Many college students and kids in the south will be back to school in August, making it a great time for florists to promote plants for dorm rooms and teacher gifts. The Society of American... Read more
Soaring houseplant sales have the green industry excited. Are the climbing numbers here to stay, or is there a sales slow-down around the corner? That’s just one of the questions addressed i... Read more
Plants are big — and they just keep getting bigger — as the pandemic fueled a desire to connect with nature. Make plants a priority during your summer downtime with help from the Society of... Read more
2020’s plant babies are now growing into plant toddlers — and their plant parents show no signs of slowing their enthusiasm for all things plants. Last year saw an influx of people with an i... Read more
Plantfluencer Marcus Bridgewater — known as @GardenMarcus across social media platforms — is a firm believer in practicing three little words: kindness, patience, and positivity. He keeps th... Read more
Along with “social distancing” and “flattening the curve,” the word “plantfluencer” was a word that entered more Americans’ vocabulary in 2020. As people hunkered down and looked for ways to... Read more
As a young professional living in New York City, Eliza Blank struggled to find plants that would survive and thrive in window-lacking, sub-optimal spaces often found in city living. And the... Read more
For the Lake Forest Flowers team, the pandemic provided new opportunities to get on the road and into customers’ homes (in safe, socially distanced ways) to help clients incorporate more pla... Read more
Explaining the houseplant craze is as simple as A, B, C says plantfluencer Darryl Cheng—it’s all about aesthetics, biology and companionship. Cheng, author of ‘The New Plant Pare... Read more
Got plants? You’d better. As retail florists around the country will tell you, Americans are crazy for houseplants. “Plant love is here to stay — people are obsessed,” Nicole Palazzo, execut... Read more
