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Giving loved ones gifts has been a basic part of human interactions.  From the beginning, during the primitive era, people gave gifts to one another to draw peace lines in the ground.  To show that they were brethren, these primitive peoples would give each other a commodity of some kind.  Now this is not in the same way that we think of a commodity today.  Their interactions with one another were strictly utilitarian. 

These people would give each other a gift that could be used in some way to better improve their lives.  That should be the standard really that we should follow when it comes to giving each other gifts. Gardening not only helps the environment, it’s also a means of cathartic release, which is why I prefer to give my loved ones garden plant holders and other things to enhance their home’s natural beauty.

We are excited here at A Rustic Garden. Our new container of metal flower pots will arrive here in middle IL in a couple weeks. The phone is ringing every day with inquiries about our inventory on our web site.

Soon we will offer even more great cast iron urns for your home and garden.

A Rustic Garden has tiny cast iron urns as well as large garden planters. The tow motor is the only way to move some of our big ones. They will probably find a home someday at a city part.

Most of us plant our flowers in a container that we can move without heavy machinery.

It is definitely the season for planting flowers all over the United States. The phone calls keep coming in at A Rustic Garden requesting information about our most classic flower pots, the cast iron urns. These planters add so much character to your landscaping projects. Many decorators also use them as accent pieces inside the home.

The indestructible metal flower containers will last for ever unless someone steals them. It is sad but every year we have a few purchased from us to replace vessels that thieves swipe right out of their yards. No one will be taking this huge angle urn planter since it weighs 1500 lbs.

During spring and summer, annual flowers add beauty to a garden or exterior location. However with a garden full of perennials, shrubs, and trees it’s sometimes difficult to find a location for them. To have the opportunity to appreciate annuals without uprooting your garden, garden planters or pots are a solid option.  These can be placed on your porch, driveway, or hung down from the roof, and are easy to move out once the annuals have been bitten by the first frost.

Outdoor planters are available empty, or sometimes in spring and summer come pre-filled with annuals and other flowers.

Cast Iron urns have always been the garden planter of choice. Probably because of their traditional design but you can not look at these garden flower pots and not wonder if it is 100 years old or 3 years old. They will last for ever so the investment is a very good reason to choose a pair to add stature to your homes front door or a pair at your driveway to welcome guests.

There are so many sizes, styles and colors that finding the right cast iron urn planter for your landscape  will be easy at  A Rustic Garden.

Country home decor is comfortable, warm and welcoming. Combining a few country cupboards and  a primitive table with braided runners and mats can be a great start.

Hang a wrought iron planter on the wall but place a vintage wooden box in the planting area to hold your candles or extra linens. Placing colorful home decor accents in unusual  places brings the eye to your whole room and welcomes your guests to experience country style.

In many parts of the United States the weather will soon warm up. Selecting just the right garden container to plant your colorful annuals can be confusing. Steve Griggs, ASLA Landscape Artistry Specialists created this stunning floral scene. 

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Cast iron urns will last for generations without the weather deteriorating them. Their look has been modeled after antique examples from the late 1800’s. Functionality is also important so choose a garden planter that has plenty of depth to add rich potting soil. Maybe the most important thing is to make sure the vessel has a drain hole. Your plant’s roots need oxygen to survive so draining the water is very important. Your flowers and their roots will love you for it.

Growing your plants in containers allows you to enjoy gardening in a limited space where a garden might not have been expected, and can encourage you to experiment with plants that may not otherwise thrive in your particular climate. You can combine plants that help each other survive-for example, oregano will discourage insects that feed on broccoli and make beans taste better. To learn more about beneficial plant combinations and other ins and outs of container gardening, don’t forget that one of the most important gardening supplies is a good book.

There are a number of other benefits to container gardening.  Container gardening is a great way to use a unique urn or pot you might have picked up, not knowing what you were going to use it for at the time.  You may use a boot or shoe, an apple barrel, hanging baskets, buckets, or any number of other receptacles to grow your plants in.  A container garden can really dress up an entrance, balcony, deck, or other area that looks a bit sparse.

The 30″ tall Cassandra urn works great on a homeowner’s porch or patio.  It is a large heavy planter that will become a mainstay of your outdoor landscape.

It is also a traditional and imposing urn that has been used by several historic districts and main street communities to line the streets of a shopping district.  Whether you need two garden urns for your home or fifty cast iron flower planters for your neighborhood improvement project A Rustic Garden has the inventory and selection to meet your needs.