Review & Giveaway: GardenSite Forest Toulouse Trellis Planter

Looking for a garden trellis planter? Check out this review of the Forest Toulouse trellis planter, a solid wooden option with built in plant support.

Welcome to a new product review and giveaway, perfect for those of you who are looking to spruce up a patio or deck area.  We’ve been trying out the Forest Toulouse trellis planter from online gardening supplier GardenSite, and I’ve also got one of these lovely planters worth £89.99 to give away to a lucky winner.

forest toulouse trellis planter

The Forest Toulouse trellis planter has a generous container with an integral trellis for climbing plants, allowing you to create a plant display with lots of height.  It’s ideal for concealing a less-than-lovely wall or fence, and because it’s made from pressure-treated timber it will last for years.

The planter arrives in two pieces; the trellis and the base.  It comes with four screws to attach the trellis; this isn’t a tricky job, but as the wood is really solid we drilled some holes first to make it easier.

forest toulouse trellis planter

forest toulouse trellis planter

Once assembled, I decided to line the planter with some plastic sheeting; I’d recommend doing this as there are gaps between the planks along the base.  I made plenty of small holes in the sheeting to allow for good drainage.

forest toulouse trellis planter

The Forest Toulouse planter is really sturdy and the wood is lovely quality; the whole thing feels very well-made.  I love the simple, chunky style too.  At 135cm high it’s a great option for a spot where height is limited.  It fits perfectly under our kitchen window which is close to our seating area, so we’ll be able to enjoy the plants while we relax.

From a practical point of view, the pressure-treated timber makes it really durable (in fact there’s a 15 year guarantee against rot), and the built-in feet raise it off the ground to aid drainage and prevent waterlogging on the container base.  All in all, it’s a great addition to our garden.  I also love the fact that 2.5% from the sale of this product will be donated to Thrive, a national charity which works to help people living with a disability or mental illness, to transform their lives through gardening.

As we’re nearing the end of summer, I’ve filled up the planter with a selection of plants that will give us plenty of colour and interest as we move towards autumn.

forest toulouse trellis planter

The climbing plant is Clematis ‘Étoile Violette’, which is a later summer flowering viticella variety with gorgeous rich purple blooms.  For some contrasting foliage interest I’ve use Cineraria ‘Silver Dust’, I love the texture on this plant and it looks amazing at dusk too.

forest toulouse trellis planter

The kids chose the bedding plants, and went for pansies in a range of pink shades.  These will quickly fill up the space and flower away for months.

forest toulouse trellis planter

I’m really pleased with the finished planter; it’s already made an unappealing wall far nicer to look at, and as the plants become established it’s only going to get better.   I like the idea of mixing up the planting scheme with different bedding plants for each season, I suspect the kids will insist on choosing these every time from now on!  I think the planter would also make a fantastic grow-your-own container, with things like runner beans or peas on the trellis, and herbs or other veggies in the container.

The Forest Toulouse trellis planter costs £89.99 from GardenSite, you can find out more and order here.  What would you grow in it?

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192 Comments

  1. I have a lovely Jasmine that needs to be ‘rehomed’ and it would love this trellis planter.

  2. I would plant Clematis, Silver Dust and Pansies or Bizzy Lizzies in this lovely planter

  3. Winter flowering pansies and violas as well as some hardy salad leaves mixed in. In the summer months,I would plant sweet peas,swiss chard and a selection of miniveg withbright yellow marigolds to keep the bugs away!

  4. This looks lovely…I’m just starting to work on my garden so I was pleased to find your post and get some inspiration! I’d love to grow some climbing plants and I’d also like to try my hand at herbs x

  5. Would grow some clematis and a climbing rose. I would then put some annuals in depending on the time of year

  6. I would plant a Clematis ‘Jospehine’ the flower is gorgeous! Thank you for the chance to win x

  7. This looks great – my decking needs some attention pronto! Would love something lovely smelling like sweet peas climbing up it!

  8. Pretty new to gardening so I don’t know many names but if I like it I ask at our local garden centre where I’ve been getting plants and advice about what to plant and when,I love looking at other peoples gardens for ideas.

  9. My son has plans for planting a few things himself. I think it would be chillies of some variety.

  10. I would have to ask my Mum as shes the expert, but I would love some brightly coloured, but low maintenance flowers

  11. I have a lovely simple wild style scented rose that has a pretty open flower that is great for bees that would be perfect climbing up this. Then some herbs and allysum as it would be outside the kitchen door.

  12. Ive just moved house and had to leave my lovely established Jasmine in the garden, so I would love to start again and grown Jasmine as well as plant it up with spring bulbs

  13. I think a honeysuckle would be great climbing up the trellis, with maybe some herbs in the planter.

  14. A lovely Clematis Fireworks as wife adores this plant, likes and colour and the fact that it flowers twice a year, below I’d plant some colourful mini daffs in spring and in the summer bedding plants I’ve grown from seed

  15. I’d love to try growing jasmine or honneysuckle. Can you imagine the gorgeous smell in the evening?

  16. I’d plant some peas & sweet peas to scramble over the trellis and then some purple & white swan river daisies at the front to help bring the pollinators in,they look so pretty & last a long time without needing much attention.

  17. I’d plant clematis my favourite plant with some herbs all around the bottom to keep the bugs away

  18. I would get an evergreen clematis with small flowers and foliage all year round – Clematis ‘Wisley Cream’.
    At this time of year like you i’d use pansies in creams and whites to tumble over the front with creeping thyme in white.. White heather at the back and variegated ivy to complete the look.

  19. Love the idea of this beautiful trellis,my Jasmine has grown lovely this year and would love this as it’s new home,absolutely gorgeous x x

  20. I would plants a clematis and a few tulips. Thanks for this lovely giveaway, this would look lovely in my garden.

  21. I’d grow a selection of berry fruits, favourites would be thornless blackberry, and gooseberry, and perhaps redcurrants and strawberries as well.

  22. I am into scented and bee-friendly plants so would grow a trachelospernum climber at the back and a mixture of lavenders in the front.

  23. This is the luxury that every plant deserves. I think I would try a growing wisteria as the main item with some compact flowering plants beneath.

  24. I recently bought a miniature Wisteria that I think would be perfect in this beautiful planter with some dainty spring bulbs around as well.

  25. I have a Jasmine and a honeysuckle which need a bit bigger trellis, so They would go in, and i would alternate bedding for the various seasons, starting with some tete a tete daffodils and crocuses for sproing, then something like pelargoniums and fuschias and some trailing Liberia for summer, with some pansies put in to take up the slack over autumn and winter.

  26. I would grow two Clematis ‘Early Senation’ a white variety & ‘Nelly Moser’ to remind me of my dear Mom. And for Spring: bulbs & Primroses & Pansies,Changing to Summer bedding later perhaps fitting in a few lettuce.

  27. I would plant an evergreen white clematis called Early sensation, under planted by blue anenome blanda, for spring plus the hardy geranium Rozanne for colour from May to The first frosts

  28. I would grow some climbing roses, and I might plant a mix of bulbs, so that I would see some gorgeous colours for most of the year :)

  29. I would grow a pink flowering clematis up the trellis and some bizzie lizzies to shade it’s roots in the trough!

  30. I would love to grow a scented dwarf climbing rose if possible…it would be awesome to have it just outside the patio doors against the wall to see and benefit from the wafting aroma. x

  31. I would definitely put in some creeping vines. Then I would let me niece plant some sunflowers.

  32. would love to plant a jasmine climbing plant and then keep it updated with various bedding plants throughout the year to keep it colourful

  33. we are enjoying growing are own vedges at the moment, so this would be great for us to expand xx

  34. Climbing Fuchsia! I have a beautiful one called ‘Lady in Black’, and I’ve been trying to decide where to put it.

  35. have got the perfect spot in my garden on a west side that sees the sun rise and would be great where we sit and have our cuppa at eleven with some lovely jasmin and winter panseys in would look great

  36. I love my herbs so would plant as many as I can. We have 4 dogs but unfortunately they like herbs too so being not on the ground I can make sure they do not pinch any!!! Fantastic prize, thank you x

  37. Sweet peas for the trellis, and some trailing plants eg trailing pale blue lobelia, and some double deep pink begonias

  38. I’d like to grow some stocks and viola – always seem to be good bedding plants for winter here! Xx

  39. I would have a miniature rose in the middles of the planter and then sweet peas either side with some pansies scattered around

  40. I’d grow my favourite flowers sweet peas in them love how delicate they look and the aroma they give off just stunning

  41. i would love one of these , i am hoping to grow some fruit next year so this would be ideal for my fruit bushes to go into

  42. I would grow fuschias and begonias in the Toulouse trellis planter, with ivy and clematis climbing up the trellis

  43. I’d put it near our kitchen window & grow Jasmine so that we had the scent wafting in and some spring bulbs like mini daffodils & tulips and hyacinths

  44. I’d plant a honeysuckle to climb up the trellis – but I’d ensure it was a smaller variety, fragrant too and hardy. We had a beauty but it grew enormous & in high winds brought a huge trellis down under its weight. I miss having a honeysuckle as I love their fragrance. I would plant colourful winter pansies in front of the planter.

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