House of Arlo × Lisa Strachan Botanicals
The Botanical Collection
The Picnic Cooler Bag, made in Cape Town, carrying botanical artist Lisa Strachan’s drawings of South Africa’s fynbos: erica, brunsvigia, leucadendron, haemanthus, aloe and moraea.
Two prints, fifty of each, every bag numbered. Join the waitlist and you will be told the release date before anyone else.
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Picnic Coolers
Product mockups shown. Final details will be shared before launch. Joining the waitlist isn’t a pre-order.
The artwork
This pattern was created by botanical artist Lisa Strachan. Much like our world-famous floral biome, known as ‘Fynbos’, it brings together a wide selection of local flower species, including erica, brunsvigia, leucodendron, haemanthus, aloe and moreae.
We love that our local flowers are finally getting the recognition they deserve, making their way not just into our gardens, but into our kitchens and homes too.
About Lisa Strachan
Looking at one of Lisa Strachan’s botanical paintings, one almost has to reach out and touch it to check if it’s real. Lisa’s exquisite watercolour pieces are carefully crafted with meticulous attention to detail, focusing on the many tiny features that bring the subject to life.
Specialising in rare and indigenous plants, Lisa’s aim is to capture the profound details of nature as accurately and scientifically as possible, and, with each new subject, this proves a challenge, time and again. Not forgetting that in order to capture the plant at its absolute best (before it wilts or dies) she has to paint remarkably quickly!
Lisa’s work has been collected and exhibited in South Africa, UK, USA, Europe, Ireland and Australia.
The first drop
The Picnic Cooler Bag lands on 15 November
15 November 2026 at 09:00 SAST
Two prints, fifty of each, every bag numbered. Waitlist first, then everyone else.
It’s here.
From Cape Town,
with care.
From Lisa’s botanical artwork to the sewing of our bags in Cape Town, there’s a story behind every print and stitch.
Meet the artist behind our botanical collection and discover how our bags are made.
Lisa at work
A closer look at Lisa Strachan’s botanical artwork.