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DIY Garden Projects

Home and Garden, Lifestyle, New Zealand|2021|G

Keen for a bit of weekend DIY inspiration? Follow NZ Gardener's Jacob Leaf's step-by-step guides and make or build your own fabulous garden furniture, decorative features and hard landscaping.

DIY ply trestle table

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DIY ply trestle table

Make this stylish ply trestle table that's easy to transport and set up.

Make this stylish ply trestle table that's easy to transport and set up.

DIY hanging wooden planter

Make this charming hanging basket for your plants with NZ Gardener's easy step-by-step guide.

Make this charming hanging basket for your plants with NZ Gardener's easy step-by-step guide.

DIY foldaway potting bench

Make this space-saving potting bench out of old pallets.

Make this space-saving potting bench out of old pallets.

Make this vintage-style seed box

This step-by-step guide will help you upcycle an old pallet into a gorgeous and useful container for seeds.

This step-by-step guide will help you upcycle an old pallet into a gorgeous and useful container for seeds.

How to create a vertical garden

Here's how to maximise your growing space and elevate your gardening to new heights with this clever suspended pot stack.

Here's how to maximise your growing space and elevate your gardening to new heights with this clever suspended pot stack.

DIY plywood bunting

Decorate your garden for the holiday season with this festive bunting.

Decorate your garden for the holiday season with this festive bunting.

Make this modernist birdhouse

Make this house of birds from $5 fence pail.

Make this house of birds from $5 fence pail.

Make your own harvest basket

Make this pretty harvest basket out of chicken wire.

Make this pretty harvest basket out of chicken wire.

Make this retro chevron trellis

Help your climbing vines reach new heights with this easy-to-make chevron trellis.

Help your climbing vines reach new heights with this easy-to-make chevron trellis.

DIY hanging plant propagator

Make this easy wall-mounted propagation stand with these step-by-step instruction from Jacob Leaf.

Make this easy wall-mounted propagation stand with these step-by-step instruction from Jacob Leaf.

Cinder block woodpile stacker

There's an art to stacking firewood, and it starts with this amazingly easy-to-make cinder block stacker.

There's an art to stacking firewood, and it starts with this amazingly easy-to-make cinder block stacker.

Make a basket plant stand for your favourite houseplant

Jacob Leaf turns a humble basket into this stylish pot holder for indoor plants.

Jacob Leaf turns a humble basket into this stylish pot holder for indoor plants.

Privacy screen planter: how build a living wall

Jacob Leaf shows how to build your own living wall, for privacy and raspberries.

Jacob Leaf shows how to build your own living wall, for privacy and raspberries.

How to make a rhubarb leaf birdbath

Here's how to make a rhubarb leaf birdbath. You could also use any large leaves at hand.

Here's how to make a rhubarb leaf birdbath. You could also use any large leaves at hand.

Build your own sun lounger

Jacob Leaf makes this stylish and contemporary version of the classic.

Jacob Leaf makes this stylish and contemporary version of the classic.

How to make a tin can trug

Upcycle tin cans into a nifty trug. Jacob Leaf shows you how.

Upcycle tin cans into a nifty trug. Jacob Leaf shows you how.

How to make a spherical concrete planter

Yes, you start with a balloon.

Yes, you start with a balloon.

How to make a pinecone wreath

Christmas in New Zealand calls for heat-loving zinnias. Here's how to make your own from pinecones.

Christmas in New Zealand calls for heat-loving zinnias. Here's how to make your own from pinecones.

Make your own Kiwiana butterfly

Jacob Leaf breaks down the DIY steps to make this colourful summer project.

Jacob Leaf breaks down the DIY steps to make this colourful summer project.

How to build a ladder frame

This colourful, easy-to-make climbing frame is the perfect accessory for your vege beds. Jacob Leaf shows you how.

This colourful, easy-to-make climbing frame is the perfect accessory for your vege beds. Jacob Leaf shows you how.

How to make a pallet seed tray

Here's how you can upcycle a pallet into a multipurpose tray.

Here's how you can upcycle a pallet into a multipurpose tray.

DIY Glasshouse

Rachel Clare and Jacob Leaf looked through demolition yards and recycle centres to find materials to make this stylish glasshouse.

Rachel Clare and Jacob Leaf looked through demolition yards and recycle centres to find materials to make this stylish glasshouse.

DIY Rietveld crate chair

Rachel Clare and Jacob Leaf embrace the Modernist aesthetic of this simple chair, first created by iconic Dutch furniture designer and architect Gerrit Rietveld in 1934. Here's how they did it.

Rachel Clare and Jacob Leaf embrace the Modernist aesthetic of this simple chair, first created by iconic Dutch furniture designer and architect Gerrit Rietveld in 1934. Here's how they did it.

DIY flowerpot lighthouse

Ahoy there! Navigate your way around the garden at night with the help of this whimsical maritime-themed light.

Ahoy there! Navigate your way around the garden at night with the help of this whimsical maritime-themed light.