Whether for a commercial or private swimming pool, metal planters - filled with shade plants and flowers - provide the perfect opportunity to design a lush, green poolside oasis. When creating your poolside landscaping, select modern planters that complement your patio’s design aesthetic and choose plants that add privacy, shade, and color (or scent).

Today’s libraries are much more than the hushed, enclosed, musty-smelling buildings we all remember from childhood; many public and school libraries now include innovative outdoor spaces, as well, for reading, learning and socializing. One way to bring patrons closer to nature while reading outdoors is to surround them with plants, trees and bushes housed in artistic metal planters.