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Australian Made: More Than Just a Logo

Each year, Australian Made Week shines a spotlight on businesses that design, manufacture and produce their products here at home. It’s a great opportunity to recognise the companies choosing to invest in Australian manufacturing and the people behind it. For us at ShapeScaper though, it’s never really been about only one week. Being Australian made isn’t something we switch on for a marketing campaign or celebrate for a few days each year. It’s simply how we’ve chosen to build our business from day one. Every piece of modular steel edging and every planter we produce has been designed and manufactured…

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Designing Balcony Gardens with Planter Boxes

May 18, 2026 | Comments Off on Designing Balcony Gardens with Planter Boxes
Designing Balcony Gardens with Planter Boxes

Check the load rating of your balcony slab before you do anything else. Not after you’ve bought the planter boxes, not once the soil is in. Most residential balconies sit somewhere between 150 and 300 kilograms per square metre, and a large steel planter box filled with wet soil can push close to 200kg. Get it wrong, and you’ve got a structural problem, not a gardening one. Balcony gardening is mostly a problem of working with less. Less floor area, less shelter, less consistent moisture. Wind at balcony height tends to be stronger than people expect, and a container in…

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