Build a 5 Foot Garden Box

You can build an above ground garden box out of all sorts of things. This project can be used as a container pond or a garden box, and was made out of old closet doors.  If I can do this so can you!

I had an old storage closet that I turned into a pond.

The project turned out pretty nice, but then I thought...
What do I do with the doors?

All I needed was a power drill and some screws.

4 mil. or 6 mil. black plastic sheeting or tarp (found at Lowe's or Home Depot).

A utility knife

A pair of scissors

8 Corner braces.

4 Straight braces for added support.

Here is how the frame looked when it was all put together.
The frame is 5' 4" long by 2' 8" wide.

This can be used as a garden box or an above ground container pond. I chose to make mine into an above ground container pond.

Here is the end result! It was very easy to make.
The plastic is simply draped inside the pond and over the edge. I could have trimmed off the extra tarp material on the ground, but chose to leave it instead. Then I took extra potted plants and placed them next to the pond on top of the tarp. I only purchased a few pond plants. Others were extra that grew during the season and plants I picked up for free from the community plant swap. My next step is to add fish and a fountain! I would like to see pics of your pond projects too.

Total cost of the project was under $25

Happy Ponding!

GAiL

gail@pondplantgirl.com