Is a butler sink the same? This photo taken a couple of years ago - now is completely covered in echeverias, euphorbia myrsinites (at the back) and various forms of houseleek. I don't water it and have gravel surrounding all the plants.
It stands on four coffee jar lids to keep it off the ground and I absolutely love it. Didn't buy it, inherited it along with a smaller apothecary sink from my Auntie Lily. I take the echeverias into the unheated greenhouse in the winter, but the rest stay put.
Oh - this one is from London, always known as a Butler sink and it does have an overflow - perhaps they were just known by different names if they were made in different potteries?
It serves my "mediterranean" garden well - succulents, echeverias, sedums, and houseleeks all thrive, and I am able to pass on the extras each year to friends who want to copy it
Now I see why my original thread was bumped up for you SP. As pointed out, we all like different things but personally I love my Belfast sinks and really don't care if others don't agree
I have 3 and it cost me £5 for all 3 so a real bargain, a little bit of TLC, but not too much and they look lovely. My alpine one is my favourite, the one by m y back door is most disappointing and I am in the process of deciding what to do with that one. The one at the front of the house I plant for the season so will be doing autumn/winter soon.
I think they make a real feature and add more depth to the garden than just regular round pots everywhere (which if course there is nothing wrong with as I also have lots of those)
And yes, Lily is right, my mum has also just given me a tin bath. Nothing done with it at the moment and can't decide whether to just use it as a water collector (Month style LOL), a mini pond or plant it up???
Gardening Granny, yours is beautiful, I hope mine looks like that one day
Bidding on a chimney pot I think gardens aren't just about plants to make them beautiful, many other inanimate items can add depth and beauty to a garden......pots don't just need to be pots they can come in many forms
So, once I've got the chimney pot what else could, I add??
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A Belfast sink has a weir-type overflow. A Butler sink (sometimes called a London Butler sink) does not have an overflow.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Oh - this one is from London, always known as a Butler sink and it does have an overflow - perhaps they were just known by different names if they were made in different potteries?
It serves my "mediterranean" garden well - succulents, echeverias, sedums, and houseleeks all thrive, and I am able to pass on the extras each year to friends who want to copy it
Now I see why my original thread was bumped up for you SP. As pointed out, we all like different things but personally I love my Belfast sinks and really don't care if others don't agree
I have 3 and it cost me £5 for all 3 so a real bargain, a little bit of TLC, but not too much and they look lovely. My alpine one is my favourite, the one by m y back door is most disappointing and I am in the process of deciding what to do with that one. The one at the front of the house I plant for the season so will be doing autumn/winter soon.
I think they make a real feature and add more depth to the garden than just regular round pots everywhere (which if course there is nothing wrong with as I also have lots of those)
And yes, Lily is right, my mum has also just given me a tin bath. Nothing done with it at the moment and can't decide whether to just use it as a water collector (Month style LOL), a mini pond or plant it up???
Gardening Granny, yours is beautiful, I hope mine looks like that one day
I would like a chimney pot next.....or maybe 2
eBay here I come 
Bidding on a chimney pot
I think gardens aren't just about plants to make them beautiful, many other inanimate items can add depth and beauty to a garden......pots don't just need to be pots they can come in many forms 
So, once I've got the chimney pot what else could, I add??
OL, think we like the same things!! Lol
Would love a chimney pot. I also want a half barrel and a statue or two.
Ooh a barrel...........thanks Lily, that's next in my list. I take it form the time you were up you had a good night
Lovely time thank you OL......ate too much tho lol
