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A planter and water bowl from The Outdoor Plus brings plants and falling water together on your pool or spa wall. A planting well sits in the middle, while a scupper at the front pours a sheet of water into the pool below. You can choose round or square shapes in concrete or metal to suit your backyard. Each bowl is made in the USA, with shapes that match the maker’s other bowls for a coordinated wall. Concrete and copper options are handmade.


Plants and falling water in one planter and water bowl

A separate channel carries water around the soil, keeping the planting well apart from the water path. The scupper and water fitting are included. You supply the water line. Choose water bowls for water only or planter bowls for plants only.

Shapes, sizes and finishes

Round options include a cone 24 to 48 inches across in the Cazo series and a half-sphere in the Sedona series. For square shapes, compare the Maya series with the rounded corners of the Avalon series. Compare the deep round bowl in the Luna series with the fluted urn on a pedestal foot in the Roma series. For hand-hammered solid copper, explore the Remi series, with a round bowl measuring 31 inches across.

Glass-fiber concrete, which the maker calls GFRC concrete, looks like stone and comes in 18 colors or wood grain in ebony, ivory or oak. Hammered copper develops a blue-green patina outdoors. Brushed stainless steel offers a bright finish, while powder-coated steel comes in 15 colors. Concrete versions have a copper scupper.

One set for the whole pool wall

The bowls share the same molds across planting, water and fire versions, so you can match shapes along a raised wall. You can build a durable set that carries the same look from the pool wall to the patio. For a gas flame instead of plants, browse fire and water bowls. Stay with this maker through its water-only collection, plants-only collection and combined fire-and-water collection.

Why buy from My Cozy Outdoors

We are an authorized dealer, so the full manufacturer warranty applies. For help choosing a shape, size or finish, call us and we will talk it through. You can also explore outdoor planters for bowls and boxes, or outdoor water features for more ways to add moving water.

FAQ

How does the water get into and out of a planter and water bowl?

Your pool builder feeds the underside inlet from the pool's circulation. Water fills the channel around the separate planting well, then pours through the front scupper into the pool in a sheet. A valve controls the spill, and soil stays outside the water path.

What can I plant in a planter and water bowl?

Choose shallow-rooted plants that like full sun, such as ornamental grasses, trailing flowers, succulents or seasonal color. Pick varieties suited to your climate, and keep the scupper clear of leaves so plants do not obstruct the falling water.

Do I need a pool to use one?

A planter and water bowl normally uses pool or spa circulation. Away from a pool you need a basin for the water to land in and a pump to send it back up. A pool builder or landscaper can arrange this. For plants alone, choose the same shape as a plain planter bowl.