GARDEN STUDIO

An estimated $400 million is spent on 10 million unwanted gifts Christmas in Australia, many of whichare were discarded and likely end up in landfill.

Gift cards endure as a great solution. When you know your friend or family member loves nature, the garden, craft, and the outdoors, FORA can help you alleviate that "did I get the right present" anxiety and quell that Gift Card buying guilt. Because let's face it, we all know a fuss POT or two.

Sustainability aside, some of us are just are not that organised so a Fora Gift Card will make a handy last-minute digital gift. 

This beautiful design is thanks to Catherine Haugland, owner and operator of Avalon Rose Design, which she runs out of her home office in northern Iowa, USA. Catherine has been designing for almost 15 years.

She's a mom of two kids and two dogs, an insatiable reader, a collector of old clocks and mountains of ephemera, a gardener, a coffee-lover, crochet & knitting aficionado, and of course an artist.

Avalon Rose Design is a vintage-inspired creative graphic design studio specialising in commercial use graphics and design resources such as fonts, vintage botanical florals, patterns, textures, embellishments, illustrations, paintings and more. If you're lucky custom logo design is available on a very limited basis.

The perfect product for every organised gardener or florist, this Apron is beautifully made and exceptionally practical. Crafted from Waterproof Canvas in Khaki, the straps and central pocket are Faux Suede in a soft, chocolate-like brown. Garden Trading have ensured the waist straps are long enough to wrap and tie at the front for an all-round better fit.

Whether you're planting new flowerbeds, picking vegetables, or creating a bronze masterpiece in the shed, this trusty apron will ensure clothes stay clean. Not only that, all-important tools, seeds and more can be stored close to hand in the front pocket, separated into a larger and smaller section for even more organisation.

Why not check out the full khaki Garden Trading accessories set which includes apron. Great as a housewarming, birthday or Christmas gift.

Add a touch of Burgon & Ball style to your kitchen with these charming herb pots. The flavours of fresh herbs really sing out in a way that dried herbs can’t, and these handy herbs pots will ensure you always have the perfect flavours to enhance your dish.

To make life simple, these pots are just the right size to hold supermarket herbs. The pots sit snugly in their tray, which features carrying handles in natural leather. Pre-printed with the names of three popular herbs, the pots’ handy ticket holders let you personalise them to suit your own tastes – coriander, tarragon, rosemary?  Use them for the herbs you need, to suit your own cooking style.

A product finalist in the British Garden Industry Awards,  the set is beautifully moulded in steel, giving a smooth, flawless finish, and a tough powder coating ensures it will stay looking good

Here at Fora, we appreciate innovative product design such as this 2017 IF Product Design Awards winner.

This smaller CELLFAST ERGO axe is a perfectly balanced, ergonomically designed universal axe ideal for camps, chopping firewood or mountaineering escapes. Best of all it can attach securely to your belt or backpack so you can take it anywhere a la Bear Grilles. 

The quality forging is high quality so the induction-hardened blade is extremely durable and is deeply welded within the shaft. 

A non-slip SAFETOUCH surface ensures a soft, comfortable grip and the fibreglass reinforced composite construction provides cushioning at impact.

Better still, it's lightweight and comfortable to hold and may be used with one hand

A multifunctional cover guarantees safe handling, storage of the axe and a handy sharpener

length 260 mm, weight 0.6 kg
a 25-year warranty on the product upon website registration

TÜV GS safety certificate

Find out more about KABO & PYDO design studio who are responsible for many CELLFAST's ingenious designs and were awarded the prestigious prize for product design in the annual IF WORLD DESIGN AWARDS

Sweep up to new heights

Whether you want to sweep up the kids’ crumbs or take your dinner parties to fine dining level and clean up between courses, this convenient set takes up little room but does a big job. 

Choose a colour to match your potting bench, kitchen, table setting, studio or workshop. This cream makes a classic but subtle entrance when clearing the table.

And its usefulness isn’t limited to the dining table. This set is perfect for indoor gardening to collect any potting mix that may have missed the pot.

Artsy and crafty types will also find these a boon. Keep a separate one handy to flick away eraser shreds from your drawing, sweep threads from your stitchwork, coral beads together and much more.

This set, part of a collaboration with French design studio Mr & Mrs Clynk, brings streamlined modern chic to a classic. It consists of a brush framed in sustainably cultivate beech, with bristles in a blend of natural and synthetic fibres. Simply sweep crumbs and other particles into the lacquered metal tray and whisk them away. 

Presented in a gift box, this is an ideal gift for anyone whose enthusiasms sometimes get messy, including yourself.

Even the mundane act of sweeping up a surface can be a chance to reflect on the beauty of the materials and form. A small moment of grace and beauty in an ordinary day. 

Find out more about the Mr & Mrs Clyink and Andree Jardin collaboration here

Hearthsmith

Always wanted to wear the leather apron in the garden, workshop or studio?

For metalsmithing, pottery, cobbling, leathercraft, saddlery, jewellery-making. woodwork, or even horticulture, leather has been used as a protective and long-lasting material for the tougher ateliers for centuries.

This traditional yet stylish leather apron features a top and three waist pockets for carrying tools and writing pencils. Made from the finest leather, this apron will protect you while you're in the workshop, garage or studio and will keep you warm on those chilly autumn days gardening outside.

Short Apron – length of body = 67 cm with neck strap = 89 cm
Long Apron - length of body = 88 cm with neck strap = 107cm

This beautiful gift boxed RHS-endorsed secateur makes a lovely gift for a gardener.

This high-quality secateur carries an endorsement from the Royal Horticultural Society, one of the world’s best-known names in gardening. It features a high-carbon steel blade, fully hardened and tempered for lasting sharpness. The comfortable soft-grip handles have specially-coloured handles to complement the Asteraceae design. The bypass cutting action makes it suitable for cutting green growth and live wood up to 2.5cm in diameter.

Let's face it a trip it's a long way to Kew Gardens or the Chelsea Garden Show.  Happily, this brand new Asteraceae print from the Royal Horticultural Society's RHS Gifts for Gardeners range helps fill the void for lovers of a traditional English aesthetic.

The new ‘Asteraceae’ design showcases blooms from the daisy family. These resilient flowers have a starring role to play in our gardens as summers last longer and autumns become warmer. They keep the colour going in a longer season, and also offer an important source of forage for pollinators when other flowers fade.

The elegant new design has been created by Burgon & Ball featuring illustrations dating illustrations dating from circa 1810, specially selected from the RHS Lindley Collections of historic botanical art. A soft sage green background is the perfect foil for the jewel-bright colours of the China aster and coreopsis.

It’s so gorgeous it could easily double as a statement vase for a small flower arrangement, but this piece has practical credentials, too. All-steel construction makes it durable but lightweight, while the elegant spout facilitates on-target watering — less spillage, less water waste. 

Even if your plot, balcony or window box will never rival Sissinghurst Castle Garden, don’t fret. There's plenty of inspiration this spring with Open Gardens Australia's season calendar. If you're not planning to stick to your home garden, escape to the Kew Gardens site and explore the world of plants and fungi from your sofa. (Gin and tonic optional.)

And if handling this watering can fosters a love of botanical illustration, why not give it a try? There's inspiration everywhere. You can find more about the history and process of this gentle artform here. The Australian National Botanic Garden maintains an amazing online library of our own native plants rendered in art.

Materials: Galvanised steel 

Dimensions: 37 x 21 x 13 cm

Capacity: 1 litre

Arriving week of Dec 2-8

As a treat for yourself or as a beautiful and thoughtful gardening gift, these lovely women’s gardening gloves bring a touch of RHS style to the garden.

Featuring a cushioned palm for comfort and protection, as well as a gathered wrist to prevent debris falling into them, these gardening gloves are soft to wear, but very tough and hardwearing. To keep them looking good, they are even machine washable at 30°C. With a degree of stretch to the gorgeously-printed fabric, one size fits (almost) all.

Let's face it a trip it's a long way to Kew Gardens or the Chelsea Garden Show. Happily, this brand new Asteraceae print from the Royal Horticultural Society's RHS Gifts for Gardeners range helps fill the void for lovers of a traditional English aesthetic.

The new ‘Asteraceae’ design showcases blooms from the daisy family. These resilient flowers have a starring role to play in our gardens as summers last longer and autumns become warmer. They keep the colour going in a longer season, and also offer an important source of forage for pollinators when other flowers fade.

The elegant new design has been created by Burgon & Ball featuring illustrations dating illustrations dating from circa 1810, specially selected from the RHS Lindley Collections of historic botanical art. A soft sage green background is the perfect foil for the jewel-bright colours of the China aster and coreopsis.

It’s so gorgeous it could easily double as a statement vase for a small flower arrangement, but this piece has practical credentials, too. All-steel construction makes it durable but lightweight, while the elegant spout facilitates on-target watering — less spillage, less water waste. 

Even if your plot, balcony or window box will never rival Sissinghurst Castle Garden, don’t fret. There's plenty of inspiration this spring with Open Gardens Australia's season calendar. If you're not planning to stick to your home garden, escape to the Kew Gardens site and explore the world of plants and fungi from your sofa. (Gin and tonic optional.)

And if handling this watering can fosters a love of botanical illustration, why not give it a try? There's inspiration everywhere. You can find more about the history and process of this gentle artform here. The Australian National Botanic Garden maintains an amazing online library of our own native plants rendered in art.

Materials: Galvanised steel 

Dimensions: 37 x 21 x 13 cm

Capacity: 1 litre

The Daisy print simply stuns in Black.  The brilliant bouquet of English flowers from giant daisies to flourishing Iris jump off the luxe crepe. 

A perfect alternative to live flowers. Give her flowers that last

The luxurious crepe fabric is a perfect for the cooler months giving slightly more protection from the cold than the the lighter weight kimonos

Perfect for those cool breezy nights

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The Rowley Ripple effect

Whether you intend to use it indoors or outside, Haw’s multipurpose ROWLEY RIPPLE is the Rolls Royce of watering cans, an investment piece that will repay you handsomely over many years.

Haws watering cans are still made by hand in the company’s studio in England’s West Midlands. Each can take up to 200 steps to complete, part of a tradition of quality that dates back to 1886

Which watering cans are the best?

The best watering cans are carefully calibrated for exquisite balance in the hand and for durability. With The Rowley Ripple's long, curvy spout you'll get spot-on watering accuracy. It comes with a removable, non-drip brass rose, so you can gently hydrate even the teeniest seedlings.  What's more, The Rowley Ripple design is more than 100 years old, making it older than the Queen but just as enduring and endearingly symbolic. 

With its dainty Duck Egg Blue finish, you'll imagine tending Lizzie's very own hydrangeas in Sandringham.

Delivered in a presentation gift box this is a justifiable indulgence or the perfect gift to delight the nature lover.

Features

Materials: Powder-coated steel, brass

Dimensions: 33.5 x 16 x 11.5cm

Capacity: 2 pints | 946 ml

Watch The Rowley Ripple Effect

Take a behind the scenes look at how the ROWLEY RIPPLE is handmade in our HAWS BRANDS showcase here. You won't look at your watering can in the same way ever again. 

WIN!

If the Rowley Ripple is a metal pipe-dream for you, why not  visit our home page footer and subscribe to the FORA FILES newsletter. You'll go into the draw to WIN one of these beautifully crafted watering can's in copper - worth $245! Entries close May 25th, 2021

Picking up on the trend for everything vintage, the Boho Eclectic look conjures up the style of the heady days of the Woodstock era. The Burgon and Ball Malibu indoor plant pots are the perfect way to get the look - and to combine it with your passion for houseplants!

This subtly stylish collection of pots feature an understated speckled glaze, in soft shades of blue, green and cream to evoke the happy hazy days of summer at the coast. The Malibu Blue pot is available in a choice of three sizes – this 'extra large' version, plus a smaller 'large' pot. Each stoneware pot is raised on a faux ‘stand’ in a contrast colour to lift the design out of the ordinary.

The Malibu indoor planters are perfect for mixing, matching, and displaying as a group. 

Material: stoneware

Dimensions:

Extra large: 17 cm diameter x 15.5 cm high

Featuring a debossed design of grasses and flowers in a loose, impressionist style, the Provence indoor pot reflects the ongoing trends for bringing the outdoors into the home, and for all things artisanal. 

In a choice of two sizes and with a go-anywhere soft grey-beige crackle glaze, Provence is perfect for any home.

Each comes with a distinctive crackle glaze in a grey-beige colour.

Easy to move throughout the seasons so that your plant gets its perfectly lit spot.

Dimensions: Diameter 14cm, Height 12.5cm

Rustic vibes come inside

Bring a rustic outdoor aesthetic inside with the Positano Pot. Available in two sizes, the small size is perfect for cute cacti and striking succulents. When they grow out of their pot graduate them up to the next size up.

Each comes with a distinctive crackle glaze in Stone colour

Easy to move throughout the seasons so that your plant gets its perfectly lit spot.

Dimensions: 8.5cm  (h)  x 7.2 cm  diameter

Crafted in Ceramic
For indoor use only
Glazed finish inside and out
To clean simply wipe with a damp cloth
Rubber pads on each leg
Shades and markings will vary due to the natural variations of the material

Available in small, medium, large.

Soft and neutral with a fading linear pattern, the ceramic Hillesley Pot is designed in five sizes to style smaller succulents on shelves and larger houseplants on floors.

Dimensions: Height 10.4cm x Diameter 11cm

Crafted in Ceramic
Comes with a glazed finish
Pot will crack if dropped
For indoor use only
Due to this item being handmade, exact colourings and dimensions may vary
Due to the natural material we recommend filling this pot with water and leaving for 24 hours on a draining board ahead of first use