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NEW Skyline Aluminium Planters

We’ve added a range of architectural aluminium planters from Skyline to the website.

Attract a little wildlife into your garden, add a sensory and visual experience, enjoy getting outside and absorbing a little vitamin D every day for better sleep and wellbeing, while limiting the commitment and strain of weeding and deadheading large areas of bedding.

NEW Skyline Aluminium Planters - White 400x 400  x 1500mm planter out of focus in the background with purple flowers in foreground

Available in plain mill finish or polyester powder coated offering the Raincote range of 26 standard RAL colours and using its BBA approved factory-applied process. The standard range of colours are produced with a 30% gloss. Some of the standard colours can also be supplied in a textured finish, plus anodic/metallic colours and stone effect finishes are available – please just ask.

Make a bold visual colour statements or blend sympathetically with other features of a building!

Skyline have their own state of the art in house powder coating plant, so can offer any additional BS or RAL colour you require at an additional surcharge and lead time. Get in touch if this of interest.

NEW Skyline Aluminium Planters - image shows Anthracite grey, white and black colours, 3 different sizes, and illustrates  the two side panels of Skyline giving 20mm clearance at the base for drainage and "an attractive shadow line at the base of the planter.”

We’ve listed them online in 14 sizes for delivery in 10 days. They are 400, 500 or 600mm deep; and either 400, 500 or 700mm tall; and either 1m or 1.5m long (not every combination of these is included) .

All sizes have been designed to give optimum planting area whilst ensuring adequate soil depth and drainage area.

NEW Skyline Aluminium Planters - a table and illustrations of the different sizes - chosen to give optimum planting area whilst ensuring adequate soil depth and drainage area - available to buy online from Rainclear Systems

But they can also be fabricated to your specified size and shape – but if this is of interest, please get in touch to get a bespoke quote.

NEW Skyline Aluminium Planters - 700x400x1000mm planter BBA approved powder coated in Agate Grey to match door, window frames and cills

6 Benefits of choosing these Skyline Aluminium planters:

  1. An attractive garden feature and a simple, colourful solution for easy to reach and keep weed free pockets of calming plant-life,
  2. Easy to assemble, weatherproof and maintenance free,
  3. An integrated base plate acts as an anchor, adds strength,  and incorporates holes for integrated drainage,
    “The two side panels of Skyline Planters are designed with raised feet, giving 20mm clearance at the base for drainage and ease of installation on an uneven substrate. The raised feet also provide an attractive shadow line at the base of the planter.”
  4. A folded top edge for strength and a smooth overall appearance,
  5. Extender kits available for installing a series of planters in sequence.
  6. 100% recyclable and long-lasting making them a sustainable, low embedded-carbon option,
  7. 26 colours as standard! (Almost unlimited RAL & BS bespoke colours) in  a factory applied BBA approved polyester powder coatings you know won’t peel or fade.
  8. colours from our in-house powder coating facility
  9. Delivered to site flat packed for site assembly  and designed to be easy to install (check out the assembly guide first, if you don’t believe us!)
  10. Manufactured in the UK

If you have any questions about the range of planters we’ve added to the website, or if you’re looking for something in particular that we haven’t listed (these aluminium planters from Skyline are fabricated to order so variations are usually possible), please call the friendly, knowledgeable team FREE on 0800 644 44 26, email sales@rainclear.co.uk

We’re here to support and advise on any of our metal rainwater, roofline, drainage and aluminium architectural ranges.

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