Reasons Clients
Choose Us
Most corten steel planter beds fail because they are built down to a shipping budget, not up to structural reality. We try not to argue with reality. Here are some critical differences between our planter beds and lesser ones.
| Engineering Metric | Avidon Design | Others |
|---|---|---|
| Material Gauge | 11 Gauge (1/8") A588 Weathering Steel / Corten Structural thickness that defies bowing, buckling or outward ground-pressure deformation. | Thin 16-Gauge or 14-Gauge Much thinner sheet metal that oil-cans, warps and buckles over time. |
| Flanges / Edge Bends | Integrated Flanges (5-7 per Section) I over-engineer and build every planter bed section. They will never fail. Each section has at a minimum: top edge flange, top edge inner return flange, bottom edge flange, left end full length vertical flange, right end full length vertical flange. Some sections have 2 additional flanges. | Minimal Flanges increase material costs, decrease material yields. The other guys don't like that. |
| Custom Design / Fabrication | Custom Design Is All We Do Super clean vertical joints. Architectural modular design. Sections bolt together easily on-site with hidden assembly hardware. Designed for your individual project. Execute runs of infinite length. Individual section lengths up to 9'Long and 55" High. All our beds ship on pallets. Heavy and Thick. | Extremely Limited Scope & Experience Material so thin and light weight it ships in cardboard boxes. |
| Fastening Hardware | 18/8 Marine-Grade Stainless Steel Exclusively assemble with high-tensile stainless steel fasteners that are immune to rust, strip-outs, and galvanic corrosion when embedded in soil. All assembly hardware is hidden and connects from the interior of the planter bed. | Sheet Metal Screws / Corrosive Zinc or Carbon Screws Cheap hardware components that rust out rapidly, causing structural failure. Visible hardware, weak connections, prone to failure. |
| Designed and Built In America | Designed and Built In America with American Steel and Labor. The SF Bay Area to be exact. | Mostly Imported From China |
| Environmentally Friendly | LEED Credit Qualified LEED points available: Material content - UP to 65% recycled content in our steel and up to 20% in our aluminum. Domestic Manufacturing - Add 1 point if your project is installed within 500 miles of of Santa Clara, CA. | Probably Not. |
| Project Management / Accountability | This is My Business and My Reputation I work with you directly on your project. I guarantee our work. I live Here in the Bay Area. My Clients Provide My Greatest Testimonials. If I Say I Will Do Something You Can Bank on it. | A Roll of the Dice |
Modular / Sectional Planters
Represent the majority of our client builds. Over-Engineered with 5 -7 flanges per section, hidden 18/8 stainless steel fasteners, pre-cut bottom flange ground stake holes. Every edge is radiused, there are no sharp edges. This architecture allows massive, continuous linear planter walls to be staged easily by hand on-site and assembled flawlessly.
Welded Planters
Ideal for isolated structural focal points. Custom built, full-edge welds, ground smooth. Pre-cut precision drainage holes, arrive raw, built, rugged and ready for immediate installation.