Service Description

POTTING BENCH (Select wood during registration) Date: April 4 and 5, 2026, continued April 11-12 if necessary Class Description: 1. What you will make: A Potting Bench, sturdily constructed from 2x4’s with a large 2 ft by 6 ft table surface, a soil-sieving hatch-covered area, a lower storage shelf, and upper shelves. This project can be made of either hem/fir dimensional lumber, or cedar. A rough estimate of cost of materials (to be reconciled later*) is: Hem/Fir $200 per bench Cedar $450 per bench Participants must specify in advance which wood option they would like, so the supplies can be acquired and delivered to the AIH shop. 2. Tools you will use: Tape measures, various marking tools, handsaw, miter saw, jigsaw, drill/driver, tin snips, hammer. 3. Knowledge and skills you will gain: Saw to a line, frame construction techniques, how to fit wood around projections, how to cut curves in wood. This project is relatively simple, involving mainly straightforward sawcutting methods and screw joinery. 4. Brief woodworking related biography of the instructor: John Fritz has been a woodworker for many decades and has taught several ACWA woodworking classes. He has constructed this very potting bench design, with his then-12 year old son as assistant.