Better Homes and Gardens (Australia)
PROJECT GREEN WALL
Build your own modern masterpiece! This hanging garden features rows of boxes and calls out for an eclectic range of plants.
Gather your supplies
• 2400 x 1200 x 18mm marine plywood (2)
• Black exterior paint
• Variety of succulents in small pots
Components
Split ba ens
60 x 1800mm (12)
Backing board
1800 x 1200mm (1)
Box sides and ends to suit pot sizes
You’ll also need Painting equipment; circular saw; PVA glue; 30 and 50mm galvanised screws; drill; 8mm masonry drill bit; blue wall plugs; 75mm galvanised baen screws
For you to note
• Prepaint marine plywood components with black exterior paint.
• Buy plants and then customise the dimensions of your boxes to suit the sizes of your pots.
Here’s how
STEP 1 When cuing split baen components from plywood sheets, cut one long edge of each baen with your circular saw set on a 45° angle.
STEP 2 Glue and screw 2 split baens to the rear of the backing board with 30mm screws. Make the angled cut the boom edge of the baen and position it facing the board. Place a baen at the top of the board and the second baen towards the boom. STEP 3 Set out the wall for 2 more split baens that will sit below, but interlock with, the ones on the board. Consider the height of your board when seing the wall baens out. Drill holes in the wall using an 8mm masonry drill bit, insert blue wall plugs, then screw baens to walls using 75mm baen screws. Make the angled cut the top edge of the baen, facing the wall. STEP 4 Glue and screw 4 split baens to face of backing board to support the 4 rows of plant boxes. Make the angled cuts the top edge of the baen and position them facing the board. Place the topmost baen so another baen will fit between it and the top edge of the board. This will make the top row of plant boxes flush with the top of the board.
STEP 5 Aer cuing box side and ends, use plywood offcuts to make small strips that will sit on the inside of the boxes and support the rims of your pots. Aach the strips to the inside faces of box sides and ends 10mm from the top edges.
STEP 6 Assemble boxes by gluing sides and buing into ends. (The boxes don't have bases.) Predrill and screw together with 50mm screws. Cut up remaining split baens to suit width of each box and screw to the back .Make the angled cut the boom edge of the baen and facing the box.
STEP 7 Touch up cut edges and screws using black exterior paint.
STEP 8 Li backing board and sit it on the wall so split baens on the back of the board interlock with those on the wall.
STEP 9 Place boxes on backing board so split baens on boxes interlock with those on the board. Sit pots inside the boxes.
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