Free Lawn and Garden Accessories Plans

A Hand Carved Home Address Sign
Here is a shot of a home address sign I carved. I carved it as a gift for some good friends. The sign is made of 8/4 Honduras mahogany and was carved using a router to hog out the waste around the letters,...

Bamboo Fountain
A solitary clack echoes through the garden and fades. We are reminded of the passage of time The shishi odoshi, a traditional Japanese fountain, was originally used to scare away deer who would otherwise feed on tender shoots in rice paddies. I can’t vouch for its efficiency at keeping herds of marauding...

Edwardian Style Obelisk
This formal, Edwardian-style obelisk can be adapted in size for both large gardens with sweeping vistas or small urban patios. Proportion and detailing are...

Light Of Way
Make your own Japanese-style outdoor lanterns - the ultimate in easy, low-tech garden lighting.

Lanterns
After completing my new deck project, I was on the lookout for some sort of accent lighting that would add a festive mood to the deck—I knew from the start those multicolored plastic Kontiki lights just weren’t going to work. Then it...

Zen Rock Garden
"Through Zen philosophy, one can experience the large in the small. And in a grain of sand, glimpse the meaning of the world." For centuries, Japanese Zen masters have practiced this philosophy by cultivating gardens of harmoniously-arranged rocks and raked gravel. This simple task reduces the day's...

Outdoor Duckboards
Meet the simple-to-build, multi-purpose outdoor “platforms” with dozens of great uses! Duckboards shed water just like their namesake “feathered friends” which make them well-suited...

Making Wind Chimes
Here's a simple and inexpensive way to make music in the great outdoors in your home, but I'll warn you, you'll need a piece of paper and a pencil to take directions. It's very specific. Let me show...

Build A Zen Garden Box
A Zen garden box provides relaxation and a sense of accomplishment. Woodworking projects can be great stress relievers. There's just something about turning raw stock into a useful,...

Garden Trug Project
An attractive wooden basket for the garden. A simple project which takes very little timber and can probably be made from offcuts. As it's intended for outside use, try to find some good pieces of hardwood - I used oak.

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
This decorative 4' high lighthouse both adds beauty to your landscaping and lights your way. Our project is a replica of the Cape Hatteras lighthouse off the North Carolina Coast.

Obelisks Urban Totem
Artwood Design Artist Bill Weber used a northwest coast totem pole motif for his obelisk, which has carved panels depicting winter and spring.

Dried Flower Holder
Knock together this dried flower holder, use standard size 3/4" thick cedar fence boards and decorate it with a length of sisal twine. Parts Cut two 12" lengths from the cedar fence board, rip them in...

Garden Hose Hanger
It may not be beautiful, but this garden hose hanger was built for strength. It is made from 7/8"-thick white oak for strength and durability, but both fir and cedar are good, weather-tough alternatives.

A 16th Century German Wheelbarrow
Spiffing up your Campsite By Ld. Chas. Oakley, Esq. A 16th Century German Wheelbarrow So, let's say you're camping at Pennsic and your land-o-crat got out there really late and that spiffy campsite you've... [Tip: try Google cached copy if link fails].

Custom Cupola And Weathervane
Ron's first stop for this HouseCalls episode finds him traveling through the deep woods along the coast of Maine to a town called Lincolnville Beach. Here, the Novaks, who moved to this picturesque spot several years ago from upstate New York, have almost...