Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Build a hanging or standing wooden planter.​

With this versatile DIY flowerbox you get to decide if you want it off the ground and mounted to a wall or balcony or standing on the ground. Either way, your plants will look fantastic in it. ​
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Check our website to find further information or STIHL tools like the GTA 26 wood cutter:
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Here's everything you'll need for this project: ​

- Workbench ​

- Measuring tape ​

- Set square or carpenter's square ​

- Pencil ​

- 2 one-hand clamps ​

- Multi-sander with 150 grit sandpaper ​

- Cordless screwdriver with bit inserts ​

- Cordless drill with 4 and 6 bit wood drill bits ​

- Wood stain and brush​

- Hand tacker ​

- Scissors ​

- 10 mm open-end spanner​

- 15 wooden slats for the bottom and the front and back: 50 cm x 10 mm x 46 mm (starting - length: 240 cm)​

- 10 wooden slats for the two sides: 27 cm x 10 mm x 46 mm (starting length: 240 cm)​

- 2 squared timbers on the inside of the sides at the bottom 27 cm x 23 mm x 23 mm​

- 4 squared timbers vertically at the 4 corners (2 per corner) 26.5 cm x 19 mm x 40 mm​

- 2 squared timbers vertically at the 4 corners (2 per corner) 24.5 cm x 19 mm x 40 mm ​

- 10 wood screws / Spax for the squared timbers on the inside of the sides at the bottom 3.5 x 30​

- 8 wood screws / Spax for the screw connection of the two vertical squared timbers 4 x 50 mm​

- 40 wood screws / Spax for the wooden slats at the front, back and both sides 3.5 x 25 mm​

- Pond foil 0.5 mm or other waterproof foil ​

Var A) If string suspension: ​

- 4 screw hooks 4 x 50 mm​

- coarse fixed cord in the desired length (depending on the suspension height)​

Var B) If mobile: ​

- 4 castors (furniture castors) with plate 40 x 40 mm​

- 16 wood screws / Spax for fastening the castors ​

- 2 squared timbers at the bottom of the floor on both sides 27 cm x 23 mm x 23 mm​

- 4 squared timbers vertical in each corner of the box 27 cm x 23 mm x 40 mm​

- 4 squared timbers also vertical (opposite side) in each corner of the box 25 cm x 23 mm x 40 mm​

- 4 wood screws / Spax for fastening the squared timbers to the floor 3.5 x 30 mm​

Var C) If parapet suspension: ​

- 4 metal angles / chair angles ​

- 4 hexagonal screws for fixing the angles to the flower box M6 x 50 mm​

- 4 hexagonal screws to connect the 2 angles with one to another M6 x 20 mm​

- 16 washers M6 x 12 mm​

- 8 hexagon nuts M6 or wing nuts ​

Var D) with side handles:​

- 4 furniture handles with matching screws​

- potting soil ca. 20 l​

- hand shovel for planting​
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