Review: TP Wooden Deluxe Potting Bench by TP Toys*

Calling all nature fans and those little ones with green fingers – if you’re looking for an educational outdoor toy that children and their big people can enjoy together, this delightful potting bench from TP Toys could be just the thing your garden is missing. Planning garden activities for kids is a great way to encourage outdoor play, creativity, and a love for nature.

Over the first lockdown, like most people we got into banana bread and Zoom parties but we also got big into growing our own vegetables. Now we don’t have a huge garden but we built a tiered planter and trellis to train vines and we were thrilled as our tomatoes, lettuce and even a pumpkin thrived. Thankfully the cyber parties and soggy banana bread is now a thing of the past but we have kept up our little vegetable patch so you can imagine how excited we were to be asked to review the Deluxe Potting Bench from TP Toys.

Packed with a variety of interactive stations and with plenty of accessories to keep little hands busy and interested, it’s fantastic as it helps to encourage little ones begin their journey in potting and gardening.  There’s a water butt you can use to fill up your watering can, a trellis behind the main planter which would be perfect for training and stabilising growing sunflowers and even a little greenhouse with hinged see-through window where seedlings can warm up and germinate. Standing at around 88cm tall, it’s also the perfect height for my 5-year-old Margot though the age recommendation starts at 3 – the earlier and younger the better to cultivate those little expert green fingers I say!

The potting bench arrives flat packed and took me around 1.5 hours to erect. It was a breeze to put together as the instructions are clear and the parts are numbered so even I, a complete novice when it comes to DIY, was able to happily construct the entire thing singlehandedly. I used a power drill though you could probably get away with using a standard screwdriver as there are starter holes on each piece of FSC certified European wood.

What we liked

We don’t have masses of space outside so the potting shed is perfect for anyone who has a smaller garden, yard or even balcony. We also love the educational and role play element the toy provides and have enjoyed watching Margot light up watching her seeds grow.

What we didn’t

Despite the picture on the box showing children using tools, it doesn’t come with any. We also weren’t sure of the purpose of the sliding shelf with holes located over the water tray. The holes aren’t big enough to hold the tools we do have so if they were purposefully built to rest tools, it would be nice to include some that can fit.

Additional info

Each finely manufactured product from TP toys comes with 1 year guarantee. The Deluxe Potting Bench is suitable from 3+ years and the built dimensions are: 91.6 x 36.5 x 88.3 cm (H).

Where can you get buy the TP Deluxe Potting Bench and how much does it cost?

The RRP for the bench is £159.99 and you can find this and their entire range of outdoor toys and play equipment on their website here.

About TP Toys

TP has been designing and manufacturing children’s play equipment for over 60 years. Committed to providing high quality activity toys that keep children happy and healthy, TP’s climbing frames, playhouses, swing sets and trampolines are all built to last.

TP has a Product Design team located in the UK that works with suppliers worldwide to deliver the very best products for TP customers, at the right quality and the right price. Innovation has been the key to TP’s success with play equipment like no other manufacturer.

Review by : Libby Dallimore

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* We were sent the product in return for a review. All opinions are our own.