Searching for a garden stool you can use as a seat or side table? A garden stool is a really flexible addition to any outdoor space. It’s a space-saving seat for a tiny patio or yard, and an easy way to add extra garden seating when you’re welcoming a crowd to your outdoor space.
Our best garden stool is the Modway Haste Contemporary Modern Hourglass Accent Stool. It can be used as a stool, storage ottoman, or a snack table. It comes in four colors, is hourglass-shaped, and it's a bargain. Find out more and get the rest of our top picks below.
Modway Haste Contemporary Modern Hourglass Accent Stool
A bargain garden stool that certainly looks the part
Available in four different colors, this stylish stool can be used as storage, a seat, or a surface.
Pros:
- Can be used as a stool, storage or a table
- Inexpensive
- Indoor or out
- Four color options
Cons:
- Made of plastic
The Modway Haste Contemporary Modern Hourglass Accent Stool is a multi-tasker. This stool can be used for extra seating, as storage or as a place to pop your drinks and snacks. It's made from durable polypropylene plastic and can be used indoors or out. Its ribbed, hourglass-shaped design is perfect while the fact it comes in four colors – white, green, orange, or red – is even better.
TomCare Garden Kneeler Seat Foldable Garden Stool
A stool to make gardening tasks easier
This foldable design is stool and kneeler and there’s even space on board for tools.
Pros:
- Portable
- Space for garden tools
- Makes garden tasks more comfortable
Cons:
- Practical rather than pretty
The TomCare Garden Kneeler Seat Foldable Garden Stool is made to help you with pruning, weeding and more rather than seating your guests, but it’s no less of a top buy as a garden stool. The foam-padded cushion is comfortable to sit on so you can prune or work on raised beds, then lower it to cushion your knees for weeding.
There are two tool pouches on board, so everything is to hand when you’re gardening, and once you’ve finished the garden stool can be folded away for storage. It’s light to carry as well, weighing just 6.9lb.
Patio Sense Maya Square Indoor Outdoor Garden Stool Table
A country-style wooden design with plenty of charm
With an unfussy shape but textural appeal this stool suits for both garden work and entertaining.
Pros:
- Rustic reclaimed wood
- Complements a variety of garden styles
- Practical for chores
- Decorative appearance
Cons:
- Takes up more space than a round stool
The Patio Sense Maya Square Indoor Outdoor Garden Stool Table is smart enough to offer your guests a seat on, and robust enough to be used for garden chores that are far easier to do sitting down. It’s rustic in appearance and made from reclaimed woods such as acacia, pine, and rubber wood, which are treated to make the garden seat weather resistant. An intricate finish makes it decorative, too.
A square shape gives you corners to avoid on the patio, but it’s light enough to move when you need to. It doubles as a table, and would look as good inside the house as it does outdoors.
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The best garden stool you can buy is the Modway Haste Contemporary Modern Hourglass Accent Stool. The TomCare Garden Kneeler Seat Foldable Garden Stool is great for doing garden chores, while the Patio Sense Maya Square Indoor Outdoor Garden Stool Table can be a seat for work or entertaining.