why use plywood?

Mike Saville

last year

Why would you use plywood for the planters? Wont that absorb moisture and crumble in 5 years?

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Helen Williams Garden Design
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Hi Mike. The planters were made of treated softwood timber, with strips of Sadolin colour-varnished timber on top.
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