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Lifestyle
Rachel Dixon

The best fair trade garden products

Fairtrade garden: Herb pots, string can and seed box
Made from powder-coat painted metal by craftspeople in India.

Herb pots, £10, string can, £6.50, and seed box, £8
Buy online at createdgifts.org
Photograph: Public Domain
Fairtrade garden: Tree frog garden hanging
Handmade in Haiti from old oil drums.

Tree frog garden hanging, £16.50
Buy online at lovethyspace.com
Photograph: Public Domain
Fairtrade garden: Garden twine pack
Made in Bangladesh by disadvantaged rural women.

Garden twine pack, £3
By Prokritee
Buy online at traidcraftshop.co.uk
Photograph: Public Domain
Fairtrade gardens: Tropical stripe hammock
Made using traditional methods in rural Brazil, providing an above-average income for more than 100 workers.

Tropical stripe hammock, £41.95
Buy online at gardenboutique.co.uk
Photograph: PR
Fairtrade garden: Country caddies
Pressed-metal buckets made by craftspeople in India.

Country caddies, £10 for a set of two
Buy online at createdgifts.org
Photograph: MC Photography
Fairtrade gardens: Gardener's journal
Handmade paper produced from cotton and paper waste by a workers' co-operative in Kathmandu.

Gardener's journal, £8
Buy online at traidcraftshop.co.uk
Photograph: PR
Fairtrade garden: Outdoor floor cushion
100% cotton, woven on traditional handlooms on the Malabar coast of India.

Outdoor floor cushion, £32
Buy online at biomelifestyle.com
Photograph: Public Domain
Fairtrade garden: Outdoor gloves
Made from fair trade rubber in Sri Lanka.

Outdoor gloves, £3.99
Buy online at traidcraftshop.co.uk
Photograph: Public Domain
Fairtrade garden: Message pebbles
Fair trade pebbles inscribed with 'smile', 'love' or 'joy'.

Message pebbles, £1.75 each
By Cottons Beauty
Buy online at notonthehighstreet.com
Photograph: Public Domain
Fairtrade garden: Gardeners tool gift set
Made from recycled aluminium and wood under fair trade conditions in India.

Gardeners tool gift set, £19.95
Buy online at naturalcollection.com
Photograph: Public Domain
Fairtrade garden: Plant pot
Made from recycled rice bags on a fair trade project in Cambodia.

Plant pot, £5.50
By recycle-recycle
Buy online at notonthehighstreet.com
Photograph: Public Domain
Fairtrade gardens: Striped picnic rug
A hand-woven cotton rug made by co-operatives in India.

Striped picnic rug, £28
Buy online at traidcraftshop.co.uk
Photograph: Magenta/PR
Fairtrade gardens: Hurricane lamp
Made by female handicraft workers in rural Bangladesh using traditional terracotta techniques.

Hurricane lamp, £12
Buy online at traidcraftshop.co.uk
Photograph: Magenta/PR
Fairtrade gardens: Hoopla game
Made from hand-carved pine by marginalised groups in Chile.

Hoopla game, £12
Buy online at traidcraftshop.co.uk
Photograph: Magenta/PR
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