Old Stone Wide Sala Pond

The Old Stone Wide Sala Pond is a broad, low earthenware bowl, high fired with an unglazed sandblasted surface, sold in eight sizes from 50cm across up to 117cm. Every size is wider than it is tall, which is the point: a shallow bowl reads as a landscape element where a tall pot reads as furniture. The surface weathers and gains character season after season.

Why you'll love it

• Width over height. Diameter runs to more than double the height on every size, so planting spreads out rather than sitting up in a column.
• High fired earthenware. Dense hard fired clay, unglazed and sandblasted, matte and stone like with no gloss.
• It improves with age. Marks and patina suit this finish. It is an honest rustic pot, not a pristine one.
• Weight that anchors it. From 22kg empty at the smallest size to 120kg at the largest, nothing shifts once placed.

Sizes and what fits in them

Eight sizes, measured as outside diameter by height, grouping like this.

• 50 x 28cm to 70 x 35cm, 22kg to 46kg. Terrace and courtyard scale. Good for a succulent grouping or a single sculptural plant.
• 77 x 35cm to 88 x 42cm, 51kg to 74kg. The middle ground, with soil volume for a substantial mixed bowl or one broad feature plant.
• 100 x 45cm to 117 x 54cm, 96kg to 120kg. Entry and driveway scale. Placed once, by more than one person, and planted in position.

Material, weathering and drainage

Material. High fired earthenware, unglazed, sandblasted. Colour and texture vary between pieces.

Outdoors. An outdoor bowl, built to weather. We make no frost or UV claim for it, so in hard frosting districts keep it raised, drained and out of standing water.

Drainage. This is supplied as a planter, not a sealed water feature. Keep the drainage holes clear and raise the bowl on feet so water escapes freely. Cover each hole with a single layer of fibreglass flyscreen, never fabric or geofabric, which clog. Add a 50mm layer of 10mm gravel, then a quality premium potting mix, never garden soil. A wide shallow bowl dries faster than a deep pot, so mulch the surface and check it often in summer.

What to expect when it arrives

The bowl ships empty and unplanted, and is dispatched in 2 to 5 business days. It is delivered Australia wide, with delivery from $29.95. Have help ready for anything above the 70 x 35cm size.

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