Planter Insights

Discover expert tips, industry trends, and inspiring ideas for creating stunning commercial outdoor spaces with custom planters. Whether you're a landscape contractor, architect, or designer, you’ll find insights that will help you make informed decisions and elevate your projects.

Urban Revitalization: The Importance of Green Spaces

Adding green space opens up a wide array of benefits for urban revitalization projects. Fortunately, today’s city planners, developers, and government agencies recognize the significant role green spaces can play in these urban revitalization projects.

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Large Indoor Planters to Transform Your Space

Today’s interior designers are using large indoor planters to bring the outdoors in and add life to their commercial and residential design projects. In this article, you’ll find information about choosing, styling, and maintaining large indoor planters from the experts at PureModern.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Rooftop Planters

Rooftop planters make designing green space possible. When designing an outdoor rooftop space with planters, making an informed decision will optimize available space, ensure longevity and aesthetics of the rooftop planters, and promote plant health.

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Watertight Planters: Everything You Need to Know for Your Next Project

Planters are a fundamental design element of any commercial, residential, or hospitality project. But they’ve also got to withstand significant wear and tear. Therefore, whenever possible, we recommend investing in durable planters that will last rather than compromising on long-term quality for short-term savings.

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Carol R. Johnson Leading Landscape Architect

Johnson would likely be pleased to know that her influence has been recognized in the contemporary redesign of Paris. But, after persevering as a successful female pioneer, perhaps she’d be even more pleased to learn that the landscape architecture firm chosen (from among 42 firms) to redesign space around the Eiffel Tower and create a unified environmental approach for the area has a team of five partners — and three of those partners are women.

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Large Outdoor Planters: The Ultimate Buying Guide

Large outdoor planters are highly versatile and deliver many stunning benefits to landscape design plans. However, selecting the right large commercial planter for your project will involve several decisions, including budgetary considerations. That’s why the experts at PureModern have put together this visually inspiring use-case buyer’s guide.

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The Importance of Restoration Ecology

Even if your business hasn’t yet executed any ecological restoration projects, today’s customers may be interested in adding environmentally conscious and restorative elements to their next project. By learning more about restoration ecology, you’ll be that much more prepared to present informed ideas and options.

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Design Stunning Landscapes With Extra-Large Planters

When designers and landscape architects need stunning, upscale planter solutions, extra-large planters deliver on aesthetics and function. Extra-large planters provide ample space for trees and other plants to flourish, and they can become an unexpected focal point that stops people in their tracks.

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Planters Used as Barriers or Bollards

Property owners want to protect their infrastructure and the people who use the space. Whether it’s local traffic or a distracted driver that you’re concerned about, barriers or bollards can help. But when you install barriers or bollards, they should not get in the way of the aesthetics of people using the space.

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Benefits of Curved Planters

By softening boundaries with their fluid shape, curved planters can create the illusion of more space for your next landscape design project. Use curved planter boxes to help the eye glide across a narrow area, making the space feel more expansive. When dealing with curved walls, curved planters can also use space more efficiently.

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