Designer Office Planters
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The UVTex, RealTex and FireTex technologies named elsewhere on this site describe how foliage is made, not how a pot is made, so none of them apply to the vessels in this range. Office planters here are judged on the things that matter to a workplace instead: recycled-content construction, a low carry weight at 47cm and 71cm, and matt finishes that hold their colour under constant LED light.
Choosing Planters for an Office Floor
An office planter is chosen under constraints a living room pot never meets. It has to sit on carpet without marking it, survive a floor plan change, and read as considered from the lift lobby rather than from a metre away. This range runs from 14cm desk pots to 71cm floor planters, so one scheme covers a reception counter, a breakout area and a foyer. Prices start at $14.95 for the engraved pots and reach $189.95 for the largest floor pieces.
Matching pot size to the position
Desks and shelving take the 14cm and 17cm engraved pots, which hold a 100mm to 130mm nursery pot without crowding it. Counters and window ledges suit the 25cm rendered pots. Floor positions work at 47cm; a foyer needs the 71cm textured rounds or the 70cm tall tapered square, particularly under one of the artificial trees.
Finish under office lighting
Matt rendered white and grey, textured stone and dark stone geometric finishes read cleanly under LED downlights. Glossy surfaces show fingerprints in high-traffic areas, so they sit better above hand height. Where floor space is committed, the onyx black half moon wall planters at 35cm and 45cm mount to the wall, and matching groups sit in the luxury pot range.
Drop-in or direct planting
Most offices use the drop-in method: the specimen stays in its nursery pot and sits inside the decorative planter, lifted on a riser where the planter is the deeper of the two. That keeps water off the carpet and lets a tired specimen be swapped in a minute. Pairing with artificial potted plants removes the watering question. For sizing against a floor plan, call 1800 617 341.
Why Designer Plants
55,000+ Australian installations. Across homes, offices and commercial projects.
Sizes from 14cm to 71cm. One scheme covers desk, counter and foyer.
Recycled-content construction. Light enough to reposition without a trolley.
Australia-wide delivery. Door-to-door tracking on every order.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What size planter suits an office reception desk?
A reception counter reads best with a 25cm pot, which is large enough to register from across a lobby without dominating the sign-in area. The rendered white and rendered grey 25cm planters are the usual choices because the matt surface does not reflect downlights back into visitors' eye line. On a deeper counter, two 17cm engraved pots spaced apart often work better than one larger vessel.
Do these office planters work with fake plants as well as live ones?
Yes, and the majority of office installations use them that way. A fake plant arrives already in a nursery pot or on a stem base, so it drops straight into the decorative planter with no soil, no drainage requirement and no watering roster for someone in the office to forget. Live specimens work equally well in these vessels, but they need a saucer or a riser inside the planter to keep water off the base and away from carpet.
How large does a foyer planter need to be?
In a double-height foyer, anything below about 45cm across disappears. The 71cm textured rounds in white, black and grey, and the 70cm tall tapered square, are the pieces in this range built for that job. The tapered square gives height without much footprint, so it suits a narrow entry run, while the 71cm rounds give width and suit a corner or a lift lobby.
Are office planters heavy to move during a desk reconfiguration?
No. These are recycled-material planters rather than concrete or ceramic, so even the 71cm pieces can be repositioned by one person once the specimen is lifted out. Because planting is drop-in rather than potted, the vessel travels empty, which is the difference between a two-person lift and a one-person carry.
What is the difference between the office planter range and the luxury pot range?
This range is organised by workplace position, mixing desk pots, wall-mounted planters and floor pieces so one order covers a whole floor. The luxury pot range is organised by matching set, with sculptural silhouettes such as the teardrop balloon and egg-shaped ovate sold in threes, fours and fives. Choose this range for coverage across positions, and the luxury range when several identical vessels need to line up in a boardroom or an executive floor.
Can planters be mounted on a wall where there is no floor space?
Yes. The premium floating half moon wall planters in onyx black come in 35cm and 45cm and fix flush to the wall, which suits a corridor, a narrow breakout nook or a wall beside a printer bay. They read as a semi-circle against the wall and take a shallow-rooted specimen or a compact artificial arrangement.
Do office planters need drainage holes?
Not when they are used as cover pots, which is how most offices run them. The specimen stays in its own nursery pot and the decorative planter simply hides it, so any excess water is contained in the inner pot rather than the vessel. Check the individual product page before drilling anything, and where a live specimen is watered in place, use a riser so the nursery pot never sits in standing water.
Can pot finishes be matched across a staged office fit-out?
Yes, provided the same finish line is specified. The rendered white, rendered grey, textured round and dark stone geometric finishes are ongoing lines rather than one-off runs, so a floor fitted out several months later can be matched. Confirm availability before committing a specification if the second stage is more than a quarter away.
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Workplace fit-outs order planters by position rather than by piece, which usually means a mix of desk vessels, counter pots and floor-standing planters landing on the same day and reading as one scheme.
Repeatable across floors. The rendered, textured and geometric finishes are stocked as ongoing lines, so a second or third floor fitted out later can be matched to the first rather than approximated.
Churn without damage. Drop-in planting keeps water out of the vessel, which matters when planters are dragged across carpet tiles during a desk move. Nothing is potted into soil, so a relocated planter travels empty and dry.
Quantities beyond a single order. Volume pricing on repeated sizes such as the 47cm and 71cm textured rounds is worked out on enquiry, and staged deliveries can be held to a fit-out programme.
Finish availability at volume is confirmed at the time of enquiry.
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