The problem with wooden planters is that they can rot if they are permantly in the damp.
Also they'll kill off anything they cover, so if you decide to resite them after a while, you've a problem.
Sadly, pretty much everything you buy that's wooden in the garden these days is made from "sustainable rescources."
In my opinion, that's wood with the density akin to that of "forced rhubarb."
I got about ten years out of some troughs I bought from a garden centre.
But I had to replace them this year. I found these on eBay. at £60 each.
Like all the wood in our garden, I painted them inside and out with Dulux Trade Woodstain. it's not cheap, about £50 for 2.5ltrs but very durable.
Each has three hebes in them in plastic tubs sitting on plastic saucers on top of the batons. I also made feet out of black 1" polypipe to keep the actual wood off the patio.
So they stay reasonably dry.
That was a fiddly job as I laid the the patio with "falls" in both directions so the feet had to be of slightly different lengths!
Like most of the wooden stuff you buy these were "thrown together" with
wire staples so I reinforced them with three dozen screws in each, as I had visions of the tubs falling through the batons when I lifted them.
They needed a couple of coats of paint to darken them down, so they didn't look out of place.
I think we covered the problems earlier. I'm not sure the OP said if it was even a wooden planter anyway, and it's hard to see from the photo, but decent quality timber, properly treated, and raised off the ground, will last a very long time
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Hubby made ours from scaffold board,always lines with plastic,then garden shades. (Ronseal) still in good nick after quite a few years. He's now added "legs"love the garden Doghouse welcome back
Hubby made ours from scaffold board,always lines with plastic,then garden shades. (Ronseal) still in good nick after quite a few years. He's now added "legs"love the garden Doghouse welcome back
Thanks fior that.
Some aren't glad to see me, probably those who were "snarky" first time round.
But that's life.
Scaffold boards are ideal, they are made to be out in all weathers. So should last a long time.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...