Why Choose a Wooden Planter

Gardening with any containers, but particularly with wooden planters offers many benefits. Plants can be introduced to previously barren or soil-less areas such as patios or driveways, plants can be easily moved about, greater plant variety can be achieved through providing different types of soil. Perhaps the greatest benefit, though, is the beauty and variety that the planters themselves bring to your outdoor space. Of the many types of planter available wooden planters offer the greatest practicality, variety, and beauty. The main reasons for choosing a wooden planter are:Frost defence. Wood is a natural insulator and a well built wooden planter will help to protect delicate roots from frost. This is particularly important for fragile bedding plants at the beginning and end of the season and becomes more important as you move north. Anyone who has ever own a terracotta pot will no all too well about the damage frost can do.Weight Wood is usually heavy, and the effect of wind on foliage often underestimated. A wooden planter is an excellent way to anchor plants against the effects of strong winds, and sadly in this modern era, against vandalism and theft.Value for money A well made wooden planter will generally last for many years and offers excellent value for money.Practicality Wooden planters can be affordably built to measure, and are therefore often the only practical option for difficult or limited spaces. Where space is constricted made to measure wooden planters can help to maximise what is available.Beauty Wooden planters are sympathetic to plants and, as a natural product, are particularly well suited to garden environments. Wooden planters can be stained, oiled , varnished, or painted in an endless variety of styles and colours. No other material offers such flexibility.Longevity Wooden planters are environmentally friendly. They will flex and react to the weather rather than fight it. Wooden planters don’t need to be frost proofed, wooden planters don’t need to be polished, and wooden planters will come to an equilibrium with the microclimate, no matter how dry, wet, or hot it is.You can’t go wrong with a wooden planter!

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