When you're planning your ideal garden, you have several tools at your disposal: Your shears, your fertilizer, your pavers - and your steel plant stand design components, which can help portray your plants in the best possible way. Some types of stands for garden plants even shelter plants from bugs and animals - making sure that your garden looks good for as long as possible.
Interested in learning more about the best designed plant stands? Whether your aesthetic is mod, retro, vintage or minimal, you can find steel stands for plants that will enhance the natural beauty of your garden - indoors or out.
Steel is the perfect material for plant stands, because it doesn't take much to maintain, it's durable and waterproof, and it won't easily break. It's also very strong: If you put all of your confidence in a plant stand to support a treasured plant, you need it not to break! Fortunately, steel plant stand design is strong, durable, and completely trustworthy.
Choosing the right stand for your plants can free up space, make your garden look professionally-staged, and even help your smaller plants thrive. For example, if you have a smaller plant that needs sun exposure, you can put it in a plant stand made of steel to help it avoid shade.
Want to bring your garden inside? Cutting stems off your flowering bushes will allow for only a meager amount of time that you can enjoy their beautiful blooms. Planting your flowers inside, with a solid steel-designed stand, will give you many benefits. As opposed to stone or wood planters, you won't have to worry about leaks or expansions. Plus, because steel is easy to cast, steel stands tend to come in a wider variety of shapes and designs than wood or stone - meaning you'll always have something to match your perfect aesthetic.
Sizing your plant stand appropriately is also key. When you're thinking about putting a plant in a stand, do your research about the best size of stand. Bigger is always better: You don't want to crowd the roots of a treasured plant. However, depending on where you plan to put the stand, you may not have enough room to go big - making research and balance key!
We've done the heavy lifting for you by selecting these ten pieces for perfect steel stand design inspiration…
This four-tiered shelf can help you display plants at several different heights in an aesthetically-pleasing way. It's got thick supports, durable shelves, and the tallest one is about four feet high - making caring for the plants on the shelf a breeze. There's room for about seven plant pots on this stand.
This plant stand has a decorative steel border around the edge of its top and lower shelves to add visual interest. With three scrolled legs and a tiny footprint, this stand resembles a vintage table. There's enough room for only two plants on this stand, but it takes up next to no room at all!
This minimalist plant stand only lifts your plant an inch off the ground, but that may be all you need. Want to be able to roll your plant around on wheels? Select this minimalist, galvanized steel option. It's resistant from rust, and it can carry plants that are up to eighty pounds - perfect for smaller trees or larger leafy plants.
Looking for a decorative way to display your succulents? This lacy, scrollwork-inspired steel stand has room for four plants, with a suggested pot size of 8" in diameter. It can hold up to 80 pounds for each of four tiers, making this beautiful stand a hardy and durable one, too!
This mid-century modern steel plant stand is very simplistic (even minimal), consisting of a small table held up by four plain legs. This allows for the focus to be completely on your plant and your pot for maximum aesthetics. Choose between medium and low height, and put this plant stand in - or outside: It's rust- and weather-resistant for your convenience.
This ten-inch metal pot stand will keep your plants off the ground for optimal ventilation. It's rust-proof, stable, sturdy, and great for protecting both your plants or your floors from drainage issues. Get them in sets of one or two for pleasing symmetry around your home.
These tiny planters have thin hairpin legs, giving each tripod stand modern design. The tables are made out of similar thin metal, so your plants' pots can drain freely. Designed to fit into any corner, these stylish, minimal plant stands are easy to take care of: Their finish allows you to wipe them clean easily, with any dry cloth.
Interested in more of a scrollwork shelf feel for your plant stand? By far the most efficient for holding the largest number of plants, this tiered steel shelf acts as a multifunctional organizer for as many as ten plants. Three shelves, adjustable foot pads, and a powder coated finish lend this steel shelf ultimate versatility and durability.
If you're looking for a very minimalistic three-tiered circular shelf, look no further. This metallic plant stand features black pans held up by several very thin legs. It comes in multiple colors - black, gold, silver, white - and arranges plants very attractively in a spiral staircase fashion.
This galvanized steel trough-style design features a long, narrow, shallow steel bucket propped up on metal legs. In it, you can plant several plants for a farmhouse-chic look! It's perfect for keeping plants at windowsill height to catch the sun's rays indoors during the winter.
