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Pallet planter box workshop

In Blog on June 24, 2011

LAST weekend the Urban Bush-Carpenters commenced phase two of our world domination strategy: we held a free workshop at CERES on how to build planter boxes from pallets.

Half a dozen of Melbourne’s savviest citizens came along. We split into three groups. I worked with Neil and Tom (pictured) to transform these:

 

Into this:

 

And then, within a couple of hours:

Hey pesto! You could grow bunches of basil in this container (sorry about the pun). 

 As our new accomplices found out, there’s nothing tricky about the design. All you need are a couple of pallets, a saw, a hammer and some screws and nails. And a friend with whom to stand side-by-side, point and think-out-loud, while you’re figuring it all out.

Neil, Tom and Thomas (another attendee) are all part of a guerrilla community garden by the train line in Clifton Hill. They’ve promised to share their bush-carpentry skills with the neighbours (world domination begins – very slowly).

Until the end of the year, the UBC will be holding workshops at CERES on the third Saturday of every month. At the next one we’ll make bench seats – send us an email if you’d like to attend.

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