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Plant benches

Plant benches are sturdy workbenches used to display and work on seedlings, shrubs, and small plants. They come in various colours, shapes, and sizes, are easy to install, and are incredibly versatile. They add both practicality and decoration to gardens and businesses. Because of this, they're known by just as many different names - from flood, rail, and planter benches to tiered, display, and potting benches.

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Plant benches

2 x 1m Standard Cambridge Modular Benching
£371.83

What are plant benches, and why do you need them?

By lifting plants off the ground, they're easier to work on, learn about, and monitor. In garden centres and nurseries, they're easier to display, allowing customers to examine and explore your plants without unnecessary bending and lifting.

They're ideal for storage and organising stock into sections and categories. They're great for your plants because they offer improved airflow and watering practices, helping you grow stronger, healthier plants. Not only that, but by lifting plants off the ground, they're less prone to pests, disease, and standing water. The right bench for planters helps create the perfect plant potting station. Whether you're in the market for a simple pot plant bench or a commercial nursery potting bench, they provide a dedicated space for you to enjoy your time in and out of the garden.

It's somewhere to work on seedlings, shrubs, and potted plants, and to keep and organise your tools, fertilisers, composts, baskets, and soils, making the process easier and better for your body or your workers.

The different types of plant benches

Garden and nursery potting benches are incredibly versatile. With so many uses, it's probably why they have so many names. There's no need for confusion, though; all you have to be sure of is that the one you choose does the job you need it to at a price that suits your budget.

Domestic indoor and outdoor garden benches for planters

Weather, water, and workproof - strong, wide benches built to support large pots, planters, and other gardening and growing products.

Commercial nursery potting benches

Designed for production work. They often include tool shelves, raised edges, and smooth surfaces for easy cleaning. Depending on their size and material, you might hear them being called a long plant bench, a metal plant bench, or a plant stand bench.

Landscaping benches

Durable, weather-resistant designs for outdoor use in garden centres, public spaces or private gardens.

Rolling benches (with castors)

A nursery bench built with robust castors or weatherproof wheels allows growers to move stock quickly and easily around the nursery, making them the perfect mobile display benches for plants.

Flood tables

With raised sides and a solid bottom, a flood table holds water rather than allowing it to drain - another very popular option for nursery potting benches.

Mesh-top benches

A popular commercial indoor bench for plants. Designed to improve airflow and drainage while protecting them. Popular in greenhouse and polytunnel environments.

Single and multi-tier garden plant benches

What's better than a single-tier bench for plants? Stacking garden plant benches maximises vertical space, allowing you to store twice or three times as many items. Customising the design layout into staggered and offset positions provides clever, creative, and attractive stepped layouts, perfect for shops and showrooms.

FAQs

What materials are the best for planter benches?

Treated timber is an attractive and popular material for home gardeners, whereas galvanised steel and UV-stable plastics are most popular in commercial nurseries and garden centres. A quality potting bench, regardless of material, should provide you with years of good service.

Are mesh top benches better than solid options?

It depends on use: mesh tops or open structures allow better airflow and drainage. A solid top bench helps retain water in planters and pots.

How much weight do plant benches hold?

Again, it depends on your bench. Most are designed to hold heavy pots and many plants. Always check your product's load rating to ensure correct use.

Are there special benches for large planters and heavy pots?

For the biggest and bulkiest plants, reinforced benches are designed to support the heaviest loads.

Do plant benches require assembly?

Most flat-pack products do - but the process is simple and straightforward.