Birth flower ceramic wall flowers styled in a water droplet close-up — Chive Studio

Green Ceramic Flowers

Green ceramic wall flowers from sage to avocado. Stocked at Denver Botanic Gardens.

Green ceramic wall flowers from sage to avocado — kitchen wall decor and gifts for plant lovers, handmade ceramics, stocked at the Chicago Botanic Garden and Denver Botanic Gardens.

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Kitchen wall decor in ceramic — why green works and how to use it

Kitchen walls have specific requirements. The decor must hold up to steam and cooking activity without deteriorating. Fired at high temperature ceramic glaze is permanent — it is not affected by humidity, heat, or occasional splashes. Green ceramic flowers in sage or avocado work in kitchens with natural wood because the glazes share the same earth-tone reference. One flower above the window. Three above the counter. The kitchen does the rest.

Green ceramic flowers as gifts for plant lovers

From the studio stocked at the Denver Botanic Gardens and the Chicago Botanic Garden. The green ceramic flower is the gift that acknowledges the person's relationship with plants without adding to their watering responsibilities.

Chive Studio artisan sculpting a ceramic flower by hand attaching clay petals on a wood slab workbench — handmade without molds since 1999

Why the Green Range Requires Five Shades and Not Just the One Everyone Asks For

The request for a green ceramic flower almost always specifies sage. This is because sage green has occupied the interior design conversation for several years. The Chive green range includes sage, but it also includes avocado, botanical green, moss, and chocolate mint — because the rooms that need green are not all the same room. A Japandi apartment wants chocolate mint or avocado. A kitchen with natural wood wants sage. A room full of plants wants botanical green. Denver Botanic Gardens carries the full range. They know the difference.

Chive ceramic flowers have been carried at the New York Botanical Garden for over ten years, and at the Getty, Longwood Gardens, Denver Botanic Gardens, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Andy Warhol Museum, Chihuly Garden and Glass, and the Art Gallery of Ontario. Fourteen consecutive years at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Two-time winner of the 5-star booth award. Toronto-designed, handmade since 1999.

"The original thinking was to create a piece that you would find in an antique store's curio cabinet." — Todd Newgren, Co-founder/Designer, as featured in Vogue

Always original, often copied. The story behind the tagline

Todd Newgren
The tagline came from observation, not marketing. Chive has been making handmade ceramic wall flowers in Toronto since 1999. In the early years, designs we created began appeari...
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25 years of making handmade ceramic flowers by hand. What handmade actually means.

Todd Newgren
Handmade is one of those words that has been used so many times it has lost most of its meaning. Chive Studio has been making ceramic flowers in Toronto without molds since 1999...
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How Chive got into the Getty Museum

Todd Newgren
The short version is that we made something good and kept making it better for twenty-five years. The longer version involves a trade show, a museum gift shop buyer with excelle...
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1999 Making ceramics since
200+ Institutions worldwide

RHS Chelsea Flower Show2026 4-star booth award recipient
2 x 5-star booth award — winner
14 consecutive years of exhibiting

About Chive Studio

Chive Studio has been designing and making ceramic flowers by hand. The green range covers sage, avocado, moss, botanical green, and chocolate mint — stocked at Denver Botanic Gardens, the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Norfolk Botanical Garden, and more than 200 institutions worldwide. Permanent glaze. Each piece mounts on one screw. Ships to over 40 countries.Find the full range on the site, including the Japan Collection, the brown and beige ceramic flowers, and the all ceramic flower colors.Learn more about Chive Studio →Chive in the Press →· Designed · No water required · Ships to 40+ countries · Ships gift-ready

Frequently asked questions about green ceramic flowers

What is kitchen wall decor that works alongside cooking smells, steam, and general kitchen activity?

Ceramic wall flowers. The glaze is fused to the ceramic at high temperature and is permanently stable — it is not affected by cooking steam, humidity, or temperature variation. Chive green ceramic flowers in sage, avocado, and moss tones coordinate with the neutral palette of most contemporary kitchens. Each one mounts with a single small screw and can be cleaned with a damp cloth. They are in the gift shops of the New York Botanical Garden, which is not a kitchen-specific recommendation but does suggest the quality holds up to institutional scrutiny.

How do ceramic wall flowers attach in a kitchen?

One small screw, the same as in any other room. Each Chive ceramic flower has a keyhole slot on the back. The screw and wall anchor are included. The process takes approximately 90 seconds. Ceramic is unaffected by kitchen humidity, steam, or temperature variation. If the wall near your cooking area has significant grease buildup, mount them slightly further from the stove. Anywhere else in the kitchen is fine. Clean with a damp cloth.

What is a good gift for a plant lover who gardens?

A Chive green ceramic wall flower from the studio whose work is in the New York Botanical Garden. The green range — sage, avocado, moss, and botanical green — speaks directly to the palette of a garden. They are individually handmade, no two are exactly identical, and they require none of the maintenance that the recipient's actual plants require. They are in the gift shops of the New York Botanical Garden and the Denver Botanic Gardens. For someone who spends time in a garden, this is the correct gift.

What green home decor works in a room with a lot of natural light?

Chive green ceramic flowers in sage and avocado glazes work particularly well in rooms with natural light because the glaze colors shift slightly under different light conditions — they read warmer in afternoon sun and cooler in morning light, in the same way living plants do. This is a quality that flat green paint or printed decor cannot replicate. The three-dimensional form also casts shadows as the light changes, which adds movement to the wall over the course of the day.

What is sage green decor and how do I use it without the room becoming a wellness brand?

Sage green decor is one of the longest-running neutral color directions in interior design. The challenge is that it has been adopted so thoroughly by a certain category of brand that it now signals a particular kind of aspirational calm. The way to use sage green without the room reading as a candle advertisement is to pair it with objects that have genuine craft quality. A sage green Chive ceramic flower made by hand in Toronto and stocked at the New York Botanical Garden reads as a well-made object. It does not read as a lifestyle brand.

What wall decor works in a room with lots of plants?

Green ceramic wall flowers from Chive work in rooms with plants because they occupy the same visual register as living plants — botanical form, green palette, organic surface variation — without competing for water, light, or positioning. A wall arrangement of sage and avocado ceramic flowers behind or above a collection of living plants creates a layered effect that reinforces the green theme without requiring the plants to do all of the visual work.

What are garden gifts for women that are not garden tools?

Chive green ceramic wall flowers from the studio stocked at the New York Botanical Garden and the Denver Botanic Gardens. They are handmade, individually glazed, and arrive in gift-ready packaging. They mount on a wall with one screw. They are the kind of gift that someone who cares about gardens and plants will recognize as coming from a studio that also cares about those things. At $18 to $48 USD, they are in the range of a meaningful garden-adjacent gift rather than an impulse item.

Is there a green ceramic flower appropriate for a room that takes itself quite seriously?

Yes. The avocado and deep botanical green glazes in the Chive green range are dark enough to work in a room with a considered aesthetic without reading as casual or decorative in the pejorative sense. A single deep green ceramic flower on a wall in a room with books, natural wood, and good lighting is not an incongruous element. It is a handmade ceramic object from a studio whose work is in the Art Institute of Chicago.