About this product
Full description
The single-stake version of the same beautiful glass-feature design from our LV Bespoke range. One steel stake topped with a chosen glass effect — prism, clear, cracked or bubble — to place wherever it suits you. Lovely as a standalone piece, particularly compelling in twos and threes scattered through a border at slightly different points.
From LV Bespoke, our trusted Norfolk maker — supplied in raw steel, designed to weather and rust into a soft patina that lets the piece settle into your garden as if it had always belonged there. Available in four glass diameters, from the slim 40mm everyday option up to the substantial 100mm focal piece.
Choose your finish
Four glass finishes, each with its own visual character (the four finishes are available on the smaller 40mm and 60mm sizes; the larger 80mm and 100mm are clear glass only):
- Prism — faceted spheres designed to catch and refract light. Particularly lovely in afternoon sun, where they cast small rainbow patterns onto surrounding planting. Available at 40mm and 60mm
- Clear (photography ball) — clear glass spheres, properly transparent. The most versatile of the finishes; works in any garden style. Available across all four sizes (40mm, 60mm, 80mm, 100mm)
- Cracked glass — clear spheres with internal crackle effects that catch light beautifully without colour. The most subtle of the finishes. Available at 40mm and 60mm
- Bubble glass — clear glass spheres with bubbles trapped inside. A quieter, more atmospheric finish; gentle rather than dramatic. Available at 40mm and 60mm
The four finishes do quite different work in a garden. The prism creates active rainbow effects in sunlight; the cracked and bubble glasses play with internal texture without colour; the clear photography ball gives pure transparency that catches whatever's behind it.
Choose your size
Four diameter options, working through different visual scales:
- 40mm — the smallest and most affordable option at £15. Perfect for groups of three or more scattered through a border, or as a slim accent in a smaller space
- 60mm — a comfortable middle scale at £20. Works as a single feature or in pairs; substantial enough to be a focal point without dominating
- 80mm — the substantial scale at £30. Available in clear glass only; makes a properly visible statement piece. Better suited to larger containers and open garden positions
- 100mm — the most substantial option at £45. Clear glass only; a properly serious focal piece for paved gardens, formal courtyards, or somewhere you want the stake itself to read as a sculptural element rather than a subtle accent
For most cottage garden borders, the 40mm or 60mm options blend in naturally. For a paved courtyard, gravel garden or where you want the stake to read as a sculptural element in its own right, the 80mm or 100mm clear versions make the stronger statement.
Where it looks loveliest
Single stakes work beautifully both individually and grouped:
- Tucked amongst herbaceous planting — the smaller stake diameters disappearing into the border, glass top emerging as a small surprise above the foliage
- In containers — particularly the larger glass sizes, where the stake reads as part of the container's design rather than competing with it
- Beside a path or doorway — at adult eye-level, catching light as you walk past
- In a gravel garden or paved courtyard — where the rust patina works beautifully against weathered stone
- By a sitting spot or bench — at proper viewing distance, particularly lovely with a prism finish in afternoon sun
- In groups of two or three at slightly different points — creating a small visual conversation between the stakes. Mixing diameters in a group can be properly lovely — one 60mm and two 40mm, scattered at different distances, gives a quiet sculptural rhythm
- As a marker for something — a planted bulb, a recent transplant, somewhere you want to remember a particular spot in winter when the garden looks bare
If you're attracted to the visual but want a properly grouped feature rather than a single stake, our Cluster of 3 Glass/Marble Garden Features (three taller stakes sold as a coordinated set) or Cluster of 5 Feature Glass (single stake with five glass features on splayable stalks) offer the same finishes in different configurations.
The rust patina
The steel stake is supplied raw and designed to develop a natural rust patina over time, particularly outdoors. Within a few weeks they'll begin to take on a warm, mottled rust tone; over months and seasons it deepens further. The contrast between rust-toned steel and bright glass is properly beautiful as it ages.
The glass finish itself doesn't change — it keeps its original character indefinitely.
If you'd prefer to slow the rusting, a clear protective wax or matte lacquer applied to the steel before placement will hold off the patina considerably. Most owners come to love the natural ageing.
Specifications
- Glass diameter options: 40mm, 60mm, 80mm, 100mm
- Finishes: Prism, Clear, Cracked, Bubble (full range at 40mm and 60mm; Clear only at 80mm and 100mm)
- Material: Raw steel stake with hand-finished glass feature top
- Finish: Steel designed to develop a natural rust patina; glass finish as chosen variant
- Use: Outdoor garden — amongst planting, in containers, in courtyards, as visual markers
- Made by: LV Bespoke, North Norfolk
A small honest note: these are decorative stakes rather than functional plant supports. They'll happily sit beside a plant that needs support, but for actual stem-and-bulb support work, our LV Bespoke Aeonium Stem Plant Support or a set of garden canes with twine would be the better option.
The single-stake / cluster-of-three / cluster-of-five family
This single-stake version sits within a small family of LV Bespoke pieces sharing the same glass finishes. Useful to know what each version offers:
- Single Glass Stake (this) — one stake with one glass feature. The most affordable and flexible — buy one, two, or three to scatter through a border
- Cluster of 3 Glass/Marble — three separate tall stakes sold as a coordinated set in your chosen finish. Designed to be placed apart amongst planting, creating a visual rhyme
- Cluster of 5 Feature Glass — single stake with five glass features on splayable stalks emerging from one base. A properly substantial focal piece in 13 finish options including the four glass effects and 9 named marble designs
If you're not sure which configuration suits you: single stakes are the most flexible (you can change your mind, add more, move them around); the cluster of 3 gives a coordinated grouping at scale; the cluster of 5 is a properly substantial single statement piece.
Other LV Bespoke pieces
The wider LV Bespoke range carries the same Norfolk-made character — pieces age beautifully alongside each other:
- 3D Orb Decorative Garden Stake — single tall stake with embedded 3D designs (dragonflies, butterflies, hummingbirds, more)
- Cluster of 5 Marbles — splayable five-stalk piece in your choice of marble colours
- Cluster of 5 Cups or Balls — five cups (functional for water, seed, tealights) or solid balls on a single stake, in two heights
- Bird & Insect Garden Stakes — silhouette and cast designs in two heights
- Butterfly Garden Stakes — sculpted butterflies in two heights
- Bird Feeding Stake — generous hanging stake for feeders, fat balls and water dishes
- Bee Drinker / Cuppy — single-cup pollinator water source with creature silhouette
- Decorative Crown Garden Feature — sculptural surface piece (no stake)
- Bespoke Marble Steel Crown — the marble-inlay version of the crown
- Aeonium Stem Plant Support — small steel rings for keeping aeoniums upright
- Garden Edging — bar-and-ball Victorian-style panels
About LV Bespoke
LV Bespoke is a small family business based in North Norfolk, run by Lawrence and Victoria Osborne (the "LV" of the name), founded in 2020. They hand-make garden features in their own workshop, exhibit regularly at RHS shows and Gardeners' World Live, and in 2022 were commissioned by the King's estate at Sandringham to create a "Sea of Crowns" installation as part of the Sandringham In Bloom celebration — properly serious provenance for a small Norfolk maker. In 2024 the UK Intellectual Property Office sided with them in a trademark dispute with Louis Vuitton, defending their right to trade as LV Bespoke — a quietly proud moment for a small family workshop.
Each piece is made by hand in raw steel, designed to do its job quietly, age gracefully, and look like it belongs. We're proud to stock their work; objects with this kind of character don't come from factories, they come from somebody's careful hands.
A small thought: the loveliest gardens are full of small considered details — a glint of glass amongst the foliage, an unexpected line of rust in the planting, a small visual surprise as you turn a corner. A single stake amongst your border doesn't need to do dramatic work — it just needs to be there, quietly, until you notice it. Some weeks you don't. Some weeks the prism catches afternoon sun and your border lights up briefly with a small rainbow. That's what these are for.
What's included
Care and use
- To preserve original sharp appearance: apply a clear protective wax or matte lacquer on arrival
- For indoor use: clean steel periodically with a dry cloth
- Glass top: dust occasionally; rinse if accumulated dirt