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With What’s Left of This Summer, Give your Plants Some Extra Love!

We’re finally moving into the part of summer where soaring temperatures are beginning to ease, and you can finally enjoy some outdoor time.  And guess what?  Your plants are enjoying it too! We mi...

Why “Overwatering” Isn’t What You Think It Is

The term “overwatering” simply does not tell the entire story of why your plant is struggling.  When we’re told we’ve overwatered our plants, we immediately examine our watering routine and try to ...

A Closer Look at Fiddle Leaf Figs

Ever the interior designer favorite, the Fiddle Leaf Fig is probably as popular as it is… problematic?  If you’ve ever owned one (or killed one) you’ve known this to be true!   We’ve decided to ze...

Your Exhaustive Gift Guide of Plants

It’s hard to go wrong when selecting a plant as a gift! Plant have been proven to promote a sense of calm, wellbeing, and even promote productivity- who wouldn’t want more of that? At worst, they ...

Easiest Plants to Design With

We have a number of clients who opt for plant consultations because they’d like to see more greenery in their homes, but they aren’t entirely sure where to start. Many don’t have much prior experi...

Moving With Plants

Moving With Plants   Plants are especially tricky; they don’t fit squarely into a box, need sunlight and water, and won’t respond well to being packed away for days on end. They are fragile and re...

The Subtle Difference Between Overwatering and Underwatering

We’ve been getting this question a lot lately… something along the lines of this: “I was having issues with my plant, and I looked up the symptoms and it said I could be overwatering my plant or u...

Common Houseplant Pests and How to Deal With Them

This article will elaborate on our approach to common houseplant pests, and will not be a technical article because we are not entomologists! Mainly, we will touch on the common reasons we get pes...

Four Ways To Bring Plants into Self-Care

In no universe should plant-care create stress or anxiety in our lives. While it can seem overwhelming, especially in the winter months as we all try to adapt to fewer hours of sunlight, plant-...

Four Ways to Help your Plants Thrive Through the Winter

This time of year you may notice your plants are not looking as lush and vibrant as they did over the summer; whether that manifests as slowed growth, stretching, yellowing or browning leaves, or ...

Fertilizing Info for the *CASUAL* Plant Owner

What you can learn about fertilizers without having to become a botanical expert. That would be me- not a botanist, but a casual plant owner.  I may be a plant shop owner, but this also means that...

New Plant Parent Survival Guide

Congratulations! You’re here because you’ve picked up a new plant friend! Perhaps this is your first ever, or maybe just the first one in a while, after that one time you impulse bought that cute ...

Five signs that you’re overwatering your plants

Watering is one of the most important plant care tasks, but it can also become one of the most stressful chores when your plants are in decline. Changes in season or conditions in the plant’s envi...

Moss Pole 101

Many species of houseplants can benefit from the introduction of a moss pole into their pot; most notably the Monstera! I often get questions from concerned plant parents about a mature Monstera, t...

How to Choose Plants When You Live With Pets

Of course dogs are allowed in the shop! But there’s a condition: we’ll want to take there picture! Photo by @_unitedphotography_ We frequently field questions from concerned pet owners abou...

A survival guide: Pets vs. Plants

I think all humans share an innate love for nurturing living things - we feel fulfilled helping plants and animals thrive, even though we don’t always benefit from it directly. Unfortunately, our ...

What Is In My Soil?

My favorite thing we do at the shop is repot plants. If you buy a plant or pot from us we will repot your plant for free. I know, I know it’s a great service. We did write a blog about what happen...

Understanding Your Lighting

Lighting should be the first consideration when selecting your next plant. If you’ve identified the place you’d like to see a plant, you’ll want to understand the kind of light that spot receive...

What is a propagation station?

I didn’t know anything about propagation the first time I took a clipping. I was killing my (or at least my partner’s) first succulent; it was leggy and droopy, but it still had a perfect rosette o...

Create a Miniature Landscape in a Terrarium

There’s a reason people love Terrariums! At REWILD, we want to make it easy for you to learn and create Terrariums at home. What is a Terrarium? A Terrarium can be defined as any clear rece...

How to fit 91 plants in 557 square feet

In addition to managing pests and remembering to water, creating room for your growing plant family can become a challenge. Today I have 91 houseplants in a 557 square-foot apartment, and now every...

Repotting Your Plant

Transferring your plant from its growers pot (the plastic pot it is often purchased in) to a planter can seem daunting to many, but it’s easier than you think! Here at REWILD, we pot lots of...

The Season of Seeds

During this time of wild uncertainty, there’s one event that has continued without complications: springtime. City living poses unique challenges for many of us - lighting and space being the most ...

How this plant store owner cares for his plants

In October of 2018 I was undoubtedly, extremely unqualified to answer plant care questions. When we decided to open a flower shop I really had no intention of becoming a “plant expert”. Yes, REWIL...

Should I Water or Wait?

Watering is one of the most essential tasks in plant care, though incorrectly watering is the most common reason for houseplant death. And despite what your mom says, the answer isn’t an ice cube!...