The Art of Custom Planters: Using Planters as Visual Anchors in Your Building's Design
Your company’s physical building is nearly as important as your business; it’s a visual reflection of your brand, attracting clients, customers, or passersby as they walk past, enter, or drive by. You take pride in your commercial space, carefully selecting a complementary color scheme and building materials that cohesively represent your company.
Did you know there’s another great way to add a visual anchor to your commercial space? Commercial planters, especially customized ones, can serve as visual anchors in your building’s design, including complementing your color scheme, aesthetic, and much more. Continue reading to learn more about the art of custom planters and how they can enhance your building’s design.
What are Custom Planters?
Custom commercial planters are engineered specifically for your property, creating site-specific landscape elements that seamlessly integrate with your building’s architecture. Unlike big box store commercial planters from mass retailers, customized planters are seamlessly tailored to reflect your brand identity while aligning precisely with the spatial and structural conditions of your site. This allows for seamless installation in complex footprints, including right corners, angled elevations, and custom specs.
PolyMade elevates customization even further; our advanced commercial planter systems can be fabricated to accommodate contractor-friendly integrations. Recessed lighting, utility and access panels, concealed irrigation infrastructure, and other functional components are available when you design a custom planter with PolyMade. Our lightweight yet highly durable material is engineered for long-term performance in all climates, including those with fluctuating temperatures and severe weather.
4 Ways Commercial Planters Act as Visual Anchors
Commercial planters do more than house a variety of plants; they act as visual anchors that are excellent for brand recognition and a cohesive exterior look. Below are four ways commercial planters act as visual anchors and more about how they can enhance your commercial space:
They Complement Your Color Scheme
What’s your brand’s or architectural color scheme? Do you incorporate earthy neutrals or bold, distinct hues that add a pop of color to your logo? PolyMade’s custom commercial planters complement your color scheme, perfectly matching your existing colors. Our color range has unmatched durability, emphasizing architectural integration and design cohesion. Our full Sherwin-Williams library access allows for unlimited possibilities for brand alignment. PolyMade’s custom planters can also be painted to match a rebrand or future changes.
They Complement Your Building’s Aesthetic
Whether your commercial building requires privacy screens, accents, or focal points, PolyMade’s commercial planters complement any building’s aesthetic. Our planters are functional enhancements that add aesthetic elements to any property. From architectural focal points to multi-level designs with elevation changes, our planters offer a blend of function and beauty that complements your building’s aesthetic.
They Add a Cohesive Element to Your Brand
Whether your brand’s logo has bold colors, abstract, or understated symbols, or you have modern or classic typography, PolyMade’s custom planters add a cohesive element to your brand. From our full library access to Sherwin-Williams colors to our ability to add graphics or an engraved logo emblazoned on the side of your planter, choosing to build a planter with PolyMade adds a cohesive element to your brand. Our branding and signage options create beautiful, multifunctional pieces to be incorporated throughout your commercial property, aligning with your brand and aesthetic.
They Help with Brand Recognition
When you hear a specific brand’s name in conversation, you can likely easily picture its logo thanks to brand recognition. PolyMade’s custom planters help to improve brand recognition, offering elegant, bold planters strategically placed around and throughout your commercial property, helping guests, passersby, patients, and clients remember your brand.
Placing custom planters throughout your building or property adds visual anchors that complement your color scheme, building’s aesthetic, and adds a cohesive element, helping with brand recognition.
The PolyMade Difference
PolyMade’s custom commercial planters are designed with longevity, performance, and aesthetics in mind and are unique to each client. Thoughtfully engineered for demanding outdoor environments, they offer a refined alternative to traditional concrete, delivering durability without sacrificing design intent. Our advanced construction is purpose-built to perform through harsh climates, freeze–thaw conditions, and wide temperature swings, while providing reliable structural support for plants, flowers, gardens, and more.
Each planter is crafted using a proprietary three-layer system: a high-density polystyrene core provides lightweight strength and thermal insulation, a polyurea layer adds exceptional resistance to cracking and impact, and our custom finishes deliver long-term UV stability and weather protection. Together, these materials create planters that resist salt exposure, mold and mildew, and extreme heat or cold—ensuring consistent performance and visual integrity across years of use.
Let’s Build Your Customizable Commercial Planter Today
No matter the design, shape, or size of your commercial planter boxes, your PolyMade planter will have a DryVit™ finish, made to withstand all weather conditions and resist cracks, chips, and UV damage. You can customize your planter’s finish to be smooth, giving the appearance of stucco, concrete, or stone, adding a cohesive visual anchor to your property that adds elegance and aids in brand recognition.
Our team will work with you to create the perfect, lightweight planter regardless of size or design, and will assist with installation. Contact our team for more information about our lightweight, custom commercial planter boxes.
