#8 SWINGERS: Our Containers

At the very beginning of Just Terraces life it became clear that one of the most essential elements of any rooftop terrace garden was going to be containers. Ceramic, Teak, Cedar, Terra Cotta, Concrete, Resin, Plastic and Zinc, were our options. Lead, Steel and Plaster were too high maintenance and often too heavy.

Surprise these are Resin!

In 2009, after 4 years of scouring catalogues and online sources for containers/planters/pots what have you, I made a decision to design and make our own. They are handmade here in New York. Hand finished. Hand inspected. Hand everything. These are made with love and care. They are so personal to me that I’ve named them each. Collectively they are called Swingers—those who hob-nob and get around town with the in-crowd. Above is Rusty. He has real iron in the gel coat, so he will continue to patina through out his life.
Swingers are in two sizes, A and B. Rusty is in A and B above, A’s are square and B’s are rectangles. Here Tara makes up a row of 4 B’s.

In order to unite Swingers I designed Cousins. These are corner pieces that, just like Swingers are made of resin; however these are each unique in how they form a corner. You can see the four corner shapes above. These create an unlimited number of configurations: perfect for rooftop or elevated gardens!

I will design a unique container for your firm. This is a great way to be able to easily specify containers that you are familiar with and will work as an integral part of all your designs.

Even something unique, like this one that has a Solar Powered LED light strip integrated into the face. Pretty cool! Stop by and get an order started: www.justterraces.com/products