Decorating your garden - terracotta

[Deleted User]

Hi


Does anyone know good sites for sourcing the above, I love terracotta large oil containers and big dramatic vases etc, the sort you create vistas with rather than plant up but I seem to chance on vintage sites where a piece can cost thousands rather than the hundreds I was hoping for.


I am Hampshire based so a reasonable traveling distance would be good.

tootallulah

TK Maxx Homesense often has large dramatic terracotta things - well worth a visit.

[Deleted User]

Thankyou I wouldn't have thought of there so will have a look

tootallulah

I looked and couldn't see any this week, you may have to wait for the spring.

silverwhistle

Have you tried any garden centres? Somewhere like Keydell Nurseries at Horndean have terracotta, but whether big enough for you I can't recall.

Grenage

silverwhistle wrote: »

Have you tried any garden centres? Somewhere like Keydell Nurseries at Horndean have terracotta, but whether big enough for you I can't recall.

I have had the misfortune of being roped into moving a massive terracotta pot from Keydells, so they have at least had them in the past.

Waterlily24

We loved Keydell Nurseries when we lived down that way. Bought all our codon fruit trees from there and a lot of stuff for the garden.

Farway

I've bought them from Keydell's as well, sometimes there are "seconds", especially end of season, lugging them into the car is the problem

[Deleted User]

Thankyou all.


Found some in Forest Lodge Farnham


Now have to find out how to secure them so no-ne pinches them

tori.k

BBH123 wrote: »

Thankyou all.


Found some in Forest Lodge Farnham


Now have to find out how to secure them so no-ne pinches them

Run a dog screw anchor through the drainage hole that and the weight of planting should keep it in place, if using empty to create theater then secure the screw in concrete, downside you will have to excavate to be able to move the pot but then so would anybody else and there is much easier pickings about.

phoebe1989seb

Waterlily24 wrote: »

We loved Keydell Nurseries when we lived down that way. Bought all our codon fruit trees from there and a lot of stuff for the garden.

Same here.... bought loads of plants, planters (including some very large ones, but we've not lived in the area for eleven years) and all our garden furniture from there.....

One of my earliest memories is of going to Keydells with my parents as a small child

Glad you've had success in your search, OP!