Power Planters

FROM ROOFTOP GARDENS TO THE FRONT PORCH, DESIGN-WORLD NEWLYWEDS GENEVIEVE GORDER AND CHRISTIAN DUNBAR CAN FIND A PLACE FOR THESE VESSELS ANYWHERE.

INTERVIEW BY CHARLES CURKIN

How big do you like your planters? GENEVIEVE GORDER: Size matters. I love giant planters when we’re talking about exteriors and we have a little more freedom with scale. I like big planters, and I cannot lie. They need friends, though. Small- and medium-sized friends. CHRISTIAN DUNBAR: Size can make it memorable, but I also like to think that shape is as or more important. Planters, to me, can be a big miss, or a big hit if done right. Unfortunately, they’re typically an afterthought. When is it absolutely necessary to deploy them? GG: If you’re dealing with a porch, a terrace, or a rooftop, planters are the only way to have living things outside. It’s an urban issue as far as the exterior. CD: Wherever there is no natural dirt, like in a Brooklyn…

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ELLE DECOR (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2019

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