Put A Plant On It! Where to Find Plants Online

Spring is coming soon, so we're sharing with you some of our favorite places to find plants online. Unfortuantely, due to restrictions in the state we're located in, we're unable to ship plants with our orders, but we love to share the florists, wholesalers, and nurseries we like to work with. 

Succulent clippings from Corona Succulents.

For customers in the US:

CTS Air Plants
I've purchased succulent clippings and air plants from CTS, and I've been really happy with the quality of the plants Ive received from them. I last ordered plants from them in 2013, but almost all of them are still alive and thriving!

Corona Succulents
Corona Succulents is the Etsy shop I have most recently ordered succulents from, and I've been really happy with the quality and variety I was able to find through this store. I bought their succulents in a large variety pack of clippings, and some were small enough to fit in our planters, and others were very large and big enough to place in a large pot.

Air Plant Supply Co.
Air Plant Supply Co. is a great source for purchasing air plants and tillandsia.

Succulent clippings from CTS air plants.

Amazon
Believe it or not, Amazon offers a large selection of succulents and air plants for you to purchase, and some are even available with Amazon Prime. You'll have to search through seller reviews, but I've heard great things from customers and fans who have purchased plants through this platform.

Outside of the U.S.:

Etsy
There are several sellers on Etsy that sell succulents (we usually purchase from other U.S. Etsy sellers). To find a seller near you, simply search for the type of plant you are searching for, and select a seller that can ship to your region from the search options.

Cactus Plaza

We hope that you have as good of luck finding plants online as we've had! Happy planting!

Put a Plant on it! Where to Find Plants in Atlanta

Small succulents from Pike Nursery in Atlanta.

With the holidays right around the corner, we thought this would be a good time to share with you some of our favorite places to pick up plants, and where we find the small ones that you see us use in our planters. Since we're based in Atlanta*, we're most familiar with the places to find plants locally, and we'd like to share our recommendations with you!

Southeast Succulents
at The Collective, 723 Lake Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, GA, 30307
at Whole Foods on Ponce, 650 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30308
One of our favorite places to pick up the succulents that you see us use for our photos is Southeast Succulents! They sell their succulents at a few places around Atlanta, mainly the Collective in Inman Park and at Whole Foods Markets. In addition to plants, they also sell potting soils for succulents, and other decorative terrarium supplies.
 

Visiting Gardenhood in the fall.

Gardenhood
353 Boulevard SE, Atlanta, GA 30312
Gardenhood is a nursery that sells a variety of plants in the Grant Park neighborhood of Atlanta. We like to buy succulents there, and they sell a selection of indoor and outdoor varieties. In addition to succulents, you can also find potting soils, garden decorations, and plants for landscaping at this nursery.

Hall's Atlanta Wholesale Florist
630 Angier Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30308
Hall's is mainly a wholesale florist, but they also sell plants such as succulents (our favorite plants to use for our planters) and house plants. In addition to plants, they also sell other floral items that you might need for floral arrangements or decorating events. If you're shopping for flowers for a wedding or event, stop by here to pick up your flowers and the other vases and accessories you might need!

Pike Nurseries
Several locations in the Atlanta Area
Pike Nurseries is an Atlanta based chain of nurseries. While most people know them for their large selection of landscaping plants, they also carry a large variety of succulents and tillandsia (air plants).

If you have any nursery recomendations here or in other cities, please let us know and we'd love to share them!

*As a note, this list is not comprehensive of all of the places to find plants in and around Atlanta, but these are the businesses that we know and recommend. If you have another business to recommend for this list, please let us know! Also, large chain stores are not included in this list, only small and Atlanta based businesses. Larger stores will be included in a later post.

Fall flowers and herbs to wear with your planter

The weather is finally cooling down here, and the chilly weather has me thinking of more fall flower choices to wear with our planters!

For the selections to go with this planter, we had a mix of blooms from our roof garden, a local flower market, and an inexpensive grocery store bouquet. This planter works well with picked flowers, so we chose some seasonal and fragrant blooms to pair with it.

Rosemary is an evergreen here in Georgia, and we were able to find it in the roof garden of the building our studio is in. If you're not able to find rosemary easily outside, its usually available as filler for bouquets at a florist, or even in the produce aisle of your grocery store. Plus, it has a great scent, so it's like wearing a little bit of fragrance!

The chamomile and the seeded eucalyptus were found from a florist close to our studio, Candler Park Flower Market, that carries loose flowers to build your own bouquet. They're selection changes seasonally and weekly, and we grabbed some of the blooms that they carried last week. The purple daisy came in a bunch with a larger bouquet from the grocery store, and we've seen some growing as wildflowers the last few weeks here in Atlanta.

Next week we'll be showing off some more seasonal picks to match our planters! If you have any suggestions, or would like to share what you're wearing in your planter, tweet us at @wearplants on twitter.

Prototyping with MakerBot

Planters prototyped in warm grey PLA hold rosemary from our roof garden.

We've written before about prototyping with MakerBot and other home 3D printers over the last two years. For the planters that we sell here on our site and on Etsy, we prefer to use commercial 3D printers like Shapeways and Ponoko, but for prototyping, using a desktop 3D printer better suits our needs. Prints can be made in less than an hour (no waiting for a week for prints!), and I can immediately make changes to file if I see a change that needs to be made.

Printing on the Makerbot Z18.

We've been lucky the last few weeks to have access to a MakerBot Z18, the newest of their series, to prototype some of our new forthcoming planters. Before we've printed on their Thing-o-matic and Replicator 2 Machines. The print quality has improved slightly from the earlier models, which is helpful when prototyping small pieces. The main changes with the newer MakerBots is the interface is much more intuitive to use, and now they're capable of printing much larger pieces.

Made with purple PLA.

Also, these planters were printed in PLA, a plastic made from cornstarch. The material is biodegradable over time, but can warp when exposed to heat, making this material suitable for use for prototyping.

Making and 3D printing on a MakerBot still isn't perfect, but its pretty amazing when you can hold a physical product in your hand that only existed on a computer screen hours before!

Want to see more of what we're making? Follow us on instagram to see our latest projects and experiments.

NEW LOOK FOR OUR SEED BOMBS

Spring is finally here, and we updated the look of our seed bombs to celebrate! The illustration on the muslin bag depicts three of the flower varieties in the seed mix, Baby’s Breath, Rocket Larkspur, and Purple Coneflower. We also updated the mix of seeds that we use to make our seed bombs, using a mix of annual and perennial wildflower seeds to guarantee you blooms this year and for years to come. The growing regions for this seed mix are regions 1-10, so they are able to grow in most regions of the US. If you’re looking for a quick way to plant some seeds or need a gift for a green thumb, the seed bombs are available in our shop.

NEW BIKE PLANTERS FOR SUMMER

It's the beginning of summer, and we're rolling out some new items to make your enjoyment of the warm weather even better!

Our new bike planters are smaller our other ones, and they're perfect for holding a few blooms you've found while riding around town. You can get them here and on our Etsy shop.