DIY Garden Bed Sprinkler (PVC Pipe) for $20

Plans & supply list for garden bed sprinkler made out of PVC pipe from @DadAdviceFromBo

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Bo Petterson
April 27, 2025

I built my wife this PVC-pipe garden sprinkler that hooks up to a hose so she can just turn them on and water her garden beds each morning. Here is my video showing you how and below is the material list and explanation:

This garden bed is a 16ft garden bed but you can make this PVC pipe sprinkler for whatever size your garden beds are.

Steps:
1. Cut your PVC Pipe:
Use your PVC Cutter Tool to cut one of your 10ft PVC pipes to a 5 ft pipe and another 6 inch pipe. You will end up with one 10ft PVC pipe, one 5 ft PVC pipe and one 6 inch PVC pipe to connect. This will make a 15ft sprinkler to lay in a 16ft garden bed.

  1. Glue your PVC Pipes and Connectors:
    Begin connecting the PVC pipes using the connectors and glue+primer. You can glue these in any order. Follow the photo below to see which connector goes where. How to properly glue PVC pipe is listed below this photo:

The pipe on the right is not connected, the pipe on the left is already done.

To glue PVC pipe together, I use a primer + glue combination. Spread the purple primer on the inside and outside of the two pieces you are connecting. They say you should use the primer until you can’t read the letter on the pipe anymore. Then take the blue glue and do the same thing. You will notice in my video I am very messy and do this fast - yours will probably be cleaner.

Connect the two pieces with a twist and hold for 10-15 seconds.

  1. Bring your new sprinkler to the garden beds and connect it to a hose. Don’t turn the hose on yet.

  2. Using the 1/16 inch drill bit (I would not go any bigger than that), drill holes every 6 inches, making sure they are at an angle so the water doesn’t spray straight upward.

  3. Turn the water on to see what plants it reaches with holes every 6 inches, and while the water is still running, drill more holes to reach more of the plants.

The angle I drill the first set of holes. Notice I am using a small drill bit.

I can water two 16ft garden beds at once using this sprinkler. More than that and I won’t likely get the water pressure I need.

Love, Dad