If you are a keen gardener, the spot you might want more than any other is a potting bench, station or table, whatever you call it. This is a space where you can pot and do all the other necessary things with your plants, and it should be functional. If you are looking for ideas, we’ve gathered some of the coolest ones to get you inspired.
What A Potting Station Should Include?
First of all, there should be a comfortable countertop for planting and potting. Most of potting tables are made of wood but wood can rotten with time, so to make your countertop more durable and easier to clean, you can use metal sheets on top. Second, a potting bench should have some hooks on it or over it, a rail or a shelf for hanging tools, so that they were at hand. Third, it might feature some storage space like shelves and drawers or an additional countertop, that’s a great advantage as gardening works require a lot of stuff.
This is a simple cottage-style gardening bench made of wood, with an additional shelf and baskets for storage.
The simple potting table is a usual console table, and the trellis over it allows to hang tools.
This is a classic potting bench built of wood and featuring a small shelf over the top.
A small vintage kitchen island can easily be turned into a cool potting table with a shelf and hooks.
This simple yet cool blue potting bench is quite functional, and the trellis over it will be soon covered with the vine for a lovely look. (via francoisetmoi).
This rustic potting table is made of wood and there's a metal countertop for working, it's more durable than wood.
This is farmhouse classics with an additional shelf and rail with hooks, with wicker storage units.
This truly rustic piece is built of wood and metal and there's a tube frame over it to hang tools or herbs.
If you like rustic style, you will like this practical wood and metal potting station. A small shelf over it is used for hanging tools.
This light pink gardening table features an additional shelf over it to store all the pots at hand.
This pink gardening station features several countertops and drawers and it's a cute space to do gardening.
A vintage kitchen island can become a functional potting bench, add casters and you will increase its functionality even more.
Your potting station can be bold, too! Look at this cobalt blue piece with an additional shelf, isn't in inspiring?.
How To Make A Potting Station?
Luckily, there are lots of tutorials on building a potting station or table, so that it wouldn’t break the bank. More than that, you can take a kitchen island, for example, one by IKEA, or a trolley and renovate it to make a potting bench, and perhaps this is the easiest way to get a potting bench. Adding casters is also a good idea, so your gardening spot will be mobile.
This green potting table features a small roof to hide the suppies from rain and a cool scallop edge for a cottage feel.
This grey potting bench has two countertops and drawers and there's an additional metal shelf over it.
This large green potting table includes several additional shelves and even a sink for comfortable working.
I love this stylish green farmhouse potting bench! It's an upcycled kitchen island with an additional shelf over it and it looks chic.
This black potting station is attached right to the wall of a large garden shed and it's acomfy space to do all the necessary works.
This pink potting table used to be an IKEA kitchen island and just look how easily it can become a comfy gardening spot.
This mint blue potting station is build of pallets and an old window and it looks adorably cute.
A potting station can look as a cabinet, too, and it has a great advantage: you can store things inside this piece. (via realitydaydream).
The brown gardening table features two countertops and an additional vertical storage part with open compartments and drawers.
This super simple blush potting table can be easily built by anyone who is ready to DIY a little bit.
This tiered black potting table feaures three countertops and hooks and used to be a kitchen island.
This potting bench features two countertops and baskets used for storage, great idea for a Scandinavian garden.
This black gardening table is accompanied with a matching planter and is done with some baskets for storage.
How To Style A Potting Station?
Besides being functional, your potting bench can be lovely to inspire you to do gardening. Choose stylish stains or your favorite colors to paint the piece, add copper or gold fixtures to the drawers, a cane screen to hang tools. Hang a trellis over the table and let some vine cover it, so you will get natural decor. The style, looks and colors of the potting bench are totally up to the style of your backyard. Take a look at the pics below and get inspired to make a gardening nook of your dreams!
This refined potting table is stained dark and features a shelf for plants and a shelf used for decorating, wow! (via lizmarieblog).
The simple table for potting is paired with a double shelf for storage, and these two are easy to make. (via mostlovelythings).
The contemporary kitchen island is made of wood and concrete, and a rail allows hanging tools. (via instagram).
This gardening space is organized with a wooden potting table, hooks and shelves on the wall and boxes and crates for storage. (via homesandgardens).
This simple potting table is built of pallets and some wood, and it's quite functional, such a project won't break the bank.
This rough wood and metal potting table features a pallet as a vertical screen for hanging things. The shelves under the top feature trays and boxes for storage.
This cute potting station has it all: a shelf for storage, a sink and even a cane screen to hang tools.
This is a usual kitchen island upcycled into a potting table with a double countertop. The storage is organized with baskets and metal buckets plus a metal shelf on the wall.
This large weathered wood station features drawers for storage and a vertical shelving unit for more functionality.
This weathered wood table with an additional shelf with hooks is a great idea for a rustic-inspired garden. It's quite functional thanks to hooks and a second countertop.
This potting table is made wall-mounted to save some floor space, and the chalkboard and shelf make it much more comfortable in using.
This is a potting station made of a usual trestle table, and it perfectly matches Scandinavian aesthetics.
A potting station with several tiers will allow you to get more storage space for necessary things.