![]() ![]() Something in the landscape to look at besides snow on the ground and gray skies is a good plan. Containers filled with plants in the landscape in all of the seasons sounds appealing. The article is a very interesting and well written discussion of containers in the garden, and garden containers that will withstand fall and winter weather. There are plenty of details, and lots of curves. This is a very heavy box, supported by very slender legs. The bottom of the leg has a sleeve of thicker and larger steel, for stability. ![]() Each leg has several of them welded together, for strength. Steel straps are welded to the bottom of the frame, to hold the steel box that would slip inside the frame. The tops of the tubular steel has small steel shperes welding to them as a finishing touch. The scrolled steel handles and diamonds came next. It takes more time than I ever thought it would to get the size and proportion of a box just where it should be Though Buck does multiple CAD drawings for everything he builds, the finished box tells the tale. Since the original Charisse boxes were made in 2005, changes have been made. It took quite some time just to get the frame together, square and true. Making steel look graceful is not so easy. I was interested in making one box that was a more graceful. Buck’s other boxes have a simple and solid design. The only square stock in the frame is a diamond, welded from curved lengths of steel. Mistakes in the length and angles of a piece, times many pieces, can add up to a box that bears no resemblance to square. Sal, Dan and Buck fabricate for Branch, but these were Buck’s to make.Įach box is assembled from a lot of pieces that need to be cut fairly close to perfect. Welding one section to another requires a lot of cutting and precise fitting. ![]() The frame and handles are made of both tubular and solid round lengths of steel. The Charisse box is not so easy to fabricate. Given that lead, that classic material for garden ornament, sculptures and containers has become incredibly costly, steel with a finish that brings the color of lead to mind seemed like a good idea. A container that can withstand any climate or season, from the salt air in Florida to the heat in Texas and the cold in Minnesota, is a container that can provide many years of service. But most of all you need people who can turn an idea into an object. I have always wanted to design and fabricate beautiful containers and ornament for the garden. A few five ton bridge cranes have turned out to be very helpful. That studio needs tools both big and little. Even though I have already written about it on the Detroit Garden Works facebook page, there is a story behind the design, development and fabrication of a container for a garden that might be of interest.įirst off you need a building-a studio. I am so very pleased that one of our Branch boxes is featured in an article written by Marian McEvoy in this weekend’s Wall Street Journal. These reproduction Belgian boxes in white oak and lead-we sent them to Florida a week ago. Hudson boxes custom made to fit a curve in a terrace Large steel Hudson tapers ready to plant at a long lakeside country driveway Steel Branch boxes and plant climbers-planted for the summer Up side down hemispherical fountain, just about ready to be shipped to California Large Branch plant stand for pots of herbsĬustom sized Hudson style fountain with pump housing ready to be galvanized for a client in California He personally picked up 10 special order contemporary Branch boxes for a job last Sunday.Ī pair of elliptical fountains designed and fabricated for a landscape for a new house. This project in Grosse Pointe Michigan-raised planter boxes to be planted with cutting flowers.Ĭustom fountain cistern under constructionīob Drost from Drost Landscaping in Petoskey. And clients afar- northern Michigan, Chicago, Illinois, Texas, Connecticut, Florida, New York City, Long Island, California, Virginia, Louisiana, and Oregon. How pleased we are to have clients in our area. To follow, pictures of a few of our early summer projects. This has been a very busy summer season for Branch. ![]()
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