Cute garden sign idea!

My mom and I created a cute garden sign for her lavender plant in a joint effort yesterday. We had the idea while out walking the dog, and I got started when we got home. I took a couple coat hangers out of my closet and straightened them out. Then I crossed the two ends, put it in my bench vise. Then I did some serious twirling. I spiralled the two hangers together, then bent a hook shape into the end. It was perfect. Lightweight, pretty, and simple and cheap to make. The two protruding ends would serve as hooks for the sign.

As for the sign, I cut a 6" or so piece of board that has been in our garage rafters for years. Then I drilled two 3/16" holes in two corners. Then my mom sanded the piece, and woodburned "Lavender" in a very neat font.

When we initially tried to drive the post into the ground, it was too flexible. So I took about 4" on the end and bent it in on itself. That made it far sturdier and it went into the ground no problem.

Take a peek at it! I think it's cute. We're definitely going to make more. Just an idea for those of you looking for fun garden signs!

Very nice! I love how cute it looks!

Nicole Alderman wrote:Very nice! I love how cute it looks!

Thanks Nicole!

I like your take on the wire sign hanger.

I recently saw a gardening youtuber showing off this method of making signs and thought it was a nice attractive way to do it. He suggested doing the sign bit with tin or aluminum plates (like repurposed drink cans) and etching the lettering. I like your wood burning better though.

For my own sorting/labeling purposes I've taken to finding decent sized and nice looking stones and writing plant names on them and putting them in the planting area where they're quite visible until they're covered by weeds...

L. Johnson wrote:I like your take on the wire sign hanger.

I recently saw a gardening youtuber showing off this method of making signs and thought it was a nice attractive way to do it. He suggested doing the sign bit with tin or aluminum plates (like repurposed drink cans) and etching the lettering. I like your wood burning better though.

For my own sorting/labeling purposes I've taken to finding decent sized and nice looking stones and writing plant names on them and putting them in the planting area where they're quite visible until they're covered by weeds...

I thought about aluminum or stainless steel but settled with wood because there are no worries about funky stuff leaching into the soil. Both of those are mostly likely stable materials, but I'd rather stick with wood for simplicitiy's sake. Woodburning is fun, too!

And great idea! Except for those weeds...I bet you anything some of our signs, even being elevated, will be covered up eventually too.