Homegirl London’s Shop Snoop: Petersham Nurseries Shop in Richmond. I was on a long walk through Richmond Park last week when we made a detour to Petersham Nurseries. I fell in love with this place at first sight and was smitten by the amazing shop. You’ll find shabby chic furniture, antique chandeliers and French garden benches, along with distressed stoneware pots and gorgeous gifts. Join me in a snoop around the pretty Petersham Nurseries Shop.
Shop Interiors
Petersham Nurseries Shop Homewares and Gifts
The shop merchandise is sourced by Ronny de Koning and Giselle McCarthy. The objects are displayed inside a giant greenhouse. I’ll tell you about the homeware products first, which you can buy for yourself or as a gift. You’ll find an incredible selection of candles, including the French brand Astier de Villatte. Their candles are housed inside hand-blown glass cases, and the scent evokes memories of dream locations around the world. French Cire Trudon Candles are also prominently featured, and they are the oldest candle maker in the world. Alternatively, you can try the L:A Bruket Candles made from natural and organic ingredients. Hurricane lanterns and brass lanterns are also available.
Cire Trudon Candles
Tableware includes Astier de Villatte white porcelain products with ornate designs ranging from plates to serving platters, fruit stands and cake stands. If you prefer a more relaxed look, go for the Wonki Ware bowls and dishes, which are slightly distorted in subtle colours to create an informal table setting. Ceramic water jugs, mugs and teapots are plentiful.
Tableware Selection
The glassware collection is extensive, with flutes, wine glasses, water glasses, tumblers and carafes. A good mix of bright, colourful or decorative etched glassware pieces exists. The elegant Danish glassware is gorgeous. I also saw a lovely display of etched glassware featuring ferns and stars. The vintage-style glass jars and jugs in green are worth checking out.
Glassware Selection
As you’d expect, they have quite a few botanical products, including delicate botanical pictures of ferns and flora presented in black natural wood frames. The handmade pressed flower vases, teapots, jugs and bowls are gorgeous. The Felicity Jones Platinum Leaf Collection of tableware is adorable.
Felicity Jones Platinum Leaf Tableware
In the Main Shop and the Garden Shop, you will find a selection of rustic plant pots, and many have an antique or distressed feel. Stoneware planters include plinths, cups, urns, trumpet pots and window boxes. They also have terracotta, concrete and glazed planters and pots. Vintage pieces include German stoneware pots and authentic Biot pottery pots from France in a range of sizes.
Plant Pots
Stoneware garden ornaments included stone fountains and a range of animal pieces from squirrels to deer, stags, owls, dogs, frogs and swans. You’ll find these scattered around the shop, so keep a lookout.
Stoneware Ornaments
Decorative accessories include brightly coloured ceramic vases. Glass vases and glass bottles are also available in blue and green hues. You can mix and match a variety of pieces to create a stunning decorative display.
Decorative Objects
Other items include Chunni chopping boards which are handmade from sustainable mango wood, some of which have leather hanging ties. Housekeeping essentials feature brooms, various scrubbing brushes, and feather dusters. You can also buy Hogla baskets for storage and log baskets.
Holga Baskets
Beauty products and toiletries consist of L:A Bruket bath salts and Marius Fabre liquid soap pumps. Fragrant soaps from heritage Portuguese brand Claus Porto wrapped in pretty packaging. The Valencian orange and handmade lavender soaps are made from Priddy essential oils.
Petersham Nurseries Shop Furniture and Lighting
Plenty of furniture is dotted around the shop and garden furniture outside. Some pieces have been used for display purposes, so check for a price label that will indicate it is for sale. The vintage garden furniture includes rolled top metal benches, curved metal benches, French wooden benches, metal rocking chairs and decorative garden chairs, steel garden tables and an original Carrera marble dining table.
Linen Day Bed
Furniture for the home includes a selection of vintage and antique tables, console tables and coffee tables. My favourites were an Italian industrial workbench, a Dublin table with a stone top, and a Belgian bluestone and oak table. Seating options range from linen day beds to wooden benches. Storage options are sideboards, apothecary cupboards, dressers, armoires and wardrobes. I loved the glazed housekeeper’s cabinet, French country cupboard, blue school cupboard and the original French bank of drawers with zinc cup handles. They also stock a wide range of French doors and shutters should you want to use these to decorate your home.
Indian Cupboard
The lighting selection consists of exquisite antique chandeliers made from French or Italian crystals. The crystal ball chandeliers and gout chandeliers are both stunning. The majestic bead chandelier created from wooden beads with gilt candle holders is an alternative to glass.
Petersham Nurseries Shop Information
Petersham Nurseries is a garden centre with a shop selling furniture, home accessories and gifts. There is the Garden Shop, where you will find more plant pots, indoor plants, packets of seeds, etc. Outside you will find plants, benches, water features, urns and benches displayed. For refreshments, book lunch at The Café, which is the restaurant with Damian Clisby as head chef. If you want a light lunch or tea and cake, try The Teahouse, where you can enjoy salad, quiche or sandwiches in the greenhouse.
Our Tea and Cake
To find out more, visit the Petersham Nurseries Website. The address is Church Lane, Off Petersham Road, Richmond, Surrey TW10 7AB. The nearest train station is Twickenham (South West Trains). The usual opening hours for the shop and nursery are Monday to Saturday, 9 am until 5 pm, and Sunday from 11 am until 5 pm. You may be interested in my Richmond to Hampton Court Walk or the Half Day Richmond Walk, which includes visiting Richmond Park.
Author: Homegirl London. Photographs: Homegirl London. Thanks: Homeboy and Rich, for visiting with me.
