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RAIN DROP STORAGE FROM ELHO

 
The new Rain Drop from ELHO has great style with an ecological twist. Most water storage devices are very functional and not at all stylish. It holds 75ltr of rain water in its rounded belly shape.

The Rain Drop fits on to standard drain pipes where it collects rain water and fills your watering can at the same time! ELHO has redesigned the watering can producing a stylish 'jug like can' that fits neatly in the Rain Drop. The Rain Drop Can is available in a selection of bright colours which are echoed in the colour of the tap on the Rain Drop.

Should be available in garden centres from next spring.

 

GROW BAGS ON THE EDGE

This new take on growbag support is from www.crowngardenproducts.com. The new Grow Bag Frame is made in the UK from recycled steel and is stylish in its simplicity.

Unlike other grow bag frames, this frame turns the growbag on its side to give better soil depth and less compaction. It is also easier to water. Once fully assembled and in use the frame and bag can be easily moved.

£19.99 +delivery 
 

POP-UP WATER BUTTS

The H2UGO water butt from The Outside Room is a new contemporary 'pop up' water butt. It is available in three sizes - 100, 200 and 300 litres and in a selection of bright colours. Should be in local garden centres next spring and will be easier to take home being flatpacked. 

BAMBOO ECO POTS

www.erinhorticulture.com has always been at the forefront of using recycled and Eco friendly materials to produce it's garden products.In the 1980's they produced their popular range of fibre pots that are still available.
New from them now is a range of Eco pots made from molded bamboo pulp and coloured with food safe dyes. The post should last for at least 2-3 years and will then completely biodegrade if buried.

FUNKY GREEN POCKETS

These green pockets by Maruja Fuentes are tiles made from recycled materials. They are tiles that work as planters to create an interesting green display or to conceal an uninteresting wall. The organic interlocking scale-like tiles come in a flat version to complete the design. Perfect for inside or out. Would be ideal for herbs outside the kitchen door or even leaf greens picked as micro-shhots. 
  

SOUTHBANK SPUN SEATS

These Spun chairs by Thomas Heatherwick can be seen and sat in on the Southbank in London this month. 

'The Spun chair designed by Thomas Heatherwick is produced by magis.The chair resembles a spinning top and akin to the comfort of a rocking chair the gentle self propelled movement created by the pointed base leaves the user in their own world. Constructed from polyethylene in a dark purple colour.'

www.panik-design.com £325.00

 

GERANIUMS FOR CLASSIC BEDDING

With all the plants we can now choose for summer bedding it is easy to forget that sometimes simple works better. These red geraniums planted in mass show real style. Yardz photographed them at Canary Wharf in London. All the beds around the main buildings and in the small garden areas are massed with geraniums - great style and so easy to do.

Blog posted here.

ICE CHAIRS FOR A HOT SUMMER

Great style. Great Colours. Made from lightweight aluminium, these stackable Ice Chairs designed by Kasper Salto are perfect to use both inside and out. They are available in nine funky colours and are guaranteed to put colour on your patio even if the sun doesn't shine!

www.suiteny.com 

UP THE WALL WITH A KIIKKU PLANTER

Just love this Finnish Kiikku Planter. It's on the same lines as the Allotment Ladder that yardz. posted about last autumn. The Kiikku though has a lot more style.

The ladder is about 4'/120cm long and about 6"/15cm wide. It tilts gainst any wall and supports four black or white vitrous porcelain pots. In Finnish Kiikku means 'swing' and the pots do indeed swing upright no matter what angle you lean your ladder.

www.unisonhome.com 

OUTDOOR OVERSCALE FLAMES

Expanding on the popular Overscale Candles he designed for B&B Italia, Jean-Marie Massaud has designed his Overscale Flames. Taller and more sculptural, the Flames are designed to create ambience on the ground, not on the table. Use these ceramic, oblong forms to bring a flicker of light and a cool, modern serenity to your yard.

'This large vertical oil candle is made from painted fiberglass with an anodized aluminum nozzle. The outer is formed by several layers of fiberglass impregnated with epoxy resin.

The product is stove enameled with special non-scratch paints. Jean-Marie Massauds is well known for his collection of candles supported by a metal cage. The body is handmade with the help of a mould, there is a tank fixed inside the body for the fuel with a maximum capacity of 500ml.'

www.bebitalia.com