Sunday, January 23, 2011

Tuscan Garden Pots

Tuscan Terracotta Garden Pots

Have a look at this pot purchased from one of our customers.

These days there seems to be lots of companies offering special prices on tuscan or terracotta pots. The difference is that these pots on offer have a lot more white wash on them and they lose their terracotta pot look. All you really see is a very heavily white washed pot.

The difference may see minor whilst looking at the pot. However the difference is not minor where it matters - in the till.

My tip for someone wanting to sell tuscan pots and heaps - buy tuscan that looks like this.

For this and more info on garden pots visit our website: www.mlennon.com

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Rectangle Huge Terrazzo Troughs


If you sell garden pots please take note.

Your customers want to buy long rectangular garden pots. Do you currently have them?

If you do have them are they in a popular finish?

If you have not answered yes to these questions chances are that you are missing out on sales.

Rectangular troughs are popular as they have many uses. With 3 hedging plants they create a living wall that a coffee shop can used as a divider. They can go on a balcony to shield you from the neighbours. The smaller size can be used as a long trough for a window sill.

For all of these applications a round pot will not suffice.

We now sell more terrazzo black than we do shiny black (shiny black being our most popular glaze).

These pots are essential for a shop that sells garden pots. They will add dollars to your till!

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Small Garden Pots

Small Garden Pot Set

These small garden pots sets are great for your small plants.

They are made from the classic terracotta clay, that never goes out of fashion.

The largest pot is 22cm x 19cm which means that we can fit them in the small gaps in your order. They travel freight free and you buy them for - CHEAP, CHEAP, CHEAP!!



For more info on garden pots visit us at www.mlennon.com

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Bonfired Boots!

Bonfire Boots.

Garden  Centers need to always be on the lookout for items that compliment their garden pots . Like these Bonfire boots.

They are practical in that you can put a plant in them, and they are different. 

It is not the type of item you sell, day in day out, but one which will slowly trickle out, in the meantime giving your garden center the reputation as the garden center that has all the garden pots .

This boot has been painted using a 2 pack paint and a technique that requires a certain knowledge, so it is note easy to do. Meaning the garden center next door will not have one of these currently, or in the near future as it is not easy to copy.

Keep an eye out for new items like this one. They really can add to your garden pots display.

Monday, November 29, 2010

Vietnamese Garden Pots

We rate Vietnamese garden pots as the one of the best quality in the world.

It is true they don't look as refined and perfect as some of the other pots but this is one of their biggest selling points. They look hand made. Which is what customers want. The perfect garden pots look more like plastic than a creation pulled from out of the ground and baked in a kiln for 10 hours.

Vietnamese garden pots are often thicker than the others. As Vietnamese kilns use wood instead of gas there is no need to skimp on the thickness of the clay.

This also makes the average Vietnamese pot heavy but lucky for our retailers this is what the customers want also. They want to feel like they are getting a solid garden pot for their money.

For more info on garden pots visit us at www.mlennon.com

Sandblasted Garden Pots


These garden pots look like they have been retrieved from the bottom of the ocean.

They have a real textured finish and they are unique ie. they all have different colours, some are a dark grey and some are as light as terracotta. They suit the customer who wants a large pot for the back garden, not something pretty like a glazed pot but a rough, rugged pot.

For more info on these or any other garden pots just visit our website: www.mlennon.com

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Tuscan Garden Pots

Here is a sample of what we call our "Tuscan" garden pot range. They are like the traditional Terracotta but with a slight white wash. As these pots are porous we seal them inside and out. 

This range has been one of our best for the last 10 years. As this clay does not have to be cooked to the temperature of glazed it allows us to do a few different styles and larger garden pots . Like a straight sided square - a Glaze pot in a wood fired kiln would almost always come out warped.

For any more info on this or other garden pots just visit: www.mlennon.com