{"id":2799,"date":"2019-04-03T14:52:43","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T14:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whiteflower1.wpengine.com\/?p=2799"},"modified":"2023-06-14T13:58:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T13:58:11","slug":"introducing-our-friends-at-whichford-pottery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whiteflowerfarm.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/03\/introducing-our-friends-at-whichford-pottery\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Our Friends at Whichford Pottery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We are delighted to be offering a charming selection of handmade pots from our new friends at Whichford Pottery in England. During a visit to their pottery last year, we became enamored with the beauty and function displayed in their work. Scroll below to get a behind-the-scenes look at this iconic family-owned business and learn about their frost-proof guarantee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of our partnership, White Flower Farm is the only national supplier of Whichford pots in the United States. You’ll find our full line of these hard-to-find pots here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jim and Dominique Keeling established Whichford Pottery in 1976 with two apprentices. Their first workshop was in a friend’s farmyard. They now oversee a team of 30 local people, who design and make a wide range of English flowerpots using traditional hand-thrown and hand-pressed methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Their workshop is tucked away in Warwickshire valley in the Cotswolds northwest of London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Each week 6 tons of raw clay are turned into 600 handmade flowerpots by a specialist team of craftsmen and women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All Whichford pots are signed by the potter with a maker’s mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Everything at Whichford is done in-house which means they have total control during the creation process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Whichford pots come with a 10-year frost-proof guarantee, a must-have for our New England winters. They are able to offer this guarantee because they blend their own locally-sourced clay on site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch the video below to see how Whichford pots are made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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