Willy Guhl Square Planter

This Willy Guhl planter is a large square, a stark linear frame that makes soft leaves and trailing vines look greener by contrast and gives a corner the feeling that something has stood there for decades. The pale gray fiber cement is marked by water stains, mineral deposits and the slow etching of weather, which has softened the hard geometry into something closer to a found object than a factory one.

It measures 19 inches square and 17 1/2 inches high, the largest of the square forms we have in stock at present and deep enough for a small tree or a substantial shrub. An original Eternit piece from Switzerland, mid-century, not a reproduction. The staining is honest wear and we have not cleaned it back.

At this scale it anchors a terrace, flanks an entry door in a pair, or sits at the end of a gravel path with a clipped olive in it. It pairs with limestone paving, raw concrete and lime-washed render. Smaller square Willy Guhl planters are in the yard too, so a graded run is possible. See it by appointment in Marina Del Rey, or ask us for photographs and a delivered price.