Cement - Aqualla Gardenia - handmade by Chive Studio Toronto
Cement Aqualla Gardenia ceramic wall flower — Japan collection — designed in Toronto by Chive Studio
Cement Aqualla Gardenia ceramic wall flower — Japan collection — designed in Toronto by Chive Studio
Cement Aqualla Gardenia ceramic wall flower styled on a white table with other flowers — Chive Studio
Cement - Aqualla Gardenia - handmade by Chive Studio Toronto
Cement Aqualla Gardenia ceramic wall flower — Japan collection — designed in Toronto by Chive Studio
Cement Aqualla Gardenia ceramic wall flower — Japan collection — designed in Toronto by Chive Studio
Cement Aqualla Gardenia ceramic wall flower styled on a white table with other flowers — Chive Studio

Japan Collection

Cement Aqualla Gardenia

A gardenia that arrived in cement and stayed.

$27.15
Gift Ready Box
Ready-to-hang
30-day return policy

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Gardenia meaning has always leaned toward purity and secret love, associations built for a flower that historically aligned itself with silk, evening wear, and occasions requiring you to know which fork to use. The Cement Aqualla Gardenia ignores all of that formality on purpose. Aqualla suggests water, motion, something fluid; Cement suggests a parking structure, which is not a compliment most flowers survive. The gardenia showed up anyway, wearing an unglamorous name with the same quiet confidence a real gardenia brings to a black-tie event it wasn't formally invited to. Shaped by hand at Chive Ceramics Studio, the bloom carries its ash-toned glaze without apology, a color choice that reads more architectural than floral and holds up regardless of the room. It ends up the most interesting thing on the wall, which is precisely what gardenias have always done. Denver Botanic Gardens has carried this collection in its gift shop for years, unbothered by a name that sounds more like construction than courtship.

Product detail
  • Material: Ceramic
  • Glaze finish: Glazed
  • Mounting: Keyhole for Wall Hanging
  • Packaging: Individually packaged in gift ready box
  • Color: Cement
  • Glaze Variation: Natural variation between pieces
  • Year Designed: 2020
Dimension
  • 3 inches diameter, 1.5 inches tall
How to hang & display

Wall hanging

Works on drywall, plaster, or wood panelling. Drive a small screw at a slight upward angle, leaving the head proud of the wall. Slide the keyhole slot on the back over the screw head, adjust to level. Sits flush — no visible hardware.

No stud? No problem. A drywall anchor rated for the weight works fine.

Displaying a collection

Lay everything out on the floor first. Start with your anchor piece, build outward. Keep 2–3 inches between each piece and aim for the centre of the whole arrangement to land around eye level. Use painter's tape on the wall to map positions before committing to any screws.

Table & shelf display: Equally beautiful propped on a shelf, mantle, or side table. Pair with books, candles, or a small pot.

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Care instructions
  1. Dust with a soft dry cloth or soft-bristled brush. Do not use wet cloths or liquid cleaners.
  2. Keep away from direct moisture, steam, and outdoor conditions. Indoor display only.
  3. Handle by the base or stem — avoid pressure on individual petals.
  4. If storing, return to original gift box with foam insert for protection.
Shipping & returns

Shipping

  • Free shipping: On qualifying US orders — threshold shown at checkout
  • Standard: 5–8 business days, Express 2–3 business days (at checkout)
  • International Ships: to 40 countries — rates at checkout
  • Packaging Ships: in outer box to protect gift box

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Returns

We accept returns within 30 days of delivery on unused items in original packaging. If your piece arrives damaged, contact us within 7 days with a photo and we will replace it at no charge.

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Somebody on the studio floor called this glaze "wet sidewalk" before we'd settled on Cement, and honestly the earlier name might have been more accurate, though considerably less sellable. Gardenias are not supposed to look like this. They're supposed to look like a corsage, like something pinned to a lapel at an event with a dress code, and we knew going in that painting one the color of an unfinished parking structure was a small act of defiance against the flower's entire professional reputation. It survived the defiance fine. The petal layering on the gardenia form is unusually dense compared to most of what we make, six overlapping layers instead of the usual four, which means the Cement glaze pools slightly differently in the recesses than it does on the raised petal edges, giving the piece a shadow it wouldn't otherwise have. We debated for a full week whether that pooling read as a flaw or a feature before landing, correctly, on feature. A living gardenia gives you three days before the browning starts. This one gives you an indefinite amount of time to decide whether cement was ever really a strange color for a flower, or whether gardenias have just been getting away with something for centuries.

Three ways to display it

Stunning table accent

Prop on a table, shelf, or beside books.

A gift that arrives beautifully

Beautiful Signature box. No wrapping needed.

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Ready to hang wall art

One screw. No Frame. Solo or gallery wall

Keyhole slot on back of Chive ceramic wall flower, single screw installation, easy hang no tools required

How to hang ceramic wall flowers?

One screw. No contractors. No drama.

One screw. One keyhole on the back. Ninety seconds and it's on the wall. The video shows exactly how it happens — no special hardware, no second holes, no contractor on speed dial. Whether you're hanging one piece or planning a full gallery wall, the hanging guide walks you through both.

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The Japan collection learned its patience from rooms built around one object instead of a crowded shelf — an off-center bloom, an asymmetrical bract, a glaze left looking unfinished. Every piece trades abundance for one flower a room needs. The Cement Aqualla Gardenia carries its ash-toned glaze in dense, overlapping petal layers that catch shadow differently than a flatter bloom would. An unconventional, densely layered shape offers real contrast.

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Every Chive ceramic flower works two ways: mounted vertically as a growing gallery wall, or laid flat as a no-water tablescape. The Cement Aqualla Gardenia reads almost architectural mounted alone on a plain wall, and considerably softer laid flat across a low console beside a scattering of smooth stones. Its ash-toned glaze doesn't shift between the two positions, which is more consistency than the actual parking-structure color it's named for usually gets credit for.

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The studio's founding argument in 2004 was simple: a flower that has to be replaced every week isn't actually decorating your home, it's borrowing it temporarily. Ceramic ends that arrangement for good. Each piece is shaped entirely by hand, petal by petal, in small batches rather than large production runs, so the studio can catch a bad glaze mix before it reaches an entire shelf of inventory. That habit has held steady since the beginning, mostly because the alternative, scaling up before the process was actually reliable, seemed like a faster way to make worse flowers. Two decades in, the team still argues over glaze ratios more than any outsider would probably expect from a company that makes decorative wall art. Most of those arguments end with someone quietly right.

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Frequently asked questions

How does the Cement Aqualla Gardenia hang on the wall?

How does the Cement Aqualla Gardenia hang on the wall? It uses a single keyhole cutout on the back, so it mounts flush with one nail or screw you likely already have in the wall. No wire, no bracket, no extra trip to the hardware store. The Aqualla goes up in less time than it takes to pick the right spot.

What does a gardenia flower mean as a gift?

What does a gardenia flower mean as a gift? Gardenia meaning centers on purity and secret admiration, sentiments that don't usually survive being printed on a card without sounding forced. The Cement Aqualla Gardenia carries that meaning in an unglamorous grey glaze that never asks to be explained. It just sits there, quietly correct.

Is a ceramic gardenia a good sympathy gift?

Is a ceramic gardenia a good sympathy gift? Yes, a ceramic gardenia avoids the usual sympathy-gift problem of sending something that wilts right when the person receiving it needs it to last. The Cement Aqualla stays exactly as it arrived, with no schedule attached. It doesn't need replacing in a week.

Does a gardenia work as minimalist wall art?

Does a gardenia work as minimalist wall art? A ceramic gardenia in this ash-toned glaze reads as minimalist wall art the moment it's mounted alone with room to breathe around it. It resists competing with whatever else is on the wall. Restraint was the entire design brief here. Even a single accent wall works if the piece gets enough visual breathing room.

Does the Cement Aqualla Gardenia ship in a gift box?

Does the Cement Aqualla Gardenia ship in a gift box? Yes, the Cement Aqualla Gardenia ships in a branded gift box, ready to hand over without a detour through wrapping paper. Nothing inside needs assembling or plugging in. Just open it and hang it, and the box holds up fine even if it sits in a closet a while before gifting.

What is a good ceramic gardenia gift for loss?

What is a good ceramic gardenia gift for loss? A ceramic gardenia makes a genuinely good gift for loss because it doesn't force anyone to watch something else die on a shelf during an already difficult week. The Cement Aqualla simply stays put, unchanged. It asks nothing in return. It simply exists, quietly, for as long as anyone needs it to.

Does a Cement Aqualla ceramic gardenia outlast a fresh one?

Does a Cement Aqualla ceramic gardenia outlast a fresh one? A fresh gardenia browns at the edges within days, often before the occasion it was bought for has even ended. The Cement Aqualla ceramic version skips that timeline completely and holds its color indefinitely. No compost required, ever. There's nothing left to discard once the display season ends.

Is a ceramic gardenia a good gift for loss?

Is a ceramic gardenia a good gift for loss? A ceramic gardenia works well as a gift for loss precisely because it never becomes one more thing that needs tending during a hard stretch. The Cement Aqualla asks for nothing, not water, not attention. It simply stays. It simply continues to look the way it did on day one.
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