Family Handyman

Backyard Pole Barn Plans  Build an economical little pole-barn as your tractor shed, garage, small animal shelter, hobby shop, garden shed or all-purpose backyard barn. Order inexpensive post-frame blueprints by architect Don Berg. You'll have an attractive and practical barn with a loft for extra storage.

Build The Ultimate Garden Shed  This attractive little building is a storage shed and gardener's potting shed in one. Download the free plans and read how you can have a copy in your backyard. The seventeen page building guide is from the July/August 2003 issue of The Family Handyman magazine.

Potting Shed Plans  Progressive Farmer Magazine created this pretty potting shed as part of their "Idea House and Farmstead" series. It's a great building for gardeners. The interior space is bright and breezy with three windows and a Dutch door. Skylights let even more sun in to get seedlings off to a quick start. The shady outdoor space is a great work room on hot or rainy days.

The Family Handyman's Garden Shed Addition  This spacious cedar garden shed has tons of storage space for lawn and garden tools plus shelves for supplies, a potting bench and windows. It's close at hand too, since it attaches to your garage wall.

Free Plans for a Garden Storage Shed with a Greenhouse Window  The Garden Storage Shed from APA is an attractive solution that you can build yourself. It has space for lawn and garden tools and a counter that’s perfect for potting plants. You can even get a head start on your vegetable and flower gardens with seedling pots in the greenhouse window.

Garden Shed Blueprints with Potting Window from Georgia-Pacific  Free, instant download, do-it-yourself backyard building plans from Georgia-Pacific include detailed drawings, material lists, safety advice and how-to hints. Their attractive garden shed is approximately 40 square feet of floor space inside the shed and ample headroom for storage of bicycles, a lawnmower, garden tools or play equipment. The room is large enough for a six foot potting bench or workbench; a rear window provides natural light.

Garden Shed Design from the Western Red Cedar Lumber Association  Attractive free designs for storage sheds, garden sheds, potting sheds and playhouses for building with durable Western Red Cedar. Their garden shed design has an open potting area and enclosed storage for garden tools and equipment.

Free Garden Tool and Potting Shed Plans from APA  Here's a practical 80-square-foot work and storage space for gardening and landscaping projects. Orient the structure with the main window to the south, and the workbench behind the window becomes the ideal place to get a jump on the gardening season by starting your plants in pots.

Shed Plans, Prefabs and Kits  Build a great shed in your backyard with these project plans, building kits, pre-manufactured sheds, guide books and building resources. Select from basic storage sheds, garden sheds, mini barns, backyard studios and playhouses.