NativeCast Honored in This Old House’s Top 100 Best New Home Products of 2013

PHILADELPHIA - Nov. 25, 2013 - PRLog -- Out of thousands of products This Old House editorscombed through, NativeCast’s Cast Wood Trough (http://www.nativecast.com/shop/planters/cast-wood-trough) stood out as a pick for the ‘Top 100 New Home Products of 2013’.

And it’s no wonder. Each Cast Wood Trough is individually handmade in the designer’s Chadds Ford, PA studio—and the artisanal charm shines through.

“The 2013 TOH Top 100 is full of products that showcase ingenuity, demonstrate originality, wow us with their functionality, and of course, mark breakthroughs in their categories,” says This Old House Editor Scott Omelianuk.

Like the Cast Wood Trough, each NativeCast piece is inspired by organic materials and shapes. Ricky Giacco (http://www.nativecast.com/about-us/ricky-giacco), founder and visionary of NativeCast, developed a unique, green concrete (http://www.nativecast.com/green-concrete), made of recycled materials and locally sourced seashells, pine cones, and needles, to help form and cast these organic shapes.

“I’m drawn to concrete because it creates great texture– which you can easily see in architecture- but I find it really works anywhere,” explains Giacco. “I’ve been inspired by wood designs and am doing more with it, a lot more.”

NativeCast has an entire line of cast-wood products (http://www.nativecast.com/shop/planters) using locally sourced mushroom boards from Kennett Square, PA, the ‘mushroom capital of the world’.

“I’m honored and humbled This Old House chose the Cast Wood Trough as one of 2013’s best new products. I never dreamed the company I started to make sustainable, light-weight and functional pieces of art would over time become what I do full-time. It’s great to be fulfilling my passion.”

Since NativeCast’s inception, the brand and products have taken off. Within the last year alone, NativeCast has graced the pages of Martha Stewart Living, Better Homes and Garden, and The Washington Post.

One thing’s for sure. NativeCast’s popularity is just going to keep growing.

Get your hands on a Cast Wood Trough, or a smaller Cast Wood planter (http://www.nativecast.com/shop/planters/cast-wood-planter...), today by ordering one on NativeCast’s e-commerce website.

The 2013 list marks the third annual “The TOH Top 100.” A complete list of the “TOH Top 100” can be found at www.ThisOldHouse.com/top100 and in the November/December 2013 issue on newsstands November 8^th.

NativeCast (http://www.nativecast.com/) began creating garden containers that marry high art and functional design in 2010. Each NativeCast piece is conceived, created and individually hand cast by founder, Ricky Giacco. All of NativeCast’s sleek, sustainable planters are made with light-weight, green concrete and natural materials, like sand, shells, and pine needles. To purchase DIY kits or other hand-cast containers, visit www.nativecast.com, like them on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/NativeCast) or follow them on Pinterest (http://www.pinterest.com/nativecast/).