Lightweight Garden Trug – Flat-Fold Harvest Basket

Every gardener has carried a harvest in their shirt hem at least once. Most garden trugs are made of wood or heavy rope, but this lightweight garden trug from Longwill Designs fixes that: a 14.5″ disc that lies flat so you can lay your flowers in it. Then pick it up by the handle and your harvest is gently cradled. No more broken or wilted stems before you get them into a vase of water!

About this piece
Flat, it’s a 14.5″ circle you can slide onto a shelf or hang on a nail. Fastened, it becomes a curved trug with a built-in strap — light enough to hook over your wrist or hang from a branch while you work both-handed, as shown in the product photo. The kind of simple, clever tool that makes you wonder why every basket isn’t built this way.

Care & details
14.5″ in diameter when flat. Rinse off soil and let it air dry; stores flat between seasons.

About the maker
Longwill Designs is the studio of Leanne Longwill, a Western Pennsylvania artist whose catalog — native plant stickers, Native Plants N’at tote bags, and this trug — is built around one idea: more natives, more pollinators, more reasons to be outside.

FAQ
How big is it? 14.5″ in diameter flat; forms a shallow basket when fastened.
What’s it good for? Cut flowers, herbs, vegetables — anything a flexible basket handles.
How do I store it? Flat — it takes about as much room as a dinner plate.