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Are the planter boxes made of cement?

Wendy Vondemkamp

3 years ago

In creating the planter boxes do they have a base or just sides? Can you give basic details about how they were created? Thank you.

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Jeffrey Gordon Smith Landscape Architecture
3 years ago
Thanks for the interest there are quite a few details that go into the planters drainage as well as the fire pit
Wendy Vondemkamp thanked Jeffrey Gordon Smith Landscape Architecture
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