Securing a window-box

[Timothy Murphy]

What is the best way to secure a flower window-box on a window-ledge? The window-ledge is granite so it is impractical to drill this. The wall around the window is brick, and I though of attaching a wood or metal strip across the window. Is there a better way?

[The Natural Philosopher]

filling it with soil is the usual method

[pete]

window box retaining brackets, e.g.

[stuart noble]

A terra cotta or concrete window box is the only solution IME. Plastic is fine till it dries out, which is once a day at the moment

[Gordon Henderson]

I find Devon Granite easy to drill - with an SDS!

Our solution as to get a local chappie to make something for us:

now has a trough in it - I just put those there when I took the photo a while back)

Gordon

[djc]

I put a couple of eye-bolts into the brickwork each side of the window and then strung a wire rope between them at a height just below the top of the window box.