VASES AND CONTAINERS
Alfie’s Antiques Market
13–25 Church Street
London NW8 8DT
020 7723 6066
Huge and eclectic range of collectables, including unique vintage glassware and ceramics.
Atelier Abigail Ahern
137 Upper Street
London N1 1QP
Or shop online at
An eclectic yet sophisticated collection of furniture and objects, including hand-thrown stoneware bowls in unstructured shapes and mouth-blown glass vases in subtle tints of pale green and brown.
Bodo Sperlein
Unit 1.05 OXO Tower
Barge House Street
London SE1 9PH
020 7633 9413
Ethereal, magical ceramics. Sperlein also designs for leading porcelain manufacturers, including Lladro, Thomas Goode and Churchill China.
Brissi
196 Westbourne Grove
London W11 2RH
020 7727 2159 Visit
www.brissi.co.uk for details of their other stores.
Simple, elegant homewares with a slightly shabby-chic feel. Pretty glass and glazed ceramic vases.
Conran Shop
Michelin House
81 Fulham Road
London SW3 6RD
020 7589 7401
Cutting-edge designs, including clear glass vases in different shapes and sizes, as well as quirky Perspex containers and chunky ceramics.
Debenhams
Carries my own Jane Packer line of vases, pot pourri and scented candles, part of the Designers at Debenhams range.
Design Nation
020 7320 2895
This website promotes British design and showcases the work of young ceramicists and glass designers, including Annette Bugansky (see vase page 40).
Designers Guild
267 Kings Road
London SW3 5EN
020 7351 5775
Decorative vases, some hand-crafted ceramics, and tableware.
Dotmaison
Online home furnishings website offering a large selection of vases from names such as LSA International, Iittala and Rosenthal. Good for clear glass vases in every shape and size.
Graham & Green
4 Elgin Crescent
London W11 2HX
020 7243 8908
Visit www.grahamandgreen.co.uk to buy online or for details of their other stores.
Vases and containers in a variety of different styles, from girly vintage chic to sleek contemporary styling.
Habitat
196–199 Tottenham Court Road
London W1T 7LG
Call 08444 991122 or visit
www.habitat.net for details of your nearest store.
Good-value, trend-led metal, wooden and glass vases.
Heal’s
196 Tottenham Court Road
London W1T 7LQ
020 7636 1666
Visit www.heals.co.uk for details of your nearest store.
Classic and contemporary styles, mainly in glass, but with some interesting ceramic pieces too.
Iittala
126 Regent Street
London W1B 2EB
020 7287 5600
Timeless modern Scandinavian classics in juicy jelly colours.
Ikea
Visit www.ikea.com for details of your nearest store.
Cheap-and-cheerful vases, some of which look almost as good as their designer counterparts.
Jane Packer
32–34 New Cavendish Street
London W1G 8UE
020 7935 0787
A carefully chosen selection of interesting and unusual vases and containers that reflect my own personal taste and unique take on flower arranging.
John Lewis
Oxford Street
London W1A 1EX
020 7629 7711
Visit www.johnlewis.com for details of your nearest store.
A good range of affordable glass and ceramic vases, glassware and other containers, including baskets and canvas bags.
LSA International
Visit www.lsa-international.com for details of your nearest stockist
Practical, beautiful and well-designed glassware and ceramics.
Liberty
Regent Street
London W1B 5AH
020 7734 1234
Beautiful hand-crafted pieces, many of them one-offs.
Mint
70 Wigmore Street
London W1U 2SF
020 7224 4406
Quirky, unusual and timeless homewares that you won’t find anywhere else.
17 Clifford Street
London W1X 8BY
020 7494 9051
Subtle, elegant ceramics.
Rachel Dormor
Stylish yet functional tableware and larger-scale pieces, mainly in porcelain.
Scabetti
Unusual vase designs by Dominic and Frances Bromley.
Skandium
86 Marylebone High Street
London W1U 4QS
020 7935 2077
Vases by celebrated Scandinavian manufacturers including Iittala, Kosta Boda, Orrefors and Normann Copenhagen, all displaying the typical clean-lined Scandi aesthetic.
Vessel
114 Kensington Park Road
London W11 2PW
020 7727 8001
The very best contemporary glass and ceramic design, with a strong emphasis on Scandinavian and Italian 20th-century glassware and ceramics.
Vivienne Foley
Thoughtful, beautiful pieces in organic shapes.
Voodoo Blue
020 8948 1818
Sisal baskets hand-crafted in Kenya and available in different shapes, sizes and colours.
The White Company
Visit www.thewhitecompany.com to buy online or for details of your nearest store.
Good range of decorative accessories, including clear glass vases and elegant ceramics.
Zara Home
020 7590 6990
Good-value vases and containers whose eclectic, often Moroccan-inspired good looks belie the very reasonable prices.
FLORISTRY SUPPLIERS
Easy Florist Supplies
Floral foam in different shapes and sizes, including wreaths and heart shapes. Also glass bud vases and glass cubes, reels of twine, knives and secateurs.
Floristry Supplies Direct
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/FloristrySundries-Direct
Oasis floral foam in many shapes, as well as other Oasis products, such as Oasis Fix adhesive tack and reels of Oasis Bindwire.
Rainbow Florist Supplies
0800 212869
www.rainbowfloristsupplies.co.uk
Flower food, wire, floral foam, twine, florists’ tape and more.
Rays Florist Sundries
Oasis floral foam in a variety of shapes, including hearts. Also florists’ wire in many different gauges, florists’ tape, pearl-headed pins, cellophane, crepe and tissue pape for wrapping bouquets, and cutting tools.
FLOWER MARKETS
Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia Road
London E2 7QB
Sundays 8am–2pm
Covent Garden Market
Nine Elms
London SW8 5NX
Open Monday to Friday 3am–11am
Saturdays 4am–10am
Flower Market
Market Precinct
Pershore Street
Birmingham B5 6UW
Flower Market
Bernard Street
Southampton SO14 2NS
New Smithfield Market
Whitworth Street East
Oppenshaw
Manchester M11 2WJ
Yorkshire Produce Centre
Pontefract Lane
Leeds LS9 0PS