Easy & Inventive Garden Markers

(Revised & Updated July 13, 2023)

If you love gardening like I do, you probably get so busy you forget what you planted where. I know I do.

Below are 12 DIY garden markers created by clever garden lovers.

Click on the link below each photo to go to the source and instructions, though they’re fairly self-explanatory.

Craft Stick Herb Markers

Craft sticks, acrylic paint, and twine are all you need to make these plant markers.

You should be able to find all three at your local dollar store.

Laminated Garden Markers

These plant markers are typed, printed, and then laminated so the labels will last for a long time.

Wooden Spoon Craft

Wooden spoons are pretty cheap and easy to come by. You may already have some extra wooden spoons in a drawer somewhere.

Dig them out and make markers for your herbs. You could paint them if you so desire. If so, you might want to spray a sealer on to preserve your markers.

Brick Garden Markers

Do you have any old bricks laying around your yard or garage? Use them to make quick and easy plant markers.

Then line them up next to the rows of herbs so you’ll be able to recall what you planted.

Boho & Beads

If you want to go a little boho with your garden or plant pot markers, DIY these little beauties.

Wooden Spool Garden Markers

You can find little unpainted wooden spools at your craft store. I have some of them myself around here somewhere.

They make easy plant markers, especially because there’s already a little hole in the spool to put a stick.

Saved Tin Can Tops

Save those tin can tops if you’re planting a garden. They could come in handy to make easy cheap plant markers.

A Rainbow Of Colors

You can go to your paint store and get these paint sticks free of charge. Then paint and decorate as you please and stick them in the ground.

Wine Cork Garden Markers

If you like wine, then you can probably save up wine corks to make plant markers.

I don’t like wine, but a few years ago I picked up a jar of wine corks at an antique mall.

Wine corks will add a nice textured element to your garden. Put a stick in the cork and you’ve got a cute little garden marker.

Scrabble Tiles Garden Markers

Scrabble tiles make nice plant markers too. Buy the tiles or make your own from plywood. Then just label them.

You could stamp the lettering on or simply write the name of the plants if you have to make yours from plywood.

If you don’t have any Scrabble tiles, I’ve purchased them before on Etsy.

Safari Animals

If you have kids (or grandkids) then you probably have plastic toy animals around somewhere. The kids would probably love to join you for this craft.

(I can’t guarantee that a little person won’t pick them up and move them from time to time however.)

Stained Wood Project

Use lattice wood pieces to make these sturdy little plant markers, and then stain the wood.

Great DIYs For Garden Lovers

These kinds of DIYs are what we gardeners love to do when it’s raining and we can’t be outside in the garden.

This would also be a fun party idea. Invite neighbors or friends over and enjoy an afternoon making plant markers.

You don’t have to spend a lot of money to make plant markers to identify your plants. And it can be a fun endeavor as well.

I may just have to drop by the dollar store to see what I can come up with for my own garden.