Outdoor spaces deserve as much thought and creativity as interiors, yet garden designers have long had fewer resources when it comes to sourcing beautifully designed furniture and sculpture. This was a frustration for Tabi Jackson Gee, a garden designer and writer, who wanted to bring original, story-rich pieces into her projects—objects that reflected the consideration and care she and other garden designers put into their making.
That idea led to Them Outdoors, a new online gallery launched in spring 2025, dedicated to British-made garden furniture, sculpture, and planters. By collaborating with skilled makers—many of whom are creating outdoor pieces for the first time—Tabi is helping to redefine what garden furniture can be.
Here, she introduces a selection of standout pieces from Them Outdoors’ debut collection, each showcasing the craftsmanship and creativity at the heart of this new venture.
This spring I launched a new online gallery for design-led garden furniture, sculpture and planters. It’s called Them Outdoors.
Them Outdoors came about for a few reasons. As a garden designer I want to put original pieces in my client’s gardens that have stories behind them, and add layers to the design. Where I and my client’s knew something about the person that designed or made them.
I often work with interior designers - who as a profession are spoilt for choice when it comes to sourcing interesting pieces for inside. I was envious and felt that garden designers should have similar resources.
The final reason is more personal. I love gardens, and too often they are an afterthought when we think of our homes. Some people love plants, and that’s their route into appreciating their outdoor space. But gardens are about more than plants. They’re places to sit, entertain, relax, play… And beautiful pieces of furniture and sculpture that are talking points, and things to be proud of, can help us connect with and enjoy our gardens even more.
And so in 2023, we decided to set up Them Outdoors. ‘We’ being me and my boyfriend - who’s a web developer turned furniture maker and therefore an excellent business partner.
We decided early on that Them Outdoors should focus solely on British-made pieces. I spent two years finding people to work with; brazenly approaching people whose work I admired and asking if they’d ever considered making pieces for outside.
Fortunately lots of those people said yes. Feeling, like I did, that somewhere like this needed to exist. Many of them work on commissions a lot of the time, so the opportunity to make prototypes and work on new designs that they had full creative control over was appealing.
The result is our spring 2025 launch collection, which we are immensely proud of. It is a wonderful mix of traditional craftsmanship and contemporary design that hopefully starts to cast outdoor furniture in a new light.
Here are a handful of those pieces that I feel represent the creativity, incredible technical skill and vision that we hope will define Them Outdoors for years to come.
Daniel is a Bristol-based furniture maker who has pieces with the Invisible Collection. His Tipsy Chair is his first piece of garden furniture, designed exclusively for Them Outdoors. It has proved incredibly popular already and is as comfortable as it is pleasing on the eye.
Tipsy Chair
Price £1,528.00
Materials - English Oak
Lead time - 10 weeks
Jack is a forester at Westonbirt Arboretum and a woodworker; few people have such an intimate relationship with their materials from sourcing to end product. We designed the Cleft Oak Planter together; I sent Jack some rough sketches and he used his technical skill to bring them to life. The resulting planters are so full of character and charm.
Price - £775.00
Materials - Copper, Galvanised Steel, Hand-split Westonbirt Oak
Lead time - 6-8 weeks
Tom needs little introduction. He ships his incredible metalwork all over the world from his workshop in Swindon. A little bit of gentle harassment led to him agreeing to make a planter for Them Outdoors which we’ve just launched in Berdoulat in Bath. We are honoured to have him on board.
Price - £13,360.00
Materials - Satin Polished Stainless Steel
Lead time - 8-10 weeks
Fred has been extremely supportive of Them Outdoors from day dot, and the result of his belief and enthusiasm for the project is the majestic Horse Seat. We are looking forward to launching more pieces by him this summer.
Price - £40,000.00
Materials - Aluminium, Steel
Lead time - 8 weeks
Jaclyn is a set designer and furniture maker. She has a real handle on her materials and experiments with hydroforming and other practices to push the boundaries of what can be achieved with aluminium, steel and reclaimed materials. The A Stool is one of her most familiar designs but until now it has only been marketed as an indoor piece.
Price - £1,040.00
Materials - Stainless Steel (polished)
Lead time - 6-8 weeks
Mel is a British decorative artist and I approached her asking if she’d ever considered making pieces for outdoors; shells being the ultimate natural weather-proof material. The result is a collection of three different designs. Shells are so delicate and ornate, and Mel expertly designs and assembles them to create textured, jagged and awe-inspiring works of art.
Price -£4,230.00
Materials- Cement, Crushed Shells, Shells, Zinc
Lead time - 6-8 weeks
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