Plant-
, Collectors

The Plant Collectors put your plant collection on display. The stackable tubes can be filled with potting soil or placed upside down to create height for a second flowerpot. It’s a plant stand and flowerpot all in one!

The Plant Collectors are made of aluminium and coated with a special textured powder coating, which is also suitable for outdoor use. With a specially designed oak disc, two tubes can be attached to each other to create height. This attachment also ensures a watertight pot. For a single flower pot the disc acts as a decorative stand ring. Without the wooden disc, the hole at the bottom of the flower pots remains open so that excess water can flow away, making them suitable for outdoor use.

Variants:

The Plant Collectors are available in different height sizes so that you can create a personal plant landscape in your home and/or garden. You can start with a few pots and gradually expand your collection. With a special hanging mechanism, the Plant Collectors can also be hung.

Vij5 's "
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Transparency of the production chain comes naturally to us.

For us, that doesn't just mean giving information about where something has been produced. Our chain starts much earlier: with the designer of the product!

We'll tell you the whole story. Click on the buttons to discover the different steps:

The Plant Collectors were designed by Arjan van Raadshooven & Anieke Branderhorst. In addition to being designers, they are also the founders of Vij5.

The idea for the Plant Collectors arose from a passion for a systematic approach to Design. Arjan, in particular, is always excited by interesting connection systems, stackability, adaptability, and interchangeability—in short, creating a certain degree of flexibility in a product. His architectural background is also clearly reflected in this product.

Anieke looked more at the poetic side. Flower pots are often placed at the edge of an interior (in the windowsill, in a corner of a room, etc). She was therefore looking for a way to make flower pots a more integrated part of an interior. The Plant Collectors are beautiful on their own, but their impact is enhanced when placed in a group. This way, for example, you could also place a plant collection/family in the middle of a room.

Anieke Branderhorst & Arjan van Raadshooven

In terms of materiality, the Plant Collectors are a nod to an archetypal flowerpot:

“We wanted the flower pots to take a back seat to the plants, so we opted for a very basic design language and used standard aluminum tubes. As a result, the Plant Collectors have a sleek, slim, and modern shape, but the unique powder coating gives the pots a certain texture and color nuance that hints at the traditional terracotta flower pot.”

Arjan & Anieke

The idea for the Plant Collectors had been in our heads for a long time. Implementing it has been done in many small steps. We often get the question: "Do you still have time to design?"⁠

The funny thing, of course, is that we are actually involved in the process of designing every day. Every product in the Vij5 collection contains a 'piece of us'. But because we are so busy with so many different products by different designers, it is indeed more difficult for us to find the time and focus to put our own ideas into practice. We've just accepted that these processes just take a little longer nowadays 😉

We think the Plant Collectors are a great addition to the Vij5 collection because it is a product that everyone can probably find a place for, both indoors and outdoors! We also like that the product supports and stimulates a certain form of collecting, as the pots can really show off a plant collection in a group.

Arjan & Anieke

In this step, we transformed an idea into a working product. Material selection was a key aspect of this process, as was functionality. In both areas, we had quite a few requirements and preferences that we wanted the Plant Collectors to meet. We therefore avoided making compromises as much as possible.

As a basis we used the biggest aluminum tube that was available at our metal manufacturer. We investigated the best way to weld the bottom into the pots, taking into account the water tightness of the pot, but also the wooden connecting disk that should be able to be attached to the pot.

Next, we set out to find a suitable powder coating because we wanted the pots to stand out from other flower pots already on the market in terms of “touch and feel.” We also wanted the coating to be suitable for outdoor use.

The spacer ring had to be designed in such a way that it would serve as both an attractive and functional detail, allowing the pots to be sealed and connected to one another. We also took a critical look at the proportions of the pots’ dimensions in relation to the wooden disc. Finally, we sourced the small parts needed to attach the ring to the flower pots, such as bolts, nuts, rubber gaskets, and the hanging system.

The Plant Collectors are manufactured in the Eindhoven region. First, the aluminum tubes are cut to size. Next, a base plate is welded into them by hand. The pots are then treated several times with a special textured powder coating, making them suitable for outdoor use.

The oak disc is milled from solid oak and then treated with OSMO hard wax oil.

In the material passport you can find where and by whom the different parts of this product are made.

Would you like to see this product in real life?

Come visit our showroom in Den Bosch or stop by one of our ambassadors or other retail locations. Be sure to check in advance to see if they actually have this item in stock—not all retail locations carry the entire collection.

In need of larger quantities or considering it for a project?

Please contact Arjan and request a quotation here.

Vij5 webshop

All Vij5 products can of course also be ordered directly from our own webshop:

Vij5
Showroom

At our studio in Den Bosch, near the home furnishings district and just two minutes from the A2, everything comes together: showroom, workshop, warehouse, and office. Most of the products from the Vij5 collection are on display here.

Our showroom is still under construction, but you’re, of course, more than welcome to visit. Please contact us in advance and let us know which products you’d like to see, and we’ll see what we can do.

You can easily make an appointment by email or phone.