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OUT OF THIS WORLD – The year is 2152. The Star Trek crew has just encountered Nuvians for the first time. There is no record of them encountering garden planters as well, but if they had, those off-world planters would doubtless have been as space-age...

FROM THE SOUK – The souks or marketplaces of Morocco are filled with colourful pottery, but now and again a visitor stumbles upon a jar so different and simple it leaves the others in the shade. The streamline Morocco Urn is one such find. Adorned...

FLUID MINIMALISM – Based simply on the shape of a block of dressed stone, this low fountain is as contemporary as it is solid. The perfect symmetry of the square Messina Fountain lends itself to modern garden design, yet can also add an eye-catching variant...

FLUID MINIMALISM – Based simply on the shape of a block of dressed stone, this low fountain is as contemporary as it is solid. The perfect symmetry of the square Messina Fountain lends itself to modern garden design, yet can also add an eye-catching variant...

FROM EAST TO ASIA – The pleasing shape of the large Niken Urn is found in vessels throughout Asia and the East. From a small base it tapers gently upward to a high shoulder, then quickly closes again to a narrow lip. Around its shoulder...

THE MEDICI SWANS – The Medici family of Florence were patrons of the arts for three centuries, and gave their name to an elegant vessel ornamented with swans – the Medici Vase. Today that vase gives its name to Yardware’s splendid Medici Urn. Restrained in...

THE STABLE PEDESTAL – The Mayfair is a common-sense pedestal with a stepped foot and simple framing on all four sides. This makes it a suitable stand for elevating both streamline garden planters and truly ornate garden urns.  Dimensions: 680 L x 680 W x...

The SUBTLE STAND – The Medici Pedestal is an elegant plinth, designed to provide medium-high elevation for statues and urns. Its only decoration is a tasteful foot with a low rise and a curved cushion that ends in a concave lip. This makes it perfect...

OF THE ARISTOCRACY – In Edwardian England, Mayfair was the place where the aristocracy put their elegance and opulence on display, which is what the singular Mayfair Urn still does today. This exquisitely proportioned urn carries a wealth of ornamentation, yet appears tasteful and finely...

THE WHIMSICAL URN – Mariposa is Spanish for butterfly, creatures that have long been associated with freedom and whimsy. The Mariposa Urn aptly takes its name from them, being moulded from a cluster of palm leaves that are just as free-form and whimsical themselves. The...

THE STRIVING CENTAUR – The Maximus Torso is a classical representation of strength and restraint, power and control. In ancient Greek art the centaur, half man and half horse, was an emblem of civilized will triumphing over wild nature. The Maximus Torso represents a centaur...

The SUBTLE STAND – The Felici Pedestal is an elegant plinth, designed to provide low elevation for statues and urns. Its only decoration is a tasteful foot with a low rise and a curved cushion that ends in a concave lip. This makes it perfect...

THE EARTH – Emile Zola’s novel, 'La Terre', follows the fortunes of a French farming family who were every bit as hardy and rustic as their tools. The rust-coloured metal bands of the La Terre Planter harken back to that time when tools and vessels...

INDUSTRIAL BY DESIGN – The Lima Square Planter is designed to complement modern, industrial décor. Its regular cube shape is studded all over with faux metal rivets, giving it the look of old girders or steel beams. As a final touch, the rim and base...

THE FEMALE GUARDIAN – Napoleon’s campaign into Egypt in 1798 started a craze for all things Egyptian. Overnight, landscape gardeners were required to include Egyptian figures in their garden designs. But the great Sphinx of Luxor was too rough and weather-beaten to feature in a...