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As office managers, restrauteurs and other business managers look ahead to a new season in 2026, thoughts turn to refreshing spaces within budget for maximum impact.

An important aspect of this involves ensuring its greenery is looking its best and that first impression through beautiful floral arrangements are dressed and fed. Pots and planters will play a huge role in this interior styling, and with LECHUZA planters it is possible to ensure plant longevity with its self-watering systems that extend the plant management schedule should man power and restrictions limit access. Here, LECHUZA outlines more about its award-winning planter offering.

Pictured top, CANTO STONE WIDE and left, TRIO

Whether they are in the reception area or boardroom - or placed around the office to enhance the health and wellbeing of staff - fresh flowers and potted plants can transform a heavy corporate environment into an uplifting and attractive place.  

For hospitality businesses, flowers and plants are even more important, often forming the essential centrepieces of their public-facing business, from miniature potted plants and flower vases place on tables through to spectacular trees and floral displays which can take a dining room or hotel reception to the next level of luxury and sophistication.

Enter the professionals

The downside to all this greenery is it does require regular maintenance, which is where contract florists and management teams come into their own, replenishing potted plants, refreshing flower vases and keeping green walls from turning brown. Up and down the UK an army of specialists are getting ready for business to really ramp up as the office and hospitality sector opens more fully and people start planning larger scale public and private events.

Even the best of professionals can use a helping hand from time-to-time, which is where LECHUZA steps up to the plate with a unique self-watering system that’s integrated into all of its planters. The ingenious system supplies plants with the perfect amount of water and nutrition. LECHUZA planters provide auto watering for up to three months and the only thing you have to do is keep an eye on the water level indicator and top the reservoir up when needed.  

What’s more, LECHUZA planters are made from highly durable UK and shock-proof resin. Resistant to atmospheric weathering, LECHUZA planters are designed to stand the test of time, making them a long-term investment for any commercial space. A three-year warranty offers an additional peace of mind.  

Many models, including the TRIO and BALCONERA, are also supplied with LECHUZA’s high-quality substrate with fertiliser – LECHUZA PON - meaning you don’t have to worry about finding the best soil. LECHUZA PON substrate will last for years, providing the optimal air/water ratio for plants, reducing their vulnerability to diseases and supplying balanced nutrient distribution. LECHUZA PON also works to minimise pests and smells, making it an innovative choice for communal areas.

A specialist ORCHIDPON is also available, designed exclusively for these exotic blooms.  ORCHIDPON is the perfect easy-care system for orchids, which have very special potting, watering and nutritional requirements: As every plant enthusiast knows, these beautiful exotic flowers are a dream when you get this balance right but very easy to kill in the wrong hands!

As well as offering the perfect PON substrate for any kind of orchid, LECHUZA also offers a range contemporary planters designed specifically with orchids in mind and which allow plenty of light to get through to those sensitive roots, including the 50cm tall CUBICO or the 1m tall CUBICO ALTO.  

When your clients need your input on overall styling, LECHUZA will enable you to offer them a wide array of beautifully stylish and versatile planters that will help transform their interior and outdoor spaces. The BALCONERA box planter, for example, is designed for use on balconies, fences, windowsills, walls, and tables, perfect for decorating windowsills and outdoor seating dividers. Available in two sizes and a range of colours, including white, slate, petrol blue and coral red, the BALCONERA is UV resistant so the colours won’t fade.

The Great Divide

CANTO Stone wide from LECHUZA stylishly demarcates rooms, divides offices and creates privacy for gardens and balconies, combing effective privacy with serene green décor. The inbuilt irrigation system will ensure dense plants grow luxuriantly, even in the height of summer, while the scale of these tall, wide planters will display plants to their full advantage.  

For that irresistible touch of luxury which is equally versatile and well-suited to spacious indoor environments, the new HAVALO collection (pictured below) brings modern elegance to any interior and has more than enough style to stand alone in public foyers and museums or office spaces. Available in three carefully selected neutral shades - seashell nude, basalt grey and moon grey - the planters harmonise perfectly with interior design trends and incorporate the same best-in-class sub-irrigation system which is the hallmark of LECHUZA design excellence.  

The use of form is soft, well-defined and stylish, while the timeless, refined design creates a relaxing atmosphere that will benefit both private or public institutions, with three different sizes – 30, 40 and 60 - available.  

As with all LECHUZA planters, removable, neutral pot liners have retractable handle which means you can easily refresh soil or repot plants at any time. The HAVALO planters – which come in three sizes – all combine elegance and style with effortless handling and also reliability, thanks to the original LECHUZA irrigation system.

Accessorise

Keeping your needs at the forefront of their customer offering, LECHUZA also produces a full range of contemporary accessories, a perfect blend of form and function that will help keep you on top of your game while you're fulfilling customer contracts.