A lovely message popped in via WhatsApp, from a lady called Clare from Wales providing me with her name and address telling me she had won the Advent Competition, so I immediately gave her the option of planter in the competition or if she would prefer an alternative to perhaps match a colour scheme. Do I have a blue one?, she asked, instead of feeling happy this single comment made me sad, as it confirmed what I was seeing, that not one person had visited my shop, as per the stats on the dashboard, not even the winner of the competition. 

Anyway, today, I made a planter  just for her in Ocean Blue. I really do hope she likes it, I checked tomorrow was ok for delivery, but haven’t heard back, anyway I am sure the courier can rearrange delivery if its not convenient. 

On a more positive note, the herbs on my kitchen window sill are positively blooming. There is nothing like picking fresh herbs, the Mint is thriving, the parsley lovely and full, sadly the Basil is dying off slowly but gives off such an amazing aroma in the kitchen I am so pleased I picked it up. 

I am still in love with my fence display of planters, the twinkling lights bounce the light off the plain metal ones, and the colours one just look so pretty with the lights, am pleased my brackets have worked as well. 

White Metal Herb Planter
White Metal Herb Planter
Fiona
Welcome! I run my own small roofing business, and during the process of manufacturing Roofing and Cladding flashings (the bits on the roof which cover the edges of the sheets & the hide the joins) I noticed I was generating  a significant amount of waste metal. The scrap man would and did take it away,  but I felt I could do something more useful with it, after all it was a shame to throw so much away so I decided to try and make a box. This box became my office waste paper bin, to be fair it was then an easy leap in my mind to decide to on the bright idea of making them planters.Thus the garden planter / composter / herb garden was born.I now manufacture various sizes of Metal Garden Planters, in a variety of colours, and plain unfinished metal, plus the corrugated versions and sell them for countless uses. I say, I, because it is me who designs, cuts, measures, bending, drills, and packs each planter by hand, by myself. Each is unique, that is one reason why I name them, they aren’t mass imports, they are lovingly made by hand, individually and are built to last. To name some of my recent work, Car Park edging at School Outdoor space for various cafe's, bars, social clubs and pubs, I even created over 100 corrugated planters for a container artist village at the docks in London! Roof Terrace gardens in Bristol, Cardiff, & London Create Mini Front Gardens for various Terrace Houses around the Country Planters for Caravan Patios, custom made ones for the decoration of Hot Tubs, and to mask  the edging of Greenhouses I can make multi sized in depth, length and height planters for getting plants at different levels in the garden, whilst adding that splash of colour for a real contemporary feel. These also benefit those with kneeling or bending issues, as I can make waist height planters to ease the strain. Edging for Vegetable patches Capping for the top of Wooden Fence Panels and much moreMy name is Fiona, I aim to repurpose my waste metal, and enable those without garden space but with a window or accessible rooftop or terrace the opportunity to grow some veg, herbs or flowers.If you have a small space, some light, some water then you could grow fresh salad veg, or brighten up an area with flowers to encourage the dwindling bee population perhaps.Regardless of your need, I would love to hear from you if you would like something repurposed created for your space.happy planting! 

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