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Valentine’s Day gifts for your plant lover partner

Valentine’s Day gifts for your plant lover partner

Valentine’s Day is here and we know you haven’t gotten something for your boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife. It is that time of the year where you’re stumped to either get a bunch of flowers, or maybe get something better than just a bunch of flowers. We understand the stress, so don’t worry, we’ve compiled these presents perfect for your plant loving-partner. Here are some of our favourite gifts for your significant other. Click on the links to go to the shop and buy now!

For the foliage lover:

Pilea Peperomioides ‘Mojito’ & Philodendron Gloriosum leaf throw pillow. Tumbleweed’s Leaf Lover’s Valentine’s Gift Set, $190

If your partner loves Monsterras and Philodendrons (Just check their plant account if you’re unsure!), these items would be perfect for them. This gift set comes with a rare Pilea Peperomioides ‘Mojito & a huge Philodendron Gloriosum leaf throw pillow! It is a bit on the pricey end, but your partner is worth it!

Available for delivery from 8-14 February.

Tumbleweed is located in Tiong Bahru. Be sure to book your timeslot to visit.

For the Succulent lover:

This geometrical terrarium is perfect for that partner who really loves a piece of artwork. Place this plant beside her bed in the morning and surprise your partner with the gift of succulent!

If you’re feeling extra, gift your partner a gift of building your own Terrarium. Green Banana offers customised workshops. Contact them for more information.

Green Banana is located in Havelock.

For the Houseplant lover:

We all know that one person with an overflowing number of plants at home. Stop them from buying any new plants, instead, gift them with a gift of puzzle so that they can add on to their number of plants, without actually adding on a new plant!

Rabbit Island also stocks a whole lots of other planty gifts. We particularly love this Umbrella light, which adds a touch of whimsy to the house.

Rabbit Island is located in Woodlands Close

For the new plant parent:

This book by Darryl Cheng would be a great add on to the bookshelves – New Plant Parent: Develop Your Green Thumb and Care for Your House-Plant Family.

Perfect for the book-lover and plant enthusiast who has just started with their plant parenting journey.

For the adventurous gifter:

Sing See Soon Experiential Centre is located in Simei.

If you didn’t manage to get any of these, you can always just get any pot of plants and your significant other will love you for it!

Check out our directory of plant shops and nurseries in Singapore that you can visit. We’ve tagged it according to your location. There is a nursery wherever you stay, so get going now to get your gift.

For the last-minute gifter:

Just go to your local Cheers/Cold Storage/FairPrice, get a pot of plant and put a ribbon on it and it will be perfect for Valentine’s Day šŸ™‚

More book recommendations:

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The first Indoor Potting Soil Mix you need to get

The first Indoor Potting Soil Mix you need to get

Like, you, I took planting quite seriously, pretty quickly. I wanted to give them the best possible conditions by buying them some nice bed of soil to live on.

So, i went online, searched through all these articles, watched all the videos from Planterina – and studied them. Looked out for these keywords – Peat Moss, Perlite, soil, aeration, etc.

I then bought this potting soil from Far East Flora, because I thought, it does say “Peat” “for indoor plants”.

Peats All Purpose is a general-purpose organic potting mix. It contains mineral and fertiliser additives. Suitable for indoor and outdoor plants.

Peats All Purpose Potting Mix

LOL. I laugh because, i also bought 25L of it. It was a huge bag!

So when, it arrived, i was like, great, now i have this soil, i just need some perlites, and i’ll get the rest of the stuff later.

I was wrong! I think i managed to kill a couple of plants as this soil wasn’t very airy. It needed much more mix of substrates to make it airy and it gave me a couple of Root Rots šŸ™

My point is, if you’re a newbie in this plant thing, don’t be a hero and buy your own soil, just get these potting mixes from these awesome people below to start your plant parenting.

Indoor Potting Soil Mix in Singapore

Little Botany Soil Mix

Soil Contains: Perlite, coco peat, potting soil and little bit of magic.

Thieves Potting Mix

Soil Contains: potting soil, unexpanded perlite, rice husk, pumice & more

Pine.sg General Potting Mix

Soil Contains: Perlite, rice husk, potting soil, pumice. 

TERRASCAPES FOLIAGE PLANT POTTING MIX

Soil Contains: cocopeat, pumice, volcanic sand, burnt earth, rice husk

*You can get it at Terrascapes or The Flora Chapter

Growing Magic Indoor Magic Mix

Soil Contains: Burnt rice husks, Worm castings, Coco chips, Pumice

Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

Of course, once you’re an expert, you can go ahead and buy and mix your own!

Good Luck Plant Parents!

Klang Valley Plant Directory

Klang Valley Plant Directory

Kuala Lumpur will always be my home and how can I not build a plant directory for KL? šŸ™‚ Here are some places I’ve been stalking from afar in the greater Kuala Lumpur area and Selangor (can’t wait to go back to visit!). Let me know if you have been shopping for indoor plants somewhere else and I’ll add them in.

If youā€™d like to be listed, please send me a message!

NURSERIES/PLANT SHOPS

Akar Plant Studiohttps://www.instagram.com/akarplantstudio/Subang JayaBoutique Plant Shop
Dorohttps://doro.com.my/OnlintPlant Gifts
Floristikahttps://www.floristika.com.my/Bangsar, Kuala LumpurNurseries
Hera Bloomshttps://www.herabloom.com.my/OnlinePlant Gifts
Mossariumhttp://mossarium.com.my/Uptown, Damansara Utama, SelangorTerrarium
Plants & Cohttps://www.instagram.com/plantsco_/Kuala LumpurBoutique Plant Shop
Plant & Pot Studiohttps://www.plantandpotstudio.com/Puchong, SelangorBoutique Plant Shop
Pokok Househttps://www.instagram.com/pokokhouse/Seri Kembangan, SelangorBoutique Plant Shop
Pokok Kaktushttps://www.instagram.com/pokokaktus.my/Shah Alam, SelangorBoutique Plant Shop
Poppety Pothttps://www.instagram.com/poppetypot/By Appointment OnlyBoutique Plant Shop
Pretty Plants KLhttps://www.instagram.com/prettyplantskl/Shah Alam, Selangor.
Setiawangsa
Boutique Plant Shop
Pun Sam Nurseryhttps://www.instagram.com/punsamnursery/Desa Park City/Sg Buloh, Kuala LumpurNurseries/Online
Rent A Pothttps://www.rap.com.my/Jalan Klang Lama, Kuala LumpurBoutique Plant Shop
Rimbun Studiohttps://www.instagram.com/rimbun_studio/Shah Alam, SelangorBoutique Plant Shop
Taman Hati JZhttps://www.instagram.com/tamanhatijzBangsar, Kuala LumpurBoutique Plant Shop
The Travelling Sisterhoodhttps://www.instagram.com/the.travelling.sisterhood/OnlineBoutique Plant Shop
Uproots Plants MYhttps://www.instagram.com/uprootplantsmy/Puchong, SelangorBoutique Plant Shop

Singapore Plant Directory

Singapore Plant Directory

If you’re like me – a new plant parent, here are some links that you’d be interested to browse. This listing has a range of type of establishments from nurseries, to micro-farms, boutique shops to speciality shops like Hydroponics, Orchids, Bromeliads, and exotic plants that you can buy in Singapore. Will add in more information about each nursery/shops as I visit them, but here’s a quick listing style view for you to browse.

So weather you’re looking to get a new indoor plant, or an exotic cultivar, there’s something for everyone.

If you’d like to be listed, please send me a message! Also, if i got your listing wrong, please let me know šŸ™‚

Nurseries/Plant Shops

A Tilly a Dayhttps://www.atillyaday.com/PunggolBoutique Plant Shop
Ban Nee Chen Nurseryhttps://www.banneechen.com.sg/KhatibNurseries
BLG Nurseryhttps://www.instagram.com/blg.nursery/PunggolNurseries
Bollywood Adventureshttps://www.bollywoodadventures.com/Kranji /
Robertson Quay (Crane)
Nursery
Boutique Plant Shop
Candy Floriculturehttps://candy.com.sg/ThompsonNurseries
Cheng Tai Nurseryhttps://www.chengtainursery.com/Choa Chu KangNurseries
Far East Flora/Goodwood Floristhttps://www.fareastfloragarden.com/ThompsonNurseries
Far East Flora Queenswayhttps://www.fareastfloragarden.com/QueenswayNurseries
Far East Flora Bedok Garden & Landscapehttps://www.fareastfloragarden.com/BedokNurseries
Fittonia Maniahttps://fittoniamania.com/Serangoon
Thompson
Boutique Plant Shop
Greenfingers Singaporehttps://www.instagram.com/greenfingerssg/Neo Tiew CrescentNursery
Hoseki Gardenhttps://www.hosekigardensg.com/Holland DriveBoutique Plant Shop
House of Plantshttps://www.houseofplants.sg/PunggolNurseries
Island Landscape & Nurseryhttps://www.islandgroup.com.sg/ThompsonNurseries
Koon Lee Nurseryhttps://koonleenursery.com.sg/shop/Choa Chu KangNurseries
Lai Seng Floristhttp://www.laisengflorist.com/BedokNurseries
Leaf Lush SGhttps://www.instagram.com/leaf.lushsg/East Coast RoadBoutique Plant Shop
Little Botanyhttps://littlebotany.com/PunggolNurseries
Little Big Gardenhttps://www.instagram.com/littlebiggarden/ChinatownBoutique Plant Shop
Love In a Bottlehttp://www.loveinabottle.sg/City (Millennia Walk)Boutique Plant Shop
Make Your Own SGhttps://makeyourown.sg/AljuniedBoutique Plant Shop
Noah Garden Centrewww.noahgardencentre.com.sgPioneerBoutique Plant Shop
Pick a Planthttps://www.pickaplant.com.sg/Choa Chu KangNurseries
Potta Planttahttps://www.pottaplantta.com/Telok KurauBoutique Plant Shop
Rabbit Islandhttps://www.rabbitislandsg.com/WoodlandsBoutique Plant Shop
Sing See Soon Garden Experiental Centehttps://singseesoon.com/SimeiBoutique Plant Shop
Sing See Soon Production & Wholesale https://singseesoon.com/PunggolNurseries
Song Lang Gardenhttps://www.facebook.com/SongLangGarden/Tanjong KatongNurseries
Spa Florahttps://www.lazada.sg/shop/spafloraThompsonNurseries
Terrascapeshttp://www.terrascapes.com.sg/Choa Chu Kang Nurseries
The 3 Keyshttps://www.instagram.com/the_3_keysJoan RoadBoutique Plant Shop
The Flora Chapterhttps://www.theflorachapter.com/KallangBoutique Plant Shop
The Garden Store (Chin Leng Nursery)https://www.thegardenstore.sg/BedokNurseries
The Green Chapterhttps://green-chapter-shop.myshopify.com/MacphersonBoutique Plant Shop
The Green Capsulehttps://www.thegreencapsule.com.sg/City (Funan Mall)Boutique Plant Shop
Tumbleweed Plantshttps://tumbleweedplants.com/Tiong BahruBoutique Plant Shop
World Farmhttps://www.huahng.com.sg/SembawangNurseries

Online Only Plant Shops (Instagram/Carousell)

Buds & Blossomshttps://www.instagram.com/budsandblossomssg/Pots
Cats and Cabbage Shophttps://sg.carousell.com/catsandcabbage/Carousell Plant Shop
Cornerspace Craftshttps://www.etsy.com/shop/cornerspace/Etsy Handmade Pots Shop
D Floral Sensehttps://sg.carousell.com/dfloralsenseCarousell Plant Shop
Earthy Sproutshttps://sg.carousell.com/earthysproutssgCarousell Plant Shop
Gift a Planthttps://sg.carousell.com/giftaplant.sgCarousell Plant Shop
Gingin Potshttps://www.instagram.com/ginginpots/Pots
Green Bananahttps://www.green-banana.net/Online Plant Shop, Workshops
Green Plant Societyhttps://shopee.com.my/greenplantsociatyShopee Plant Shop
GreenmanHousehttps://sg.carousell.com/greenmanhouse/Carousell Plant Shop
Growing Magichttps://www.growingmagic.co/Online Plant Shop
Hey Fleurhttps://sg.carousell.com/hey.fleurCarousell Plant Shop
Floora.Cohttps://floora.co/Online Plant Shop
Folia.Sghttps://www.instagram.com/foliasg/Instagram Plant Shop
Freckled Potshttps://www.frecklepot.com/Online Pot Shop
Lingua Plantahttps://www.instagram.com/lingua.planta/Online Handmade Pots Shop
Little Pots Clubhttps://sg.carousell.com/lonelypotsclub/Carousell Plant Shop
Nimastehttps://sg.carousell.com/nimasteCarousell Plant Shop
Pasu Cohttps://pasu-co.wixsite.com/homeHand Painted Pots
Plant Plant.Singaporehttps://www.plantplant.sg/Online Plant Shop
Planter Pophttps://www.instagram.com/planterpop/Instagram Plant Shop, Pots
Plantazia.sghttps://sg.carousell.com/plantazia.sgCarousell Plant Shop
Plantifulhttps://sg.carousell.com/plantiful.sg/Carousell Plant Shop
Plant Whispererhttps://sg.carousell.com/plantwhisperer/Carousell Plant Shop
Pine.sghttps://www.pine.sg/Online Plant Shop, Pots
Pnp_plantaehttps://sg.carousell.com/pnp_plantaeCarousell Plant Shop
Pocasso Potshttps://pocassosg.com/Carousell Pot shop
Pot Headhttps://www.instagram.com/pot.head.sg/Instagram Pot Shop
Potto Pottohttps://www.potto-potto.com/Pots
Potty Fullyhttps://sg.carousell.com/pottyfullyHand Painted Pots
Synceramichttps://www.synceramic.com/Handmade Ceramic Pots
The Botanist and her Thieveshttps://thebotanistandherthieves.com/Online Plant Shop
The Chlorofeelhttps://www.thechlorofeelshop.com/Online Plant Shop
The Floral Barhttps://sg.carousell.com/thefloralbar/Carousell Plant Shop
The Plant Providorehttps://www.instagram.com/theplantprovidore/Gardening accessories, pots
The Rain in Spainhttps://theraininspain.net/Hand Painted Pots, Workshops
Vein Pothttps://www.instagram.com/_Veinpot/Instagram Pot Shop

Edibles/Seedlings Farms and shops

Get your edibles from these shops. Ranging from fruits to vegetables, you can either get some seeds or seedlings from these farms.

Everything Greenhttps://everythinggreen.sg/OnlineCertified organic Seeds, Non-GMO Seeds, non-treated microgreens and sprouting seeds, Grow Kits, Herb Seeds, Planting Pots & Accessories, Coco Grow Mats
Natsuki Gardenhttps://www.natsukisgarden.com/Sprout Hub, Red HillSeedlings, Seeds, Fruits, Vegetables
The Wriggley Farmhttps://www.thewriggleyfarm.sg/OnlineNon-GMO Seeds, 100% Organic Seeds, Exotic Seeds, Rare Seeds
Urban Sproutzhttps://urbansproutz.co/OnlineGrow Kits, supplies, Non-GMO Seeds, organic Seeds, Microgreens, Coco Grow Mats
VegeTeddyhttps://www.facebook.com/vegeteddyfarm/Sprout Hub, Red HillSeedlings, Seeds, Fruits, Vegetables

Specialty Nurseries/Shops: Hydroponic

Easi Growhttps://www.easi-grow.com/Tanjong PagarSoil-less Plants
Midorie Singaporehttps://midorie-singapore.com/Pandan LoopPafcal

Hydroponic Accessories in Singapore

Specialty Nurseries/Shops: Orchids/Air Plants/Bromeliads

Arture SGhttps://arturesg.com/Pasir Ris FarmwayBromeliads
Toh Gardenhttps://tohgarden.com/Choa Chu KangOrchids
Rare Airhttps://sg.carousell.com/rareair_sgOnlineAir Plants
SG Orchidshttps://www.instagram.com/sgorchids/Online Orchids

Orchids in Singapore

Specialty Nurseries/Shops: Bonsai

Bonsai Galleryhttps://bonsaigallery.sg/KhatibBonsai
Boh Bonsaihttp://www.bohbonsai.com/PunggolBonsai
Jia Bonsai Singaporehttps://sg.carousell.com/jia_bonsai_singapore/CarousellBonsai
My Little Treehttps://www.instagram.com/mylittletreesg/CarousellBonsai

Bonsai in Singapore

Specialty Shops: Fertilizer/Revitalizer

DE Nutrientshttps://denutrients.com/100% Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth
Insecttahttps://www.insectta.com/Black Soldier Fly Fertilizer
HB101https://hb-101.com/Plant Revitalizer is available in most nurseries.
Local Locohttps://sg.carousell.com/locallocoRoot Roids and Fruit Roids
Plantonichttps://www.plantonic.sg/product/Plant Food that promotes soil health, root systems and more
Rynan Fertilizerhttps://rynanfertilizers.sg/Rynan Smart Fertilizer for Orchids, Herbs and Vegetables, Leaves and Flowers
Fertilizers and Plant Vitalizers in Singapore
So you want to be a plant parent?

So you want to be a plant parent?

Have you ever saw one of these posts and thought, hey, thatā€™s not too bad!

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_ZiC7yFr-e/

It says ā€œimpossible to killā€, you thought you can spruce up your home with this cute little plant. The nice little shopkeeper said, just water it once every week.

You bring it home and you water it, every week as per told. One week past, itā€™s looking pretty in your bookshelf. Week 2 comes along and you see it wilting!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CALSa3mg47m/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Sounds familiar?

Well, thatā€™s what happened to me too! I fell in love with foliageā€™s when I started buying some weekly cut flowers. Iā€™d get a cut Monstera leaf and it would last forever in my jar. I love how it made my home look.

A trip to Ikea later, I bought a few ā€œimpossible to killā€ & ā€œneeds not much sunlightā€ plants (Snake Plant/Sanseveria & Money Plant/Pothos). Brought it home and it was thriving for a while, till it did not! Leaves started turning brown. It looked so wilted.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CB59GnwgsTP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

I was devastated.

Slowly but surely, I started buying more plants at home. This time, I experimented with soil, water, fertilizer and other conditions that make a healthy, happy plant.

It was still a rocky road to owning a thriving urban jungle, but Iā€™ll be here to share all my tips to not be me, and be a plant noob!

Follow my next few posts as I lay down the basics for plant parenting. What youā€™d need to know before buying that first potted plant for your urban jungle!

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