‘The Keepsake’ Wrendale Mug – Exclusive to Otter Garden Centres

We’re celebrating our 60th anniversary with this exclusive design, just for us.

This limited edition Royal Worcester mug was designed for Otter Garden Centres by Hannah Dale, the talented artist behind the delightful Wrendale Designs.

The Wrendale brand is an award-winning publisher of greeting cards, stationery and giftware.

Hannah was delighted when we initially approached her with the idea, working up several different concepts until the final design was reached.

The main focus of her beautiful creation is a characterful otter with its family, framed by some delicate forget-me-nots. The flowers are a nod to the famous Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge who was born in Ottery St Mary where Otter Garden Centres also began. One of Coleridge’s best known poems The Keepsake features the tiny blue flowers, which symbolize true love.

There’s more too, as, in keeping with Hannah’s traditional style, the back of the mug has a smaller cameo illustration of a cheeky little otter popping its head out of the water, which the team like to think symbolises the River Otter which runs alongside the garden centre.

This is a really special way to mark our anniversary, collaborating with a renowned British artist using prestigious Royal Worcester fine bone china to produce a truly homegrown product that celebrates our connection with wildlife, the environment, and, of course, the plants we grow.

This limited edition mug is exclusive to Otter Garden Centres.

We are unable to accept orders from or send orders to addresses outside of the United Kingdom.