9 terribly chic items for planting and gardening (at home or in the office)

9 terribly chic items for planting and gardening (at home or in the office)9 terribly chic items for planting and gardening (at home or in the office)The growing season is here, and its time for a new desk plant which will need its own watering can and spritzer, of course or an assortment of gardening tools for your home. But you dont want these things to be dowdy. After all, whats sexy about a black rubber hose or a watering can thats fit for your grandma? Plenty, as it turns out hoses are shiny hot-pink now and with matching nozzles.Gardening gloves come in silver or gold, and the humble watering can is worthy of prizes in industrial design. Follow Ladders guide to looking chic while brightening up your desk or your backyard with greenery.For your gardenGarden GloryHot-pink garden hoseWhoa Your husband will freak out when he comes home and sees that youve installed a hot pink garden hose with matching nozzles,hung on decorative wall mounts but who really does all the watering around here anyway? The PVC hose comes in a sortiment of colors, doesnt kink, and is protected from sun exposure so yes, itll stay that color for years. Garden Glory, a Swedish company, has been anobject of attentionrecently for its fashion-forward garden designs.$99, Garden GloryFollow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreWilliams-SonomaFloral garden prunersPruning, a thankless task, will be so much more enjoyable with these floral-patterned pruners. (The task will also be easier with the carbon-steel blades.) A note about the charming print the wallpaper pattern was designed in 1877 for Londons Victoria Albert Museum.$24.95, Williams-SonomaGarden GlorySilver metallic gardening glovesYou wont want to get these silver gardening gloves dirty. Luckily, you wont have to. Made out of stretchy synthetic leather, the material makes them dirt and water repellent. If youre not into pewter, they come in gold, too.$59, Garden GloryGarden GloryDiamond watering canIs one supposed to use this watering can this particular color is called Ros as a decorative object, or to actually water plants? Luckily, this multifaceted object doesnt make you choose.$49, Garden GloryWilliams-SonomaRattan tool basketThat old quilted cotton bag overstuffed with gardening tools has got to go. This peddigrohr basket holds it all, does double duty with pockets and adorable ties for your tools on the outside, and is much more pleasing to the eye.$39.95, Williams-SonomaFor your deskWilliams-SonomaIndoor watering canThis lightweight, indoor copper watering can from Williams-Sonoma, when placed on your desk, will let everyone know you mean business. Its by Haws, a brand that has been a mainstay in English gardens since 1886, and is meant for tending to indoor plants.$89.95, Williams-SonomaTargetDesktop plant misterMany plants love to be misted study up on yours to see if its one of them and this sty lish desktop glass plant mister with a brass nozzle from Smith and Hawken looks like something out of a chemistry lab.$14.99, TargetThe SillDesktop watering canAnother, more affordable style of desktop watering can one with fewer frills but just as attractive is this small teal number from online plant purveyor The Sill. While youre on the site, order up a new desk plant if youre in the mood. They also have their own version of a plant mister, which is printed on one side with the words, Plant people have more bright ideas.$8, The SillLeGrowMagic plant clockNow, you can have your desktop plants and you can have your clock all in one. No batteries necessary, because the clock runs operates on energy generated from the chemical reaction between metal electrodes and wet soil. The only thing you need to provide is a plant.$39.95, LeGrow