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Stanhope Village Shopping Centre in Sydney is now greener after installing IOTA’s Extra Large Granite Trough 1200 Planters. This urban landscape is filled with hard concrete paving, sharp corners and a lot of parked vehicles. With some low-lying foliage planted in...
Blooming orchids look so fragile that you could not imagine it growing in pots or indoors especially if you are an “orchid beginner”. Phalaenopsis, also known as moth orchids are the best orchids to be cultivated at home. It is not only exquisite but is also...
Carrion flowers, also known as “corpse flower” or “striking flower”, usually grow in the forest. This plant is known for its large flowers. Most people think that because of its physical appearance, it is hard to propagate carrion flowers in containers when in fact,...
Begonias are known for their variety of colours and patterns, with ruffled and smooth shaped leaves. They create a beautiful ambiance and can grow beautifully when their needs are met. It is considered as one of the most favoured plants by gardeners because of its...
The basil herb is often used in an array of food preparations from healthy sandwiches to salads to pastas and a whole lot more. Culinary experts say it is not only because of the good it does to the body but also because of its aromatic and tasty leaves. You’re likely...
Considering its versatility and how widely-used it is, chives are among those herbs that are pretty easy to grow in garden pots. We use them so often in many of our food preparations that it is only practical when growing chives at home. Not only will you have an...
Coriander is a nice leafy herb that stays abundantly leafy during most of the seasons with the exception of the hot months. Start growing coriander in winter, as it actually thrives best in garden pots throughout the cooler months. Growing Coriander in Pots Just like...
A native of the tropical Americas, bromeliads are attractive hardy plants that come in various varieties of various leafage colour. Bromeliad types come in different sizes too, and its leaves come in several interesting shapes and patterns. Growing bromeliads in...
Parsley, as we all know, is valued for its flavor. Growing parsley indoors is not at all complex. A novice gardener might be surprised how simple it actually is. Placing a nice garden pot of parsley on a sunny windowsill is not only decorative, it is practical, too....
IOTA custom granite planters were commissioned for the redevelopment of the town centre for the town of Leek in Staffordshire County. This town centre development project enhanced the beauty and charm of the place. The town of Leek, located at the foot of the Peak...
To turn your IOTA garden pot into a work of art, you must plant it. Planting it correctly will mean the difference between exquisite long-lived plants that complement the aesthetics of the container materials and an urban eyesore. Make sure you plant your garden pots...
Taking care of plants in garden pots is a bit different from maintaining traditional “in ground” gardens. Here’s how to take good care of your IOTA garden pot plant or plantings. Watering Garden pot plants are in small, self-contained worlds. The plants can’t grow...
The look of an IOTA planter only starts with the container. What you put in it matters just as much as the container materials. When doing plant selection for your planters, there are a number of factors to consider: Where will the container be sited? What is the...
Natural stone planters from IOTA were the planters of choice for the Park House Hotel development. A luxury country house hotel located in Bepton, West Sussex, the development is an architectural sight that made use of 58 IOTA granite planters of various sizes ranging...
IOTA’s Granite Taper 800 urban street plant containers were utilised to help improve the area in the Dockside of Douglas, Isle of Man. IOTA planters are a popular solution for improving streetscape designs. The natural toughness of granite makes them particularly...
"There's something about a white building that makes you wish you had a can of spray paint." That's really naughty, especially since our best clients and friends are designers! Le Corbusier made white buildings famous and the trend found its way to the US where...
With a wealth of information about Australia's rocks behind us, there's one last thing to do - start landscaping with rocks. Let's Rock the Design What nice triangular shapes within a triangular shape! And the distribution of plants and posies is charming. The...
Now "nitty" and "gritty" take over—geometry, color and texture arrest our attention to study, evaluate and find their place in our lexicon and design ideas. And for this we need to take a different direction so as to have a rich resource from which to choose when we...
In an earlier article, we talked about rocks having "purpose," finding enough evidence to support the claim. Since then more exploration has discovered, perhaps, that their most important purpose has been their role as the recording medium to reveal the story of...
Aborigine Mystery They were a complete mystery for years until someone must have talked to the right person and learned that they were a kind of track border, perhaps to the next aboriginal village or an intervening sacred place. This is located along the Anne...
"Steady as a Rock," "Solid as a Rock," "Rock of Ages," "Love You like a Rock"—pretty good indications that rocks have "Purpose," wouldn't you say? We'll achieve a balance by leaving the esoteric and move into the practical aspect of their existence, shall we? We will...
One great thing about rocks: you don't have to mow them. Oh—and you don't have to water or feed them either. Low maintenance landscaping design? Onto something here? Because brain cells are synapsing away over a few delightful things to ponder. Alright then, it's on...
Modern architecture demands the surrounding landscape to suit its vertical lines and size, something that traditional gardening may have a hard time achieving. Large containers are now more and more popular for landscape management with landscape designers, because...
Container gardening is preferred by many because of the great advantages it offers. First of all, even those with very little available space at their disposal can create interesting effects with just a few large planters filled with nice looking plants. Also, they...
Large, beautiful gardens are the pride and joy of any gardener, but not everybody has enough space for such large endeavours. Container gardening is the next logical step and a great alternative, because it allows the creation of a small patch of paradise, even when...
Not everybody has a lot of space available for planting gardens, which is why small landscaping projects can greatly benefit from placing plants in containers that are easy to move around, do not take a lot of space, and also have a great impact on the surroundings....
IOTA’s Slate Trough planters were on scene at a terrace redesign in a home in Drummoyne, Sydney. Kev Quelch and his team at Inovasis Design took on the redesign challenge and specified IOTA’s slate planters which blended well with a backdrop of natural colours....
IOTA’s Extra-Large Granite planters were recently showcased at Fenwicks Marina in Brooklyn, Sydney. The extra large garden planters blend nicely with the background of the Sandbrook Inlet along the Hawkesbury River. The Long Island Nature Reserve can also be seen over...
Here we are at the end of our journey across Australia to discover and native designs for landscaping indigenous plants in three areas of the country. Perth There are many stone features along the road between Perth and Neale Junction. One day-tripper says, "As you...
Their scent should stimulate our olfactory senses to bring us in touch with the earth. The colours of native flowers for landscaping should make us more aware of how our emotional senses operate. Shapes that reflect a precise geometry are lessons in order. ...
Plants grow in a vast variety of pots but you need to know which materials are really great for your garden. The following guide will show you the pros and cons of various materials used for the best garden pots for landscaping. The Pros and Cons of Terracotta...
The "vine-covered cottage," "vine-dripping jungle," or "vine-draped arbor" are the dramatic elements that create a kind of ambiance in the landscape that would be totally absent without them. Each of our three areas has its own unique specimens to draw our interest...
Using potted plants in landscaping have numerous benefits. They are easier to move and maintain and their environment can be controlled more than plants planted into the ground. For large landscaping projects, plants in containers represent a great alternative to...
Accent the Positive Shrubs and trees carry the volume, bring scale into the landscape and quite often play up the shape and delicacy of their companion plants. One tree can be the star of the show, but it's difficult for a shrub to assume that role---difficult, but...
Good quality garden pots are beneficial for landscaping projects, big or small, for a wide variety of reasons. They are not only a sound investment, but they also provide a great environment for plants to thrive and grow beautiful and strong. For the best results,...
In this second of our series on re-vegetative design, we'll look at the fascinating subject of native grasses for landscaping. Plumed or spiked, tall and graceful or tufted patches, native grasses can be the accents that produce a glissando or staccato note in the...
Pots are ideal for creating green space even when there is not enough free ground available. Companies that want to have a bit of greenery on their grounds, but without having to purchase additional space just for their gardens can enjoy the many benefits offered by...
Garden pots come in various shapes, sizes, and, of course, quality. Good quality garden pots are more reliable on the long term, they are made of better materials, and they even come with a warranty to protect your initial investment. They are, however, more expensive...
Re-vegetation is an effort dedicated to replenishing the native flora of an area using indigenous plants and native rocks for landscaping. Learning about this lovely movement afoot makes all sorts of sense when you realise that designing with the naturally occurring...
IOTA’s Granite Cube 500 Planters were the main attraction at the prized Paddington Central development in the heart of London. Filled with square-cut Buxus topiary, the planters helped create a visual definition of the walkways and entrance. The large cube planters...
