I live in a older home which originally featured planter boxes and urns made
from concrete. I can purchase concrete reproductions of the originals ($290 a
planter!), but I'd rather find something more affordable that looks like
concrete - maybe fiberglass or something like that.

Anyone have a source for this type of product? Home Depot and Sam's had a few,
but they weren't too nice. Any help you can give me would be appreciated.

Bob Pauly

If you are even marginally handy and/or like to putter around, you could
make your own out of hypertufa. This is a mix of cement, peat, and
perlite/vermiculite, which you can mold and shape as you please. The
finished product is lightweight and has a cool, aged concrete look. Do a
web search and you're bound to turn up instructions.

Cheers,
Sue

Zone 6, Southcentral PA


"AuralFeast" wrote in message
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I live in a older home which originally featured planter boxes and urns
made
from concrete. I can purchase concrete reproductions of the originals
($290 a
planter!), but I'd rather find something more affordable that looks like
concrete - maybe fiberglass or something like that.

Anyone have a source for this type of product? Home Depot and Sam's had a
few,
but they weren't too nice. Any help you can give me would be appreciated.

Bob Pauly

AuralFeast wrote:

I live in a older home which originally featured planter boxes and urns made
from concrete. I can purchase concrete reproductions of the originals ($290 a
planter!), but I'd rather find something more affordable that looks like
concrete - maybe fiberglass or something like that.

Anyone have a source for this type of product? Home Depot and Sam's had a few,
but they weren't too nice. Any help you can give me would be appreciated.

Bob Pauly

Check in the back of some of the better gardening mags - Fine Gardening ,
Horticulture - they typically have ads featuring these types of planters, usually
made out of some sort of polyresin. The good ones are pretty expensive, though -
not sure you'd be recognizing much of a savings over concrete.