Client brief:

We wanted to create a visually appealing shopfront that welcomes visitors, encouraging them to relax outside with a coffee and pastry. Our container gardening design service offered the perfect solution, combining beauty and practicality to enhance the café’s exterior and overall atmosphere. Garden planters on wheels provided flexibility, allowing clients to easily move them inside at the end of each business day.

While taking photographs inside the café, I noticed a chalkboard displaying “Today’s Bake,” which immediately inspired a unique design idea. I decided to create bespoke planters with chalkboards attached, allowing the café to showcase daily specials directly outside for passersby.

These custom wooden planters transformed the shopfront, bringing recipes to the street and sparking conversations among curious customers and pedestrians. We filled the planters with aromatic herbs and edible plants, adding vibrant greenery while subtly reinforcing the café’s fresh, homemade appeal.

To frame the café entrance beautifully, we planted standard olive trees in large, square black planters on either side. This addition added elegance, structure, and a contemporary touch, making the entrance both stylish and inviting.

The combination of bespoke chalkboard planters and elegant olive trees gave the café a distinct personality and undeniable curb appeal. Now, the shopfront feels warm, welcoming, and engaging, inviting customers to linger, explore, and fully enjoy their experience.

If you need expert guidance to design a beautiful container planting scheme, we would love to help bring your vision alive.

Contact us today to create an outdoor space that perfectly suits your style, needs, and unique business identity.

Olive trees supplied by Europlants