little herb garden box

So you may remember that the new deck stairs created a problem for our old fire pit area.

Last week I showed you how my dad helped me to solve that problem by moving the fire pit to another area of the back yard.  

But that left me with a weird looking blank spot in the area where the stairs wrap around, so I asked my dad to help with yet another little project.  I had him build me another garden box, similar to the one he built last year, but this time he added a little bench on the front.

This new garden box is perfect for this area; and I love that I now have a dedicated box for herbs and separate one just for veggies.  

The addition of the board across the top in front created a little knee bench, perfect for working in the garden.  My dad always thinks of the most genius little details!

My dad had this garden box built in no time at all, and once again my diy contribution only involved a paint brush.  I’m so hard core.

I used the same paint color as the potting bench , which is also the color of the shutters on the front of the house.  I only painted the outside of the box, and then used a small brush for the hand painted sign.  I spruced up a few old terra cotta pots while I had the paint out – because why not?

I hand painted numbers on these old concrete pavers – just for fun.

Find the diy tiered planter tutorial here.  For more outdoor project ideas and inspiration follow my Outdoor Pinterest Board.