Aru Plant Pot

The Aru Plant Pot by Melaaura is a celebration of proportion, weight, and silence in design. These are not just plant pots — they’re grounded, rounded sculptures built to enhance the plant they hold and the space they sit in.

The form is simple: a sphere softened at the top, cut with a wide, clean opening. No foot, no frill, no ridge — just geometry and material. It’s this visual restraint that makes Aru so effective in both contemporary and transitional settings. It adapts. It calms. It holds.

Available in three sizes — with the large Aru reaching 90 cm in width — this planter is ready to support everything from sculptural grasses and statement palms to layered succulents or bonsai. The wide opening gives plants space to breathe, while the bowl shape provides both physical and visual stability.

Unlike standard plant pots made from plastic or thin-walled ceramic, Aru is built from fiber cement. It’s thick, textured, and tactile. The finish options — Ash, White, and Weathered Cement — offer variations in mood, from bright and modern to moody and organic. Each one patinas over time, evolving with the environment around it.

Designers love Aru for its symmetry. Use one as a standalone anchor or place three together in ascending size to create a soft rhythm across hardscaped surfaces. The form sits beautifully against stone, concrete, gravel, or wood. Whether it’s placed at the edge of a deck, beside a low bench, or floating in open lawn space, Aru’s silhouette holds its own.

As an outdoor pot, Aru performs year-round. It resists temperature swings, holds moisture well, and ages with dignity. In residential settings, it brings visual mass to patios and poolside zones. In commercial spaces, it offers quiet punctuation in courtyards, entryways, or roof gardens.

Indoors, Aru works just as well in open-plan environments — atriums, hotel lobbies, offices. Its round body provides a counterpoint to boxy architecture. And because of its height-to-width ratio, it rarely overwhelms a space. Even the large version, at 60 cm tall, remains approachable.

These plant pots are also highly functional. The volume supports deep-rooted plants, while the wide top allows for easy planting and clean soil lines. And because the bottom is fully enclosed, optional drainage solutions can be adapted depending on where the piece is used.

There’s something about Aru’s visual weight that makes it feel permanent. It’s not an add-on or accessory. It’s a part of the room, the garden, the design language. Its shape has no front or back, no orientation — which means it works in the round, from all sides.

Whether you’re creating structure in a minimal courtyard or layering softness into an urban terrace, the Aru plant pot delivers the clarity and scale you need — without stealing focus from the plant itself. It’s a vessel that knows its role and performs it beautifully.

In a category full of novelty shapes and trendy textures, Aru stands out by doing less. It doesn’t try to surprise you. It gives your space what it actually needs: shape, weight, and the silence to let nature take the lead.