Where there’s a will, there’s a way: and where there’s wooden storage, there’s a way to keep all that garden clobber safe and dry in proper style. Say goodbye to the functional but frankly ugly plastic storage containers you’ve been keeping your tools in; kiss farewell to the metal shed. Get a load of the all natural sheds, boxes and tool safes you could be using instead and you’ll never look back.
All gardens need somewhere to keep the tools, pots, seeds and other items necessary for their running and upkeep. With wooden storage, those places can become a part of the architecture of the garden itself. Your fences, pagodas and decking, after all, are wood for a reason – not because it’s the greatest material to keep in shape (it isn’t), but because wood is a “proper” part of a garden, segueing beautifully with the trunks of its trees and the green of its leaves. Wooden storage allows gardeners to keep their outside spaces looking uniform and all natural, whilst protecting the tools they need to keep it that way from the vicissitudes of the elements.
There are as many varieties of wooden storage as there are types of tool, or gardening applications for each piece of kit. Rakes, forks, watering cans, hose reels and spades can be kept safely out of sight in a range of custom designed outhouses – each one of which can be bought in a type and colour of wood to suit your existing plants and fences. They don’t need to be obtrusively big, either – this kind of storage space isn’t about “walking in”, like a true shed, but about keeping tools tidy and protected. Effectively, a wooden storage unit for the garden is an upright box: often built like a shed, but there simply for the purpose of keeping gardening implements safe from weather damage or simple loss. It’s not for growing things, or pottering about in: just tidying and keeping tools accessible.
Though wood isn’t the easiest material to keep in shape, it isn’t the hardest either. Try keeping a metal storage unit free from rust and mildew and you’ll see what we mean. A wooden storage unit, at least (as we’ve mentioned already), fits with the decor of the garden – and, of course, it ages in step with the other wood around it, the fences, decking and trellises. That means that garden storage solutions built from wood never really “stick out”, unlike an iron or plastic box, which either looks cheap or simply well out of place. Furthermore, wooden storage units can be treated with weather proof stain, which reduces the likelihood that they will warp, or become ugly in the way that a metal object can.
Wooden storage is the perfect way to keep the endless British rain away from expensive tools; to tidy hosepipes and keep compost out of sight. With its natural look and pleasant feel, it’s guaranteed to make your garden neater without ruining its design.
