Planet Pots

If you're like most gardeners, you'll know what it feels like to sit on your porch, looking out over your garden, and realise, "This is a nice garden, but what it really needs, the one thing that's missing, is an orrery."

Well, look no further! We orrery have your orrery packed and ready to ship, and it'll be on its way to you just as soon as your order is processed! Call us now!

Your home garden orrery kit consists of one large ceramic Sun pot, and eight planet pots - representing the four terrestrial planets, and the four gas giants. (And if you order within the next hour, you'll receive three dwarf planet pots absolutely free!!!)

Along with the Sun pot and the planet pots included is one rock representing the moon (or The Moon, Cedric, Please Spray or Neuter Your Cat, or whatever name it's now known by). Moons for other planets are also available, sold separately.

The computer is in the base of the Sun pot. Use the remote control (requires 2xAA batteries, not included) to select the width of your garden, the start date, and the speed. Maximum speeds depend on garden size: for example, from -100 to +100 Earth years per hour, for a 10-metre-diameter arrangement.

Once you have your Sun pot in position, the planet pots will automatically move to the correct location relative to the Sun pot, and then trundle quietly around their orbits, guided by the computer in the Sun pot.

Each planet pot, and the Sun pot, can be filled with the floral display of your choice. Sunflowers are a popular choice for the Sun pot, and perhaps poppies for Mars, the god of war? Some of our customers even put goldfish in the Neptune pot. The only limits are your imagination! Oh, and the (very reasonable) weight limits.

As for the pots themselves, they can be supplied pre-painted or unpainted. Simply state your preference when you place your order. Once you've added your plants to the pots, you can sit back, relax, and enjoy your garden in all its orrerical awesomeness, its planetary perfection.

See how the planets were aligned when you were born. Relax as you become enchanted by the music of the spheres. (Not just a metaphor: as a token of our appreciation, we include a CD of Holst's 'Planet Suite' with every purchase.) With your Garden Orrery, you can see a year in a day, every day of the year!

And remember, if you call within the next hour you'll receive the three dwarf planet pots (Ceres, Pluto and Eris) absolutely free! So don't delay - phone today!