We spotted this Ferris wheel planter during the 2014 IGC Show Bus Tour at Knupper Nursery & Landscape in Palatine, Ill. Sue Heaton, who owns the business with her husband, John, picked up the 8-foot-tall planter in Atlanta in July. “I don’t really want to sell it,” she confessed. It was difficult to construct the item, which retails for $2,700. And besides, it’s become a “showpiece” in the store, she says.

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