Garden Mailbox

When is a mailbox just for mail?  Not in some gardeners  yards.

One beautiful sunny day I was lucky enough to go on a garden tour where fellow gardeners open up their home gardens to the general public.  As I was having fun looking at all the glorious plants and trees I spotted a decorated mailbox next to a potting bench.  

A clever gardener had mounted  a mailbox on a wooden post.  The door of the mailbox was wide open so that you could see how functional the box is.  Spilling out of the mailbox was a pair of garden gloves, a pair of pruners, a hose sprayer, a cultivator and a few other handy garden items.

I was inspired by seeing the garden mailbox and decided I too would like a waterproof and rustproof home for my garden supplies. .After purchasing a mailbox and some brightly colored spray paint I was ready to add my own decorative flair to my garden mailbox.

To decorate my mailbox I spray painted the box a bright orange.  After the paint had dried I stuck some round removable stickers on the mailbox to make some flower patterns.  I then spray painted the box with the yellow paint.  After the paint dried I removed the stickers and revealed the orange flowers.  

Outside in my garden area I have a garden workbench where my mailbox sits.  Inside my mailbox you will find  that I keep garden gloves, flower pruners, a box cutter to open bags of mulch and soil, a trowel, empty seed packets for referral and a small broom for cleaning off the top of my potting bench.  The mailbox keeps all these items clean, dry and readily available.