Brighten up your balcony with the Bloom Flowerpot, designed by Dutch designer Rob Slewe. The pot does two jobs: it's a planter and it's outdoor lighting...
The pot is made of double-walled polyethylene with 2 energy-saving lamps concealed inside. Made in white, red, orange, lime-green, pink, purple and light blue. There don't appear to be any US distributors currently selling the Bloom Pot but there is a European shop, Questo Design, that ships to the US. The 24" diameter pot is priced at about $230.
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Note: It's only available in the European 220V version.
I have seen some really cool square planters like this somewhere online. This is one place you can find them. They are insanely expensive, though!
http://www.topdeq.com/topdeq/category.do?catid=us_97
But I want the cows, too.
They make them for our US electrical standards too....both regular 3-prong plug and for a low-voltage outdoor lighting system. Unfortunately, they just lost their US distributor as of the end of January. Note: even regular UPS shipping in the US used to run around $45 per pot for the 24" version. I can't imagine the cost to air freight them in from the manufacturer in Holland.