How to get the best from your terracotta

Our hand made terracotta pots and containers don't just belong in the garden. They look equally as good on a sunny window sill filled with herbs, packed with a dried flower arrangement or, if you put in a container like a jam jar first, you have a vase which will show off fresh flowers to their best.

If you do want to put your pots in the garden, it is best to completely immerse them in water overnight before planting. This will lessen the chance of iron or water marks occurring. It will also stop the pots from taking up all the moisture from the soil.

Take special care in winter. Our pots have a good degree of frost resistance in moderate winter conditions but you must ensure there is adequate drainage. Put at least 2.5cm of crock (broken pottery or gravel) in the bottom and use a good potting compost, not garden soil which does not usually give enough drainage or goodness. It is always best to move the pots to a sheltered position to avoid the worst of the weather and don't leave the pots standing in their saucers.

Our Exhibition venues
for 2010

We will be exhibiting at the following venues and look forward to seeing you there:

Chelsea Flower Show

Hampton Court Palace

Spirit of Christmas (Olympia)

Country Living (Business Design Centre)

How to contact us

By post

Jane Hogben Terracotta
Grove House
East Common
Gerrards Cross
Buckinghamshire
SL9 7AF
UK

By telephone

01753 882364

By fax

01753 892283

By e-mail

enquiries@janehogbenterracotta.co.uk
(click the link to open an e-mail box)