If you’ve started a vegetable or herb garden, it’s important to keep your sage separate from your cilantro and to know your tomato plant from your pepper plant. And if you’re a beginner gardener, that may be harder than it sounds. Luckily, a crop of Etsy designers have created so clever and gorgeous re-purposed plant markers, which add a little fun, along with function, among your greenery.

Upcycled Garden Markers from Mon Petit Chou Boutique

Vintage silver-plated cocktail and shrimp forks come together with reclaimed copper beautifully in these upcycled garden markers shown above. While the handmade markers are nothing less than polished, each one boasts one-of-a-kind charm as the artist bends, hammers and torches vintage silverware and customizes the plant names to make a perfect set for your garden.

Eco-Friendly Rustic Garden Markers from a Remark You Made

Brilliantly crafted from fallen branches, these twig-like rustic garden markers will blend into your garden seamlessly. Each stick is sanded smooth by hand with a flat carved spot for labeling your plants. You can write in the herbs and veggies yourself, or have the artist customize them for you.

Old Silver Spoon Garden Markers from Daisy Chestnut

Made from vintage spoons that are silver-plated and adorned with illustrated labels, these garden markers are so adorable you hate to have them hiding behind your greens! The Connecticut-based Etsy artist illustrates and colors each vegetable and herb label by hand using archival ink and a finish that’s moisture and UV-resistant made to last in the garden. Buy by the veggie or choose a set customized to your needs.

Chalkboard Garden Plant Markers from Bradens Grace

You can change the names on these chalkboard plant markers as often as you like – annually, seasonally or when your crops don’t survive and need replacing – so you don’t have to constantly buy new ones. If writing with chalk outside where rain and H2O from your watering can could wash away your labels worries you, this Etsy seller swears by chalkboard markers that are longer lasting than regular chalk.

Fused Glass Plant Markers from Pane in the Grass

Starting with a base of recycled knives and forks and topped with colored glass rectangles, these markers add a splash of color to your garden and color-coding makes it easy to tell the difference between your lettuce and arugula from far away. For $20 you’ll get a set of six with the herbs, vegetables or even inspirational quotes of your choosing. Plant names are fused onto the glass so you don’t have to worry about the printing coming off.

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