, 2x4s, and some barn board to match the shed. An old stainless steel sink has been embedded in the top.
2 Table Used as Potting Bench
This sturdy old table has taken on garden duty.
While providing a solid work space, sometimes it’s really about the artful arrangement of stuff, including the watering can collection and orchids.
Love it.
Another old table, resting against a shed. It’s both garden art and functional as needed.
3 Harry Potter Potting Bench
I saw this Hairy Potter garden bench on a home garden tour filled with fabulous garden junk and folk art.
Love the pickled potions and cacti!
4 Covered Potting Area
This bench is built against the fence and features an overhang to protect the potted plants from harsh rains.
5 Metal Shelf Potting Area
A metal table has been converted to hold plants outdoors.
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6 Plant Display Idea
This two-level bench provides work surface and a great way to display these bonsai trees.
7 Work Bench
This bench is built against the side of the house under an overhang.
I love this setup: you can have all your tools handy without worrying about rain.
8 Potting Table with Tool Hooks
Here’s another way to protect garden tools from the weather: place the hanging hooks under the lip of the potting bench.
The decorative tiles make this one really stands out.
9 Solid Potting Table
This one is built to last. I’m not sure if the drawers are functioning or just decorative.
10 Tall Potting Table
If you are custom building your table, it’s a good opportunity to make the height just right.
This becomes really important if you are tall so you won’t have to bend over while working.
11 Art Idea
Potting tables should be functional but what about all the time they are not in use? Dress them up with outdoor art.
The painted flowers here remind me of my garden art coneflowers.
12 Metal Top Table
A stainless-steel top was added to this old table—I love that combination of rustic and modern. This gardener definitely has the artist’s touch.
My kingdom for that red watering can!
13 Easy Build Potting Bench
If your potting table is going to be exposed to rain or snow, it’s a good idea to build a top like this one that allows water drainage.
The peg board on the back provides places to hang small garden tools.
14 Potting Table With Plants
This final one is the perfect combination of form and function. The upper shelf houses an assortment of native plants and rocks.
The lower table is used for dividing plants and repotting.
~Melissa the Empress of Dirt ♛
