This turned out great! We got this to fill in a corner of the house. I searched online for a way to patina ( make it looked weathered and rusty, not the solid silver it comes as) the metal faster (hours) rather than wait months. So, with in a day it looked like what you see.  It was winter so the plants look sort of dead, but there is a metal "shelf" inside so you don't have to fill the entire planter up with dirt and it is removable. We also put some rocks under the shelf for added weight (Florida hurricanes).