October 19, 2024

Proper installation of large terracotta saucers

Saucers are essential for collecting excess water that drains through the holes, protecting the floor from stains. While a small, lightweight pot can be supported by terracotta, exceeding a certain weight with the pot, soil, plant, and water puts the saucer at risk of breaking under pressure. However, by following these steps, you can ensure the saucer has the strength to withstand even heavy loads.

Gardens for well-being: the therapeutic or healing garden

May 22, 2018
The creation of therapeutic or healing gardens is used for spaces adjacent to care facilities, offering numerous benefits to patients (such as those with Alzheimer's, cancer, or simply undergoing rehabilitation) and helping them respond positively to treatment. For this reason, nothing can be left to chance and the planning and construction must be entrusted to one or more professionals who will take care of every detail.

How to Improve Clay Soil for Better Gardening

February 20, 2021
If you have ever tried gardening in heavy clay soil, you know what a challenge it is. Digging is back-breaking work, and you might end up with plants that do not grow very big or just struggle and die. This does not mean that clay soil is the worst thing ever. Clay actually has some benefits that are good for your plants and garden, but there is no denying that it can be hard to work with.

The terracotta rimless pots

May 30, 2022
With a simple and clean essential design, these are contemporary style pots that adapt well to both indoor and outdoor decoration projects. They are available in various colors, finishes, shapes, and sizes, and are made from porous materials that are excellent for plants. They have become bestsellers among landscape architects

The slipware technique in garden terracotta production

March 9, 2022
With slipware or engobe, it refers to a coloring technique (but not only) of a terracotta pot by applying a layer of more liquid clay, called slip, on the object still to be baked. It is a hot process, in some respects similar to ceramics, with the aim of giving a different finish/coloration to the underlying pot

Garland pots: how are the decorations arranged

September 6, 2019
The decorative elements for the garland pots are mainly festoons and roses. Sometimes, in very Baroque vases, leaves and heads can be added to embellish the top rim. In the classic garland pot, the decorative figure is composed of 3 roses and one festoon, with the roses placed at the vertices of a hypothetical triangle

Choose a terracotta pot for your plants

September 5, 2019
The terracotta pot forgives cultivation errors, the use of imperfect soil, or excessive irrigation, and protects roots from temperature changes and heat from the sun that can cause severe burns to the root system of your plant. Try putting your hand on a plastic pot exposed to the sun for a long time, like in summer. Does it burn? Well, the roots dwelling in the soil inside also burn just like that.

What does still green pot mean?

September 20, 2019
The terracotta craftsmen are simple men who, in the past, were not highly educated and have passed down the craft through generations. They use an essential vocabulary, a code that sometimes seems incomprehensible. What does it mean, for example, when they say that a vase is green?

Garland Imprunetan Terracotta Pot

June 14, 2013
The Impruneta design is a cult for terracotta pots. The shape originates from the Impruneta area near Florence, and later the production was also revived by some companies in the Siena area. There are multiple models available, which have in common the four elements of the Impruneta pot design: the pronounced flaring of the cone, the well-defined bands on the body, the presence of a noticeable recess between the two upper rims, and the meticulous attention to detail in the decoration

Enhance your home with terracotta column cups

September 11, 2019
If your property has an entrance gate with columns, they can be decorated and enhanced by installing terracotta vases on top of them. The choice of style depends on your home's orientation, whether it is modern or rustic. Decorating entrances and gates dates back to the 16th century and is an important element in creating the final look of any environment
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