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Community planter boxes

Develop a simple planter-box design the Shed can build efficiently for local community spaces and partner organizations.

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Rough cost
Medium
Useful skills
Woodworking · Finishing · Materials
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Proposal

What is being suggested

The Shed could settle on one or two durable planter designs that are straightforward to build in small batches when a local organization has a suitable need.

Benefits

Why it could help

A repeatable design would make estimating materials and volunteer time easier while still leaving room to size or finish planters for a specific location.

Questions

Things to decide

  • Which lumber and finish will hold up best outdoors without making the build too expensive?
  • Should we develop both a standard planter and an accessible raised version?
  • Where could a first set be useful enough to test the design?

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Tony CoteShed President · This week

I like the idea of keeping the design repeatable. If we build one prototype first, we can work out the material list and any awkward steps before taking on several.