Bauwerk Colour has turned its lime paint, the Riedel family’s natural mineral finish, towards a humbler corner of the house: the garden pot.

Each Garden Pot Paint Collection brings together four natural limewash colours chosen to sit well side by side, for refreshing unsealed terracotta, concrete and stone pots, indoors or out. Lime dries to a soft, chalky matte surface with a gentle drift of tone, so no two pots finish quite alike. Being breathable, it leaves the pot unsealed so the roots inside can breathe, and with time each settles into a soft natural patina, as though it has spent a few summers in a courtyard.

There are four palettes: Mediterranean Courtyard, Coastal Garden, Kitchen Garden and Modern Minimalist. Every set holds four 250 ml limewash paints and a natural-bristle brush, with each colour enough for around four standard pots. A present for the gardener, the windowsill grower or anyone with a stack of tired pots by the back door, and a project for the slow days after Christmas.