Why Plantabox

People want to feel connected to nature with living colour, texture and greenery in their lives.

Creatively placing fresh plant life in the built environment provides atmosphere and ambience.

Furthermore, it is scientifically recognised that spending time in green spaces improves community health and happiness.

Plantabox is a patented, unique free standing grow system that creates instant gardens and lawns on any surface. It allows living greenery to be integrated with architectural and landscape design in ways not previously thought of.

In the past, poor design has led to vast amounts of public space with limited natural environment.

This has resulted in hostile and unappealing environments that offer little reason for public to dwell or interact.

There is global change occurring with demand for more creative, liveable and sustainable places.

Government bodies are wanting to retrofit greyscapes. Architects and developers are requiring new products that can meet these expectations. Plantabox delivers to both these groups.

See our Plantabox Placemaking Brochure and our Green Infrastructure Products Brochure

Overview and history 

Plantabox green infrastructure is free standing, modular and moveable allowing living plants to be used in new and dynamic ways. By bringing together horticulture, soil science, engineering, manufacturing, logistics and design we supply, install and maintain parklets, floating gardens, roof top gardens and individual Plantabox products.   

Plantabox provides: 

  • design, engineering, manufacturing, installation and maintenance services
  • green infrastructure
  • Placemaking infrastructure in form or road, cafe, urban and road closure parklets
  • Floating and roof top gardens
  • Consultation on wicking and water reservoir systems

Plantabox has origins in Strathayr, an Australian leader in sports turf technology that has over the last 20 years developed portable sports surface products such as portable sports fields and drop-in cricket wickets that our sister brand Portagrass manages. This background has installed a passion for precision and quality componentry and design in manufacturing products that can last in the Australian public environment.

2016 - StrathAyr Portable formed by splitting off the R&D devision from StrathAyr.

2016 - Designed and provided Floriade in Canberra with large scale portable flower beds so the festival could increase their range of displays without having to dig-up the surrounding park. 

2018 - launched our range of Plantaboxes with changeable facing and seat attachments

2018 - installed our first parklet for the ACT City Renewal Authority

2019 - released our Plantabox Turf trays - world first.

2020 - renamed to Plantabox Pty Ltd

2020 - installed our 10th parklet at Coogee for Randwick City Council that won the 2021 Place Leaders Awards - small scale place project

2020 - installed our first floating garden for Wollongong City Council

2020 - launched our free standing decking trays at Campbelltown

2021 - launched our hanging baskets with water reservoirs and wicking - world first. Waverley City Council.

2021 - launched shade canopies to attach to our large plantaboxes.

2022 - installed our 20th parklet at St Mary's Penrith City Council.

2022 - launched option to clad all planters in stainless steel, powder coated steel, Cor-ten

2022 - purchased People Parkers, the Australian leader in single unit moveable parklets.

2022 - launched our modular pergola units for Sutherland Shire Council

2023 - formed partnership with Urban Canopee

2023 - launched our Plantabarrier system

we continue to design, build, install and maintain activations that have bought greenery into the greyscape.  For examples of all these projects check out Our Work.

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