Need a place to store your gardening supplies? Use these easy ideas to organize a potting bench with style!
Next up on the Spring Home Organization Challenge is the potting bench!
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I love to decorate our potting bench for every season!
During Spring, it needs to function well for gardening!
Right now it’s decorated with faux plants, while I’m deciding what I want to buy for this season!
Want to see my first purchase of Spring?
This pretty pot of succulents is real and it’s gorgeous!
The potting bench is looking great on the outside but…
it’s a mess inside!
Join me as I organize this space to get ready for gardening season!
Prepare to Organize a Potting Bench
1) Purge, Clean, and Measure
Before we organize this space we need to take everything out and start with a clean slate!
- Remove everything from your potting bench and sort the items into the following categories: keep, throw away, donate.
- Clean the potting bench from top to bottom.
- Determine how to contain items like potting soils, fertilizers, etc.
- Measure the potting bench before purchasing containers to hold items you want to keep.
2) Purchase and Prep Containers
You don’t have to spend a lot of money to get organized!
- I went to Dollar Tree and purchased 5 containers for about $12.00!
- Remove the stickers from the containers.
- Make labels to use on your containers.
Ideas To Organize A Potting Bench
1) Store Soil in Lidded Containers
Here’s a great space-saving tip!
Use stackable containers inside your potting bench!
These work perfectly to contain different types of potting soil!
Don’t forget to label the boxes so you know what’s inside!
2) Store Garden Markers In a Tall Container
A tall plastic container works beautifully to hold my plant markers during winter!
Now I know exactly where to find them when I’m ready for them!
3) Contain Fertilizers
Gather your fertilizers and any chemicals you use and store them together.
4) Store Garden Gloves in a Container
We needed new gardening gloves and I put them in a plastic bin I already had!
They won’t look this pretty by next week because they’ll be covered in dirt!
Hopefully, we’ll do a better job keeping up with our gloves since we have a place to put them when not in use!
5) Hang Yard Tools With Hooks
Somehow we keep losing yard tools so I had to buy some new ones this season!
Rich installed hooks to the side of the bench and hung the tools up there!
6) Stack Flower pots In Baskets
I moved the flower pots out of the cabinet and into the wire baskets.
Now I can see how many I have and what sizes they are!
7) Display Watering Cans
Watering cans are functional tools but if you purchase attractive ones they can double as decor!
Display them on top of your potting bench!
The organized Potting Bench
I hope our seven ideas to organize a potting bench were helpful to you!
Now want to see what the inside looks like?
Wow, what a difference a few containers can make!
Can you believe how much space I have inside now?
It looks so good and now I’m excited to buy new flowers and plants to put in containers!
This is my first time planting perennials in the yard!
Wish me luck!!
Our Custom Potting Bench
Here’s a full look at our potting bench!
This piece of furniture has great sentimental value to me!
The main reason is because Rich made it for me!
It was in rough shape after we moved but I transformed it with paint!
We hope you’ll take a few minutes to read all about it here!
Reasons To Have A Potting Bench
You may not think you need a potting bench.
But they are so useful, I bet I can change your mind!
Here are five reasons I think everyone should have a potting bench!
In Conclusion
It’s so satisfying to organize a space and add some style to make it look pretty!
We hope you found this helpful and can use one or more of our tips!
Now that the potting bench is organized it’s time to move on to Spring planting!
I can’t wait to add some color to our lanai and yard with flowers!
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Blessings, Donna and Rich
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Get The Look
Below are similar items mentioned in this post to help you organize your potting bench.
Click the links below the picture to get more info on each item!
Three Piece Garden Tool Set | Metal Plant Labels | Watering Can
Gardening Gloves | Wire Utility Basket
4 Inch Terracotta Pots with Saucer | Outdoor Garden Potting Bench
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It looks amazing!! I recently bought the same lidded bins from dollar store to organize all of our biking stuff…such a good deal!!
I love how you stored the soil in bins…great idea!
Hi Rachel! Great minds think alike! No reason to spend a lot on bins that are going to hold dirt, lol!!! Thanks and have a great day!
Great ideas.
Thank you Tina! It feels great to have this space organized and now I’m excited about working out in the yard and planting flowers!
That looks so nice and clean and organized!
Thanks Joanne! It feels great to have such a tidy workspace! Can’t wait to get planting!
Love the way you have everything organized, Donna! It makes it so much easier to actually use spaces like these when everything is put together in such an orderly fashion. Can’t wait to see all the beatiful container gardens you’ll make this season. Hugs, CoCo
Thanks, it feels great to have this area organized! I’m still trying to decide what I want to plant in my containers this year!
Your potting bench looks spectacular Donna! I love the way you have it styled, and those wire baskets, are perfection! I asked my husband this weekend if he could make one for me, and now I have some inspiration to share with him. Despite the fact I cannot keep plants alive, I am excited to in the very least decorate a potting bench, lol! You always have such wonderful ideas when it comes to organizing our homes.
You are so kind, Cara! Thanks and I hope he makes one for you! They are functional and really fun to decorate! Have a wonderful day!