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Browse 500 funny garden names for a backyard, an allotment plot, a community bed or a garden sign: tool puns like Rake It Easy and Trowel by Fire, pest jokes like Slugs One, Hostas Nil, and mock-grand titles like The Royal Botanic Window Box.

About funny garden names

A funny garden name usually works in one of three ways. The first is the pun on a tool or a chore, where a garden word takes the place of a word that sounds like it: Rake It Easy, Trowel by Fire, Mulch Obliged, Compost Mentis. The second is the honest sign, which says out loud what every gardener knows: Where Basil Goes to Die, Organic by Neglect, You Should Have Seen It Last Week. The third is the mock-grand title, which gives a tiny space the name of an estate and lets the gap do the work: The Royal Botanic Window Box, The Lake (A Bucket), Balcony National Park.

Those three strands, plus jokes about slugs, deer, rabbits and squirrels and a run of gnome, scarecrow and shed names, make up about two thirds of this list. The rest is vegetable, herb and flower wordplay, allotment committee and neighbor humor, altered film, book and song titles, and a few gags about the weather. The styles are mixed together, so each batch gives you several kinds to compare.

Every entry is written to name a place: a backyard, a raised bed, an allotment plot or a shared community bed. Most are short enough for a painted sign or a plot marker.

How to choose funny garden names

  • Match the joke to the garden. The Lake (A Bucket) only works if there is a bucket, and Mostly Dandelions is funnier on a lawn that proves it.
  • For a sign, count the letters before you buy the wood. Sow What or Hoe Hum fits a small stake, while A Site of Special Scientific Indifference needs a long board or a second line.
  • Read a pun out loud and then look at it written down. Compost Mentis and Infra Dig are jokes for readers, while Rake It Easy works for anyone walking past.
  • On a shared site, pick a joke about your own plot rather than the plot next door. Raised Bed, Lowered Standards makes the neighbors laugh, and a dig at their hedge may not.
  • If the garden changes every year, pick a name that stays true. Next Year's Garden and Ten Years in Progress never go out of date.

Frequently asked questions

What are some funny names for a garden?

Tool puns are the easiest to like: Rake It Easy, Trowel and Tribulation, Thank You Very Mulch and Hose Garden Is It Anyway. For a garden that gets away from you, try Organic by Neglect, Weeds Welcome or It Was Like This When I Got Here. For a very small space, a grand title such as The Royal Botanic Window Box or Fire Escape Botanical Gardens does the job.

What is a funny name for an allotment plot?

Plot jokes come first: Lost the Plot, The Plot Thickens, Plot Luck and Little Plot of Horrors. Names about life on a shared site also work, such as Nine Years on the Waiting List, Passed Inspection (Barely) and The Unapproved Polytunnel. Check your site's rules about signs before you put one up.

Are these names suitable for a school or community garden?

Yes. The list is written for a family audience, with no rude jokes and nothing aimed at a person or a group. For a children's bed the gentle ones work best, such as Now Hiring Ladybugs, Gnome Man's Land, The Squirrels' Pantry and Sprout and About.

Can I put one of these on a garden sign?

Yes, that is what most of them are for. Short names such as In Spades, Bolted Again and Zone Denial fit a small plaque, and the longer ones suit a board on a shed or a gate. Some of these jokes are old favorites among gardeners, so you may meet the same sign in another garden.

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This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 23 names

  • A Lawn Way to Go
  • A Lot of Rot
  • A Midsummer Night's Weeding
  • A Site of Special Scientific Indifference
  • A Tale of Two Seedlings
  • A Thorny Issue
  • A Watched Pot Never Blooms
  • Abandon Hope, All Ye Who Weed Here
  • All Hands on Deck Chair
  • All Roads Lead to Gnome
  • All You Need Is Gloves

A, continued

  • Almost Eden
  • Another Plant Bites the Dust
  • Ant Misbehavin'
  • Any Other Business
  • Aphid Avenue
  • Aphids Anonymous
  • April Showers, May Slugs
  • Area of Outstanding Natural Scruffiness
  • As You Dig It
  • Ask Me About My Blight
  • Ask Me in Spring
  • Autumn Leaves and So Do I

B: 28 names

  • Babylon on a Budget
  • Back to the Fuchsia
  • Balcony National Park
  • Barrow of Laughs
  • Barrowed Time
  • Beet Around the Bush
  • Beg, Steal or Barrow
  • Begone, Begonia
  • Bench Warmers' Corner
  • Best in Show (Self Judged)
  • Better Next Year
  • Better Than Next Door's
  • Big Mis-Stake
  • Bindweed-under-Hedge

B, continued

  • Blackbirds' Berry Bar
  • Blight Club
  • Bloom and Doom
  • Bloom or Bust
  • Bloom Service
  • Bloom With a View
  • Bog Standard
  • Bohemian Rhubarb
  • Bolted Again
  • Borage Sale
  • Borrowed Your Spade (Sorry)
  • Brassica Buffet
  • Bulb Thief Boulevard
  • Bunny Buffet

C: 27 names

  • Cabbage White Airport
  • Cane and Able
  • Carrot and Stick
  • Carrots Were Here
  • Cat Sunbathing Deck
  • Caterpillar Catering
  • Chard Times
  • Chateau Compost
  • Cheaper at the Store
  • Chili Reception
  • Chipmunk Checkpoint
  • Chipping Compost
  • Chive Talking

C, continued

  • Cilantro Bolted Again
  • Close Encounters of the Herb Kind
  • Cloudy With a Chance of Slugs
  • Committee Disapproved
  • Compost Heap Heights
  • Compost Mentis
  • Container Kingdom
  • Cool as a Cucumber Frame
  • Crackpot Corner
  • Cress to Impress
  • Crispy Lawn Summer
  • Crows Not Scared
  • Cut and Come Again
  • Cutting Hedge

D: 20 names

  • Daisy Chain Gang
  • Dandelion Sanctuary
  • Decomposing Nicely
  • Deer Diary
  • Deerly Departed Tulips
  • Dibs on the Dibber
  • Die Chard With a Vengeance
  • Dig for Mediocrity
  • Dig for Spuds, Find Rocks
  • Dill or No Dill

D, continued

  • Dishing the Dirt
  • Don't Ask About the Tomatoes
  • Don't Open the Shed
  • Doorstep Arboretum
  • Dormant, Like the Gardener
  • Double Dig Dare You
  • Driving Miss Daisy Crazy
  • Droop Dreams
  • Drought Tolerant, Gardener Isn't
  • Duchy of the Driveway

E: 7 names

  • Earwig Go Again
  • East of Weedin'
  • Eden-ish
  • Eeny Meeny Miny Mow
  • Escar-Go Away
  • Everything Bolted
  • Everything's Coming Up Dandelions

F: 15 names

  • Fair Weather Gardener's Rest
  • Feet of Clay
  • Fire Escape Botanical Gardens
  • Forecast: Weeds
  • Forget-Me-Not, Forgot Anyway
  • Forgot to Water
  • Fork and Hope
  • Fork Handles
  • Four Radishes Per Year
  • Four Seasons in One Afternoon
  • Free Trowel Period
  • Frost and Found
  • Frost Bitten, Twice Shy
  • Full Sun, Empty Promises
  • Funded by Impulse Buys

G: 28 names

  • Gazebo Effect
  • Germination Frustration
  • Gift Shop Coming Soon
  • Gilding the Lily
  • Gnat's Entertainment
  • Gnomads' Rest
  • Gnoman Holiday
  • Gnome Advantage
  • Gnome and Dry
  • Gnome Away From Gnome
  • Gnome Comforts
  • Gnome Crossing
  • Gnome Economics
  • Gnome Man's Land

G, continued

  • Gnome Office
  • Gnome Retirement Village
  • Gnome Rule
  • Gnome Stretch
  • Gnome Truths
  • Gnome Turf
  • Gnome Wasn't Built in a Day
  • Gnome Witness Protection
  • Gnomehenge
  • Gone to Seed
  • Gone With the Wind Chimes
  • Grand Duchy of Geraniums
  • Groundhog Day Spa
  • Grow Bag Grange

H: 25 names

  • Half a Raised Bed
  • Hammock Time
  • Hanging With My Gnomies
  • Hare Apparent
  • Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow
  • Has Bean
  • Heap of Trouble
  • Heave Hoe
  • Hedge Your Bets
  • Hello Dahlia
  • Her Ladyship's Leeks
  • Here Lies a Hydrangea

H, continued

  • Highly Commended Carrots
  • His Lordship's Lettuce
  • Hoe Hum
  • Holey Moley
  • Honey, I Shrunk the Hedge
  • Hope Springs, Nothing Else Does
  • Hose Garden Is It Anyway
  • Hose Idea Was This
  • Hose Turn to Water
  • Hosepipe Ban Rebels
  • Hosepipe Dreams
  • Hosta With the Mosta
  • Hotel Gastropod

I: 8 names

  • I Don't Carrot All
  • In for a Peony
  • In Loving Memory of the Lavender
  • In Spades
  • In the Lupin
  • Infra Dig
  • It Was Like This When I Got Here
  • It's a Jungle Back Here

J: 4 names

  • Jack Frost Was Here
  • Jack of All Spades
  • Jack's Other Beanstalk
  • January Catalog Dreams

K: 2 names

  • Keeping Up With the Dahlias
  • Knot in the Hose

L: 24 names

  • Ladybug Recruitment Office
  • Land Hoe
  • Last Place at the Flower Show
  • Late Bloomers
  • Lavender's Blue, Thumb's Brown
  • Lawn Overdue
  • Leave Zucchini on Doorstep and Run
  • Leek and You Shall Find
  • Leggy Seedlings Lodge
  • Less Is Mower
  • Lesser of Two Weevils
  • Let It Rot

L, continued

  • Leylandii Standoff
  • License to Till
  • Lily Beetle Lounge
  • Little Plot of Horrors
  • Little Weeding
  • Live and Let Dry
  • Living on the Hedge
  • Loam on the Range
  • Looks Better From the Road
  • Lord of the Fruit Flies
  • Lost the Plot
  • Love's Labor's Lawn

M: 18 names

  • Managed by Moles
  • Marrow Minded
  • Meadow, Not Mess
  • Mildew Meadow
  • Mind the Nettles
  • Mint Everywhere, Send Help
  • Mint Run Riot
  • Minutes of the Last Meeting
  • Mobile Gnome Park

M, continued

  • Mole Position
  • Molehill Heights
  • Moss Likely to Succeed
  • Mostly Dandelions
  • Motion Carried, Weeds Remain
  • Mow Is Me
  • Mulch Ado
  • Mulch Obliged
  • Mystery Plant Corner

N: 11 names

  • National Collection of Dandelions
  • Net Loss
  • Nether Compost
  • Nettle Reserve
  • Next Year's Garden
  • Nine Years on the Waiting List
  • No Idea What That Is
  • No More Zucchini, Thanks
  • No Prizes Here
  • Nobody's Scared
  • Now Hiring Ladybugs

O: 8 names

  • Of Mice and Mulch
  • Off the Beeten Track
  • One Tomato Wonder
  • Open by Appointment (Never)
  • Order in the Border
  • Organic by Neglect
  • Overhanging Branch Treaty
  • Overwatered and Underwhelmed

P: 28 names

  • Paint It Blackspot
  • Partial Shade, Total Confusion
  • Passed Inspection (Barely)
  • Peaked in May
  • Peas Offering
  • Peony for Your Thoughts
  • Pergola-la Land
  • Pest Friends Forever
  • Pests Welcome, Apparently
  • Phlox, Stock and Barrel
  • Plant Purgatory
  • Planter Box Palace
  • Plastic Flamingo Preserve
  • Please Don't Look Closely

P, continued

  • Plot Luck
  • Plot Twist
  • Pocket Handkerchief Estate
  • Pond Pending
  • Postage Stamp Park
  • Pot Luck Patio
  • Potting Mix-Up
  • Pretty Mulch Done
  • Pride and Perennials
  • Primrose Path to Ruin
  • Principality of Potted Plants
  • Probably a Weed
  • Property of the Rabbits
  • Pushing Up Daisies

R: 20 names

  • Rabbits' Resort and Spa
  • Raccoon Room Service
  • Raiders of the Lost Bark
  • Rain Barrel Rivalry
  • Rain Stopped Play
  • Rained Off Again
  • Raised Bed, Lowered Standards
  • Rake It Easy
  • Rake It Till You Make It
  • Rake Me Up Before You Go-Go

R, continued

  • Raking Season Never Ends
  • Rear Window Box
  • Republic of Rhubarb
  • Reserved for the Cat
  • Rewilding, Officially
  • Rhubarb Rhubarb Rhubarb
  • RIP Rosemary
  • Rose Tinted Spectacle
  • Rule 14b Violation
  • Run by Squirrels

S: 66 names

  • Sage Fright
  • Salad Bar for Deer
  • Scare Tactics
  • Scarecrow Wanted, Apply Within
  • Scorched Lawn Policy
  • Second Prize, Onions
  • See No Weevil
  • See You in March
  • Seed You Later
  • Seedling Cemetery
  • Seeds of Doubt
  • Shady Deal
  • Shambles in Bloom

S, continued

  • Shared Tap Diplomacy
  • Shear Stubbornness
  • Shear Willpower
  • Shed and Breakfast
  • Shed Gardener's Office
  • Shed in the Clouds
  • Shed No Tears
  • Shed of State
  • Shed Over Heels
  • Shed Some Light
  • Shed Space
  • Shrinking Violets
  • Simply Radishing

S, continued

  • Site Inspection Thursday
  • Slime and Punishment
  • Slow Grow Row
  • Slug Central Station
  • Slug It Out
  • Slug Life
  • Sluggish Progress
  • Slugs One, Hostas Nil
  • Snail Bed and Breakfast
  • Snowed Under
  • Soft Petal
  • Soil and Trouble
  • Soiled Rotten

S, continued

  • Solar Light Runway
  • Sorry About the Bonfire
  • Sorry About the Brambles
  • Sow Be It
  • Sow It Goes
  • Sow What
  • Splitting Hares
  • Spring Sprang, Then Froze
  • Sprout and About
  • Sprouting Nonsense
  • Sprung a Leek
  • Square Foot Sovereignty
  • Squint and It's Lovely

S, continued

  • Squirrel Savings Bank
  • Squirreled Away
  • Stake Your Claim
  • Stately Home, Unstately Garden
  • Statue of Limitations
  • Stick a Fork in It
  • Still Green Tomatoes
  • Stop and Smell the Compost
  • Straw Poll
  • Strawberry Fields for Never
  • Strawman Argument
  • Strongly Worded Letter Pending
  • Stuffed Shirt Corner
  • Surplus Zucchini, Help Yourself

T: 95 names

  • Tally Hoe
  • Tax Paid in Bulbs
  • Ten Years in Progress
  • Thank You Very Mulch
  • The All-Night Slug Buffet
  • The Arboretum (Singular)
  • The Big Wilt
  • The Bindweed Preserve
  • The Brown Thumb
  • The Buck Stops Here (to Eat)
  • The Catcher in the Ryegrass
  • The Communal Wheelbarrow (Missing)
  • The Deer Ate It

T, continued

  • The Deer Park (No Deer, Thankfully)
  • The Ducal Dirt Patch
  • The East Wing Flowerbed
  • The Fence Is Theirs
  • The Folly (All of It)
  • The Forty Dollar Tomato
  • The Fountain (Hose With Ambition)
  • The Garden of Weedin'
  • The Gastropod Pub
  • The Good, the Bad and the Bindweed
  • The Grand Avenue of One Hedge
  • The Grand Canal (A Gutter)
  • The Grand Estate of Six Square Feet
  • The Grand Parterre (Two Pots)

T, continued

  • The Great Hose Dispute
  • The Great Lawn, Greatly Exaggerated
  • The Great Maze (One Turn)
  • The Greenhouse Went That Way
  • The Ha-Ha (No Joke)
  • The Hanging Baskets of Number Nine
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Greenhouse
  • The Imperial Herb Pot
  • The Inconstant Gardener's Plot
  • The Kitchen Garden (A Pot of Chives)
  • The Lake (A Bucket)
  • The Last Straw
  • The Late Tomatoes

T, continued

  • The Leaning Shed
  • The Long Walk (Four Steps)
  • The Lower Meadow (It's a Lawn)
  • The North Lawn (The Only Lawn)
  • The Not So Secret Garden
  • The Orangery (One Lemon Tree)
  • The Orchard (Half a Pear Tree)
  • The Palace Gardens (Palace Not Included)
  • The Pigeons' Pea Bar
  • The Plot Thickens
  • The Rockery (Rubble)
  • The Rose Garden (One Rose)
  • The Royal Botanic Window Box
  • The Scarecrow Quit

T, continued

  • The Shedmaster's Study
  • The Sodfather's Lawn
  • The Spider Hotel (Was a Shed)
  • The Squirrel Embassy
  • The Squirrels Won
  • The Squirrels' Pantry
  • The Stately Gnome
  • The Sunken Garden (It Flooded)
  • The Taming of the Shrub
  • The Topiary (A Rough Sphere)
  • The Unapproved Polytunnel
  • The Unfinished Pergola
  • The Unkindest Cut

T, continued

  • The Vineyard (One Grape)
  • The Viscount's Vegetable Patch
  • The Walled Garden (Fenced, Really)
  • The Water Feature (A Leak)
  • The West Terrace (A Step)
  • The Wildflower Meadow (Unmown Lawn)
  • The Winter's Kale
  • The Woodland Walk (Two Shrubs)
  • Their Leaves, Our Lawn
  • Third Warning Letter
  • Thorn in the Side Border
  • Three Dead Ferns
  • Thumbs Not Green
  • Tiptoe Through the Two Tulips

T, continued

  • Tomato Graveyard
  • Too Many Wind Chimes
  • Too Mulch Information
  • Top of the Heap
  • Tours Daily (Takes Nine Seconds)
  • Trellis All About It
  • Triumph of Hope Over Experience
  • Trowel and Tribulation
  • Trowel by Fire
  • Trug of War
  • Tulip Service
  • Turf Wars
  • Turnip for the Books
  • Twine Not

U: 7 names

  • Unauthorized Bench
  • Under New Management (Slugs)
  • Underwatered, Overwhelmed
  • Up the Garden Path
  • Upper Rhubarb
  • Upper Slugworth
  • Urn Your Keep

V: 2 names

  • Vine Weevil Villa
  • Vole in One

W: 27 names

  • Wait Till July
  • Wallflowers Anonymous
  • War of the Rose Bushes
  • Warren Peace
  • Watershed Moment
  • We Surrender
  • Weather or Not
  • Weed Rather Not
  • Weeding Between the Lines
  • Weeding Crashers
  • Weeds Welcome
  • Weevil Rock You
  • Wheelbarrow of Fortune

W, continued

  • Wheelbarrow Parking Only
  • When in Gnome
  • Where Basil Goes to Die
  • Where Houseplants Come to Retire
  • Whitefly Holiday Camp
  • Who Took the Communal Rake
  • Wild by Accident
  • Wildlife Welcome (We Give Up)
  • Wilt and Grace
  • Wind Tunnel Terrace
  • Window Ledge Conservatory
  • Windowsill Wilderness
  • Winter of Our Discount Bulbs
  • With Fronds Like These

Y: 4 names

  • Yes We Watering Can
  • Yield: One Carrot
  • You Only Mow Twice
  • You Should Have Seen It Last Week

Z: 3 names

  • Zero Percent Germination
  • Zone Denial
  • Zone Envy