Life on the Edge in Your Urban Garden
May 3, 2010 by Robin Plaskoff Horton
Berlin-based designer Michael Hilgers offers a fresh alternative to the traditional balcony planter box, one that is perfect for any urban garden with limited space. His On the Edge line of pots are 100% water-resistant polyethylene with two separate chambers that slip easily over and sit securely on any balcony railing with a maximum thickness of 60mm.
In it’s separate compartments you could easily plant flowers on one side, herbs on the other.
A similar over-the-railing balcony planter is produced by Greenbo.
The VertVert system allows you to start a vertical garden
The On the Edge planter becomes a bird feeder in winter!
Don’t live in a climate that allows you to garden year-round? Consider turning your planters into bird feeders.
The Hot Bucky turns the corner of your balcony into a garden
No drilling or screws needed for the “Herbert” planter.
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Finding, Great Finds, Green & Sustainable, Window Boxes
Tags: balcony planting, patios, terraces
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Amazing set of truly *urban* planters. Really like the dual nature of the planter-feeder containers.
— May 3, 2010 @ 21:26
Every design is ideal. Where was this when I was in Manhattan! Since no drainage holes are seen – adding a few inches of rock at the bottom and keeping aware of the water intake will keep gardeners and plants happy!
— May 4, 2010 @ 09:25
There are drainage holes in the bottom. In fact, I wondered about the tenants below, but I think they rest far enough off the edge that maybe the drips miss the people under them.
— May 4, 2010 @ 09:34
I am impressed with how well you making use of Urban + Green design.
It’s hard to design in an environmentally friendly approach especially if you live in the city, but I guess the pictures said it’s all possible.
Jay Chua
Publisher, PorchSwingSets.com
— May 5, 2010 @ 23:03
Thank you Jay for your kind feedback. Our cities need great green design and urbanites want it.
— May 7, 2010 @ 09:40
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[…] Korean designers at Nothing Design Group have produced something more than just white bricks containing flower pots. […]
— November 5, 2010 @ 11:01
Just Let Me Slip Something On Over My Balcony | Urban Gardens | Unlimited Thinking For Limited Spaces Pingback said:
[…] by retail shelves and display units, the over the balcony system’s pieces hook on to the slatted frame, but can be folded down out of the way when you need […]
— February 8, 2011 @ 11:46
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[…] similar to Cuttings, designer Michael Hilgers’s earlier balcony planter design, hangs and suspends over the balcony railing (thickness up to 80mm, no matter whether flat steel, […]
— February 21, 2011 @ 17:56
These are really cool pots- I think I saw some of these last time I was over in Holland
— March 1, 2011 @ 05:57
Where can you buy on the edge pots?
— June 24, 2011 @ 18:52
Hola me gustaría comprarles unas macetas para un roof garden, me pueden dar un mail para ponerme en contacto con ustedes:
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Adriana Castellanos
— April 22, 2013 @ 13:42
I must have the On the Edge Planter that becomes a bird feeder! Please advise as to where I can purchase one +!
I live in Seattle WA, USA.
Thank you ever so.
Chérie
— January 14, 2022 @ 12:35
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