Guy Wolff Greenhouse Collection

In Victorian England, local potters made terra cotta pots in large quantities for the conservatories or greenhouses of local estates. Large conservatories and estates would order these pots in huge volume, (in fact by the ton!) because each greenhouse needed to be stocked with thousands of pots; used to start, propagate and 'winterover' their plants. In Victorian times, these pots cost only pennies a piece, and we have done our best to keep them affordable today by working with a talented group of potters in China who make each pot by hand on the potters wheel. (Peter has traveled to China many times now in order to work with them). The Guy Wolff Greenhouse finish is produced by painstakingly hand staining each piece. This collection reproduces the simple and functional qualities of the 19th century greenhouse pots, as well as their value in price to you.

Here's what Guy has said about the Greenhouse Collection: ''I have always wanted to make a line of pots that was easy enough on the pocketbook that one could 'Fill a Green House with them' - traditional in form and in beautiful proportions - to answer many gardening needs. In the last few years the need to find an inexpensive line of pots for the market just coming into our gardening family has sent Peter Jackson and his new partnership with Napa Home and Garden to working with this exciting project. We started in Viet Nam with a group of wonderful potters but quickly found they could not keep up with the demand. With some scrambling a line of pots was made in China in turning mold machines with less success. Finally, Peter found a great throwing shop in China where the Greenhouse pots are again made one at a time on the potter's wheel.''

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