Planters

Haddonstone’s Choice Contemporary Garden Planters

Haddonstone is probably best known for producing traditional and classical cast stone garden ornaments, but in recent years the company has expanded its collection of contemporary design products.

The range includes bold planters influenced by art deco, cubist and art nouveau styles, in addition to fountains, garden furniture and sundials.

Featured here are the large and small Highland Park Planters (A414) designed by Mark Salzman:

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Garden Inspirations From Haddonstone – For Everyone

Inspirations From Haddonstone - Something For Everyone

From the simplest seat to the grandest statuary, there is something in the Haddonstone range for every house and garden… whatever your budget.

All Haddonstone’s designs are manufactured from cast stone and include over 500 designs in traditional, contemporary and classical styles, including fountains, sundials, bird-baths, lawn edging, balustrading, chimney pieces and pavilions.
 
Prices range from a mere £65 for an Obelisk Finial to over £5,400 for an eye-catching Balustraded Temple.

For example, the imposing Raphael Seat featured, incorporates decorative panels, thought to be inspired by Raphael’s decorations in the Vatican, with both Etruscan and early English Renaissance influences. Priced at £3,200.

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Hand-Carved Sandstone Urns From Wilstone

Hand-Carved Sandstone Urns And Planters From Wilstone

Wilstone House & Garden are specialists in original hand carved stone, wrought iron and unique architectural pieces to landscape designers, architects and gardening enthusiasts.

Over time they have established an extensive collection of over 45 carved sandstone urns, pots and planters for the English garden; they have now introduced several new designs for this season including the Cotswold Sandstone Urn featured here.
 
The attractive well-proportioned Cotswold Urn is inspired by a late 19th century design and hand-carved from one piece of natural sandstone.

The urn is suited to both contemporary and traditional gardens, stands 68 cms high and 54 cms wide and can be placed on the ground, or given more prominence on a Wilstone plinth.
 
The Wilstone designs are elegantly contoured and carved by traditionally skilled stonemasons from natural sandstone, which weathers, attracts lichens and ages to blend beautifully with the surroundings.

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Large Elizabethan Jardinière

The Large Elizabethan Jardinere from Haddonstone

Perfect for big and bold garden schemes, the new Haddonstone Large Elizabethan Jardiniere was created following demand for a new design to complement the existing Elizabethan and Small Elizabethan Jardinieres in the collection.

This versatile container features attractive strapwork decoration and would complement either a traditional or contemporary setting. 

Standing at 61cm high and with a width of 82.5cm across the top, the jardiniere provides a generous planting capacity and retails at £297.

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Plants, Displays And Planters From Green Interiors

Polystone Planters from Green Interiors

Green Interiors was established in 1988 as an interior landscaping company specialising in providing live and artificial plants for corporate customers.

In response to an increasing demand from private clients for top quality plants, plant displays, and planters, not readily available elsewhere, they set up www.brightgreen.co.uk in 2001.

This is an interesting and stimulating website, where you can choose from a selection of live houseplants, wonderful silk arrangements, preserved roses, contemporary stems, grasses and planters for interior and exterior use.

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Garden Planters from Maggie Curtis

Garden Planter from Maggie Curtis

Here is a beautiful teracotta garden planter from the ceramic artist Maggie Curtis.

The planter was made as part of a bespoke commission for a house designed by Charles Voysey, the Arts & Crafts Architect (1857-1941). The whole commission included gate post finials, an ornate name plaque and planters.

Maggie is a freelance ceramic artist who makes client based bespoke Architectural Ceramics which include sculptural ridge tiles, finials and capitals, embossed tiles, friezes, garden sculpture, restoration and reproduction work. Her work follows the tradition of Victorian Terracotta.

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Planters Galore at B&Q

Glazed Boule Planter from B&Q

If you want to add a splash of instant colour to your garden, or you don’t have much time for gardening, planters are the ideal solution.

This year B&Q have a large range of planters to enhance your garden or patio – from traditional stone planters with flower designs, to the Cyprus Jar handmade from natural white clay.

The picture shows the glazed boule planter which is available in large (51cm diameter) or in a set of three planters – 25cm, 19cm and 15.5cm diameter.

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