Commission 17 · Light, water & the decorative
Planters, urns & garden pieces
أحواض زرع حجرية
Cut, turned or mitred garden pieces in granite and dense marble. Everything here is designed around drainage and frost-free but sun-heavy Egyptian conditions, which is a different problem from the European catalogues these shapes usually come out of.
How it is built
For a courtyard that has to look the same in ten years.
- Mitred boxes for rectangular planters, turned or carved for urns and bowls.
- Drainage and a raised inner base as standard, so the root ball is never sitting in water against the stone.
- A liner where the planting is acidic, because acid-loving soil and marble do not coexist.
| Build | Mitred boxes, or turned and carved for urns |
|---|---|
| Drainage | Raised inner base and drain as standard |
| Liner | Fitted where the planting is acidic |
| Lead time | 4 to 5 weeks |
Worth knowing before you order
Fill in position. A planted stone urn is not something two people move afterwards.
Stone
What it is cut from.
Pale granite stays cool enough not to cook a root ball in a Sahel summer. This matters more than it sounds.
White Safaga
Light grey-white with an even, fine crystal.
Ghazal Dark
The near-black end of the Ghazal green.
Karnak Grey
Medium-grain ash grey out of the Aswan beds.
Rosa Marwa
Beige-pink granite, fine speckle, warm under daylight.
Hoody Dark
The deep grade of Hoody — red-brown ground, heavy speckle.
These are stones we hold. See all 94
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The stone stops being a surface and becomes the light.
Fountains, water walls & basins
Running water on stone, done so it still looks right in year five.
Lettering, plaques & house numbers
Incised, raised, gilded or inlaid in a contrasting stone.