Outdoor Corner Plant Stand

Made from freshly milled hemlock, this four-tiered shelving unit creates a graceful space in outdoor settings. It’s as easy to build as it is beautiful.

By A.J. Hamler

When Woodworker’s Journal publisher Rob Johnstone found out I lived a short drive from Capital Lumber Log Yard in Cogan Station, Pennsylvania — featured in “The Lumberyard” article on page 51 — he asked if I’d be willing to pay them a visit. Are you kidding? Road trip! The result was a fantastic spring afternoon with the Breon family — Emerald, Jade and Teri — getting a chance to see them in action running the band saw mill, turning out stack after stack of hemlock beams and boards. Since the Capital Lumber folks are writing about hemlock for this issue, Rob suggested an easy outdoor companion project featuring the wood. Always eager to build outdoor furnishings, and excited about working with a species I’d never used before, I was immediately on…

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Woodworker's Journal (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2023

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