CATALOGUE INDIGENUS 2020/2021
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Perfectly Planted Indigenus design and manufacture beautiful, durable architectural planters developed to uplift and enhance residential, hospitality and corporate environments. Our original and unique contemporary designs are generated in collaboration with leading designers, architects and artists who have a deep appreciation of the scenic quality of creative planting. But more importantly they understand the impact great sculptural planters can have in an architectural site or landscape. With a shared vision, and under the guidance of director, Peter van der Post, the Indigenus designers...

Terra by Laurie Wiid van Heerden Indigenus planters all have a close connection to the earth. This is expressed through a stable and grounded design, made with beautiful natural materials. Each planter has an underlying story of our relationship with the natural world. Peter van der Post, Indigenus Founder 4.

Terra is a contemporary interpretation of the mid twentieth century genre. This well proportioned range has been designed in van Heerden’s celebrated sublime and subtly curved style, combining the sensuality of pale grey concrete with the warm tones of carved wood. The elegantly tapered planters are placed on a solid Iroko leg base to give a sense of lightness and modernity and create an impression of open space. The versatility of the Terra planters allows them to stand well on their own, staggered together in various heights, in a loose cluster, or in a mid-century modern style lining a...

Planted on beautiful solid iroko legs, the Terra is Latin for “ground” or “earth” and is a beautiful, bulbous and curvaceous contemporary interpretation of mid-century modern planters.

‘The Bhaca design is inspired by, and named after, amaXhosa tribal, ritualistic incisions or markings used for clan identification, healing and spiritual protection.’ Andile Dyalvane

A completely personal and original range of stone planters, the Bhaca design reflects ceramicist Andile Dyalvane’s connection to his South African Xhosa roots while celebrating his mastery of an elemental material of choice - clay. He originally worked the designs in wet clay and then up-scaled them to cope with the rigours of being a large planter. The chosen work focuses on Andile’s signature scarification style reflecting the Xhosa tradition of cutting or marking skin – hence the name “Bhaca”, the Xhosa word for scarification. Bhaca planters are perfect as sculptural statements in a...

Tuber by Haldane Martin 18.

The Tuber is reminiscent of the tuber root, a beautiful expression of that part of a plant which is usually hidden from us visually. It is full of nutrients and is no less wonderous in its appealing natural warmth and curvature. Created to last generations and weather with character, the mighty Tuber is crafted from African Iroko, a FSC-certified hard timber often used for boatbuilding, flooring and outdoor furniture. The Tuber’s enduring strength is derived from individual cut pieces of wood bolted together internally with stainless steel pins and hand-assembled into a pleasing bulbous...

Soma by Laurie Wiid van Heerden

With its clean curvaceous lines and immaculate finishes, the Soma planters have become an iconic part of the Indigenus range. Inspired by the ‘anchoring presence’ of trees combined with the designer’s distinctive rounded sculptural style, the Soma planters create a powerful impact on any landscape or interior. The Soma design celebrates the stone-like appearance of reinforced concrete and in various progressions of the design contrasts with organic elements in wood and cork. The Soma Collection, the first collection van Heerden did for Indigenus, is an extremely versatile range. The...

Soma is Greek for “body” and is inspired by the anchoring presence of trees. It is an interpretation of the trunk of a tree with beautiful clean curvaceous lines from which extraordinary green life emerges. 28.

“My designs mostly stem from simplicity of form. I’m obsessive about detail, both in terms of observing the world around me as part of my design process and in terms of how my pieces are made”. Laurie Wiid van Heerden designer of The Soma

Steen by Stefan Antoni and Greg Truen of SAOTA 32.

As leading architects of the world-renowned practise SAOTA, Antoni and Truen are known for their uncompromising contemporary design with a philosophy of simplicity, restraint and refinement of materials. For Steen, which means ‘stone’ in Afrikaans, they took their inspiration from the dramatic boulders found on the coastal cliffs around Cape Town. The range features an unusual horizontal orientation in stylized forms which are powerful and bold, yet delicately poised. Made from glass-reinforced concrete, which is lighter than regular concrete, the Steen range has been given a beautiful...

Steen, meaning ‘stone’ in Afrikaans is inspired by, and are stylized interpretations of, the dramatic rock formations that jut out of the mountains and coastal cliffs plunging into the Atlantic Ocean along the coast of Cape Town.

Haldane Martin Peter van der Post is the visionary behind Indigenus, a committed design entrepreneur who saw the potential for considered well-designed contemporary planters which would elevate architectural spaces and landscapes. Since its inception in 2014, he has grown the stable of designs with a simple philosophy that the Indigenus planters should be ‘extraordinary, intelligent, and enduring’. To achieve this he set out, right at the beginning to collaborate with the best designers, artists and architects. Haldane Martin is a prolific industrial designer specialising in furniture and...

Soma Terra side angle

Steen planter liners custom shaped - volumes: Large 14.2 gal | 54l Fill Pipe Clear Straw Small 1.1 gal | 4l Soil Deck Water Reservoir Plug “Self-Watering” Liners All Indigenus planters come with a liner for planting. The drawings above show the sizes and capacities. These liners have been designed to house plants in proportion to the size of the planters. They contain a water reservoir at the base into which the roots grow. Using the process of “capillary action” the water is pushed up into the soil. Water levels in the reservoir can be measured using the cap gauge and the liner has a plug...