Plant Tags
Ever struggled to distinguish Greek basil from Italian? Are your succulents named after supermodels and your friends just can’t keep their names straight? Our plant tags are a cute and environmentally friendly way to label your potted plants!
Our copper plant tags are custom stamped with your plant or herb names and made from scrap electrical wiring diverted from landfills.
You can use up to 16 characters per tag.
approximately 8" tall
approximately 12 - 14 gauge copper (1.06mm - 2 mm)
finished with wax to resist rain
minimalist design and stature is ideal for potted plants, seedlings and containers, rather than large garden beds.
stores compactly in the offseason.
can be easily cleaned and re-waxed.
HOW TO PLACE YOUR ORDER
Choose the quantity of plant labels you’d like. When you click “add to cart”, you’ll be presented with a text box in which to write your plant names. You’ll need to fill this text box in before they can be added to the cart.
HOW THEY WILL SHIP
These will ship within three days of placing your order. They ship for free by letter mail in Canada and the U.S.A. Letter mail does not come with a tracking number so if you would like to track your package please upgrade your shipping at checkout.
HOW TO SEND THESE AS A GIFT
These make a lovely and useful gift! We can ship directly to your recipient - simply click the "Mark as Gift" option, and include a gift message to your loved one (don't forget to sign off with your name!) and we will include the printed message in their package. Elevate your gift by opting for gift wrapping, and we will lovingly gift wrap it with handpainted wrapping paper and a lovely ribbon and paper flower.
HOW WE MAKE THEM
We divert scrap electrical wiring from the landfill with the help of an electrician friend. We strip off the plastic coating and clean the copper using vinegar, water and salt. We then bend and hammer the wire into shape, and use steel letter stamps that are 2mm/ 5/64” tall to customize the flattened portion with the plant names you provide. The bottom tip of each plant tag is sharpened to a point so you can easily poke it into the soil of your plant pot. Last but not least, we finish it with a coating of beeswax to resist water.
CARE INSTRUCTIONS
Our plant tags can be easily cleaned with a wipe of olive oil or beeswax on a rag at the end of one season, or the beginning of another. If they've gotten really dirty, simply clean them using the recipe below!
EASY CLEANING RECIPE
Ingredients:
1 Pot large enough to allow the plant tags to lay flat in its bottom
1 cup water
1/4 cup of vinegar
1 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon of wax or oil for finishing - can be beeswax, cutting board wax, food grade oil - you anything that will resist help seal the copper to resist oxidation.
Instructions:
Combine the water, vinegar and salt in your pot. Bring to a boil, then submerge your plant labels. As soon as they look shiny (this will take about a minute), pull them out with tongs (careful, they’ll be hot!), rinse them off with water, and wipe dry. Finish them by wiping them with the wax or oil.