Although your garden’s flowers are naturally attention-capturing, the right gardening pot will only add volumes to your landscape’s appearance. A large variety of landscaping containers are available on the market to suit your unique expectations, with terracotta pots especially drawing attention around the world because of their favorable qualities. These pots come from the United States and other parts of the world, with Italy being a particularly popular place from which to collect esteemed pieces for your garden.
American Pots
Eye of the Day Garden Design Center offers durable and attractive terracotta pottery from Gladding McBean, which is one of the most collected glazed pottery lines in America. This company was founded in 1885 and is known for its colorful glazes on both modern and traditional garden planters. Eye of the Day is actually just one of seven distributors of this premier pottery manufacturer, and it remains Gladding McBean’s biggest stocking dealer. Because such a wide variety of glaze finish colors are available through this company, you can easily find a landscaping container that will match your garden and home’s style.
Italian Terracotta Pottery
In addition to offering American terracotta landscaping containers, Eye of the Day Garden Design Center offers a wide variety of Italian terracotta pots. Your garden can feature a classic or more contemporary look through the addition of different Italian pot design options. Terracotta is a commonly sought after material because it is resistant and hard, thanks to a firing process that takes place at nearly 1000 degrees centigrade. The materials fired to form the pot are a mixture of clay and some type of inert material, such as sandstone.
Additional Terracotta Information
The garden terracotta pottery craft has developed over the past several centuries in Tuscany, Italy – specifically in the area of Siena and Florence. Tuscany’s subsoil has a rich quality and mechanical strength, which allows for the efficient production of pots both small and large. Terracotta pots continue to stand out because of their ability to last a long time – even in cold temperatures, due to their frost resistance – as well as their refined design and elegance.
