Greenhouse Growing Bench

About: I'm always looking for new ways to make things or new things to make. Pretty much I just like being creative - working with power tools, gardening, crafting - I just hate being idle. I'll probably change this …

It all started in July when I had the brilliant idea it would be cool to put a greenhouse in my backyard. I’ve never grown anything in a greenhouse so this is becoming a slightly costly experiment, but if it works – WOW!! And……….while assembling the greenhouse I realized I’d need somewhere to plant stuff so I thought it would be great to build tables with three tiers of planting surface, and voila – these benches were conceived!

I didn’t think 4x4s were necessary to use as legs, so I opted to build the tables out of 2x4s and 1x2s; I chose the combination because 1x4s are 1.5” wide and 2x4s are 1.5” thick (you’ll see why later).

My greenhouse measures 95” per side inside, so I started with that measurement for the overall length per bench. Sorry I didn’t take a picture of the pieces before I assembled them, but here’s the frame for one shelf.