Inspired by family outings to the Melbourne Botanical Gardens and “the feeling of being encapsulated by trees,” Australian designer Helen Kontouris has come up with a collection of planters with sculptural built-in trellises.
Kontouris’s Botanical Planter Screens come in three bold leaf shapes that are approximately 5.6 feet tall and 3.6 feet wide.
“Vascular blades allow the climbing plant to come to life and flourish around the structure,” explains Kontouris, adding that she wanted the forms to look good on their own while the plant grows and matures.
The designs are produced in Australia by Kontouris’s Melbourne-based studio, Len, and are exclusively available from Aussie furniture contractor Stylecraft.
Kontouris’s square-shaped Wattle planter can be massed to form a wall or screen.
Banksia is equally winning with or without a climbing plant.
Kontouris tells us that Pothos ivy (Devil’s ivy), and Philodendron cordatum (heart-leaf philodendron) thrive indoors in her planters, and that a variety of ivy and creeping fig work best outdoors, though climbing fruits and vegetables are also viable.
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