Low light
North-facing, or a hallway
No direct sun ever reaches it. Plenty still thrives here — the trick is choosing something that was never expecting sun.
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214 Nursery Lane · Open Tuesday to Sunday
Buy the plant you can
actually keep alive.
Everything in the shop is filed by how much light it needs and how much attention it wants — not by Latin name. Tell us about your window and we will point you at the right shelf. Then sit down in the back and have a coffee about it.
- Plants in stock
- 12Plants in stock
- Workshops with space
- 3Workshops with space
- Daily bake starts
- 6amDaily bake starts
Start with your window.
Bright indirect
Near a window, out of the beam
The most common situation in a home, and the sweet spot for most foliage plants. Widest choice by far.
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Full sun
South-facing, sun on the sill
Hot, bright and drying. Mediterranean plants and succulents love it; almost nothing else will cope.
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If you have killed one before
The forgiving shelf.
ZZ Plant
Zamioculcas zamiifolia
Survives a north-facing hallway and a fortnight away. The one we give to people who have killed three plants already.
- Water
- Every 3 weeks
- Price
- $28
Cast Iron Plant
Aspidistra elatior
Named accurately. Tolerates draughts, dim corners and benign neglect, and it is safe around cats.
- Water
- Every 2–3 weeks
- Price
- $34
Marble Queen Pothos
Epipremnum aureum
Trails happily off a shelf. Cuttings root in a glass of water, so one plant becomes gifts for your whole street.
- Water
- Weekly
- Price
- $18
Snake Plant 'Laurentii'
Dracaena trifasciata
The most common cause of death is kindness. Water it less than you think and it will outlive your lease.
- Water
- Every 3–4 weeks
- Price
- $24
Through the back
Yes, you can just have a coffee.
Twelve seats among the stock plants, a bake that starts at six and usually sells out by eleven, and lunch until three. You do not have to buy a plant. Most people end up doing both, which is the entire business model.
Full café menuFrom the oven
- Rosemary & olive oil cakeRosemary cut from the front planter$5.00
- Seeded sourdough toastCultured butter, flaked salt$4.50
- Cardamom bunBaked at six, usually gone by eleven$5.50
- Fig & walnut sconeServed warm with honey butter$4.75
Workshops in the back room.
Saturday 14 March
10:00 – 11:30
Repotting clinic
Bring a plant that has outgrown its pot. We supply soil, pots and the mess. You leave with it done properly.
$35
3 places left
Sunday 22 March
11:00 – 13:00
Propagation from cuttings
Take cuttings from our stock plants and learn to root them in water and in soil. Go home with four of your own.
$45
Fully booked — join waitlist
Saturday 4 April
14:00 – 16:00
Terrarium building
Build a closed terrarium from scratch. Glass vessel, drainage layer, moss and three plants included.
$65
5 places left
Sunday 19 April
10:30 – 12:00
Winter plant triage
Yellow leaves, leggy growth, fungus gnats. Bring the patient and we will work out what went wrong together.
$30
8 places left