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Overview
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In this video, TOH Technical Editor Mark Powers shows how to stack cast-concrete blocks to make a stone planter
Steps: (Get the complete step-by-step instructions)
1. Outline the planter
2. Dig the base
3. Lay the foundation
4. Build up the walls
5. Fill the planters and cap the walls -
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6 hours a day over 3 days
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About $15 per square foot
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Tools
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Shopping List
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Difficulty: Moderate
The digging and heavy lifting is laborious, but stacking the stones is pretty basic work.
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Tools List
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spade
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stakes
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mason line and line level
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shovel
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hand tamper
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steel rake
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rubber mallet
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2-foot level
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mason's chisel and maul
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brick hammer
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caulk gun
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scissors to cut the landscape fabric
Shopping List
Cast-concrete blocks
Choose those meant for freestanding and retaining walls, not walkway pavers. To calculate how many blocks you need, divide the area, in inches, of each wall by the area of the largest block's face. Add 10 percent to cover cuts and breakage.
Paver base
A 50-pound bag covers 2 square feet at 3 inches deep
Leveling sand
A 50-pound bag covers about 6 square feet at 1 inch deep. Drainage stone
Get enough to fill your planters to three courses from the top.
Masonry construction adhesive
Landscape fabric
Topsoil
Choose those meant for freestanding and retaining walls, not walkway pavers. To calculate how many blocks you need, divide the area, in inches, of each wall by the area of the largest block's face. Add 10 percent to cover cuts and breakage.
Paver base
A 50-pound bag covers 2 square feet at 3 inches deep
Leveling sand
A 50-pound bag covers about 6 square feet at 1 inch deep. Drainage stone
Get enough to fill your planters to three courses from the top.
Masonry construction adhesive
Landscape fabric
Topsoil
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