A Rustic Garden Blog

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.

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.

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.

We have been shopping for garden decor and found the neatest cast iron stepping stones to line your garden path.

A Rustic Garden keeps finding new and different metal garden art. Spring flowers will soon be popping though to add beautiful color throughout.

For many years  I have had 3 fish ponds in my flower gardens so keeping them going through the winter sometimes is a challenge.

This year I just did not take care of the fish ponds like I should have. I normally unhook the cast iron water fountains to have the water pumps blasting water against the side of the pond to keep open water for the fish to have oxygen.

I have this large spitting frog that recycles a stream of water into my fish pond. Since I did not unhook it my water splattering in the freezing weather it made a huge mound of ice that looked like a volcano.  The stream of moving water kept a hole in the center open and did not freeze.  Probably not the best thing but it sure made an interesting ice sculpture on my pond using a garden fountian.

Don’t you think that out door decorating has come a long way. Love watching the professionals on Home and Garden TV change a patio or garden into a living space that is beautiful and comfortable.

The garden decor products like wrought iron outdoor furniture, lighting and rugs weather well and just make you want to spend your spare time relaxing outside with mother nature.

Outdoor furniture used to just be wooden picnic tables and lawn chairs. But those purely-functional pieces have given way to a more “decorated” look. Many people frequently entertain guests outside, and as such, view it as an extension of the living space. The furniture must be a little higher-quality. When choosing your outdoor furniture, there are some things to keep in mind:

~Will you be serving dinner outside, or just drinks and snacks? The former would require a larger setting with a full table, while the a few chairs and small tables would be appropriate for the later.

~This will dictate how many pieces you can put outside, and what style to use. A bigger space can use substantial, sturdy furniture, while a smaller place would be more suited to dainty pieces.

~A lot of factors go into this question; what sort of climate do you live in? Do you have children? If you live in a wet area, and will have children clambering over it, a durable material is recommended. No matter where you live, wrought iron patio furniture is always a safe bet.

Picture this great wrought iron patio set in you outdoor living space. Garden benches are always in fashion.  Taking time to slow down and relax in life is good for your health. 

Think about choosing a different color or adding some cushions for a brighter look. This welded steel love seat and chairs will cozy up your area and last for decades.

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.

My wife and I had originally planned on looking for a new house last fall, but we all know what happened to the economy and, by extension, the housing market. We decided to wait for things to rebound a bit before putting our own home back on the market. In the meantime, we were left with plenty of opportunities to make improvements and boost the property value.

While I focused most of my efforts on the back lawn and garden area, my wife took command on the indoor improvements. It struck me that prospective buyers would be making snap judgments about the home, so I wanted to give them a positive first impression. I put up a tasteful wrought iron fence around the garden and commenced the landscaping job I had been planning for years. In the end, we liked the improvements so much that we opted to stick around this house for at least another year.