DIY Vegetable Planter
Dennis sends in his newly constructed western red cedar planter box.
DIY Vegetable Planter
Dennis sends in his newly constructed western red cedar planter box.

In 2008, after desperately searching for the perfect raised planter box for an urban vegetable garden and coming up empty-handed, I decided to design my own. I found that by building my own, I was able to construct the planter box to the exact dimensions that would maximize the garden area in the available space along my side yard.

I spent many hours and days gathering inspiration from different planter box designs and sketching out a design that would be sturdy and timeless.

When I started to post articles here on Stark Insider about my experiences growing tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and basil in my little urban garden, several readers asked for my plans. It still is really cool when a reader who has downloaded the plans emails me photos of their final project results.

Thank you Denny for writing in and sharing yours. May your planter box bring you many years of wonderful surprises from Mother Nature!

Thanks Dennis. Check out my vegetable planter box plans, and make your own!

[DIY Vegetable Planter Box Plans]

Loni Stark
Loni Stark is an artist at Atelier Stark, psychology researcher, and technologist whose work explores the intersection of identity, creativity, and technology. A self-professed foodie and adventure travel enthusiast, she collaborates on visual storytelling projects with Clinton Stark for Stark Insider. Her insights are shaped by her role at Adobe, influencing her explorations into the human-tech relationship. It's been said her laugh can still be heard from San Jose up to the Golden Gate Bridge—unless sushi, her culinary Kryptonite, has momentarily silenced her.