While the snow packs most of our nutrient-rich soil for another few months, we can start planning for the spring to make sure we’re set to plant as soon as its gone. If you’re the type to do both indoor and outdoor gardening, then you know the importance of choosing planting pots for your green friends that works nicely within the interior design of your space or on your patio. With the colors and sleek design of the Cylinder line by Gainey Ceramics highlighted in a recent post on Design Milk, my zeal for visualizing a day without snow had me gathering all of the info I could about this family-run operation.

Cylinder. Designed by Gainey Ceramics.

Modern Pots for Your Spring Planting Plans: The Cylinder Collection by Gainey Ceramics

Since a bit of company history is always nice, John Gainey was the original owner of the ceramics company he bought back in 1949. Originally focusing on water bottles and ceramic dog dishes, they soon joined the momentous wave of interior design by offering colorful pots for plants in the 60s. A decade later, many companies left California. Gainey Ceramics remained.

In the late 1980s the company was passed down to son, Steve Gainey, and soon after they included a line of ceramic tiles to expand the successful business and compliment said pots. Since it’s been a family-run business now for over 60 years now, Gainey’s employees are just as much a part of the family as the Gainey family themselves. According to the Gainey website, they proudly state that many have been there over thirty years – “molding, mixing, baking, painting, polishing, and inspecting” – proud of the integrity they’ve built together over the years.

With Cylinder, the color scheme includes beautiful shades of deep, rich maroons, greens, bright marigold, etc. For a less dramatic look, you can also opt for understated white glaze on pots that fit nicely into custom-made pot holders or on the ground of your backyard patio or living room.

Design Milk speaks to the design of Gainey’s Cylinder line of planters, among others, stating the obvious truth we should always follow when planting into pots in and around the home: “No need for our containers to compete with their contents so let the greens be wild as nature intended”.