Plant boutiques in Canada exist at the intersection of experience, innovation, and sustainability. In other words, they are perfect, lesser-found places for everyone from budding creators, artists, new plant parents, and even tech innovators. Each store brings a different experience to the art of greening your lifestyle.
Featured in this article are eight Canadian plant stores that take a fresh look at green living with inspired ideas to help Canadians breathe healthier – literally. They make plants into a lifestyle by bringing them deeper into your life with event-hosting, plant cafes, online sustainability, plant apps, and more.
Arts, Crafts, & Planterior Design Workshops | JOMO Studio – GTA, ON
JOMO Studio is on board with plant aesthetics but with a more hands-on twist. They host workshops that allow you to customize and handmake your own plant accessories.
From ceramics and macrame to candle-making and even plant consultations, JOMO provides professionals artisans that create one-of-a-kind crafting experiences for crafters and gardeners of all levels.
First Canadian Plastic Negative Online Retailer | Fleur & Co – Canadawide Online Retailer
Indoor plants and oceans don’t usually go together but Fleur & Co is on a mission that honours the connection between both. Fleur & Co is Canada’s first plastic negative online retailer.
Particularly for online retailers, packaging matters; Fleur & Co emphasizes that their packaging is sustainable. They choose paper products, correctly sized packaging, and altogether pursue eco-friendly practices.
Together with Repurpose Global, Fleur & Co removes twice the amount of plastic from oceans and Canadian landfills for every amount of plastic it produces. For Fleur & Co, each plant sold contributes to the global effort to restore the earth.
Mobile plant store | The Sunroom Plant Shop – Calgary, AB
Anela, the founder of The Sunroom Plant Shop, brings plants directly to the people with a mobile plant shop called Ray. Formerly a school bus, Ray underwent a massive transformation to become the green machine he is today.
The mobile plant shop functions as a low-emission, moveable greenhouse – travelling to various Calgarian markets and making deliveries. By boosting accessibility and intimacy, Ray allows Anela to accomplish her vision of “pairing plants with people.”
Monthly plant subscription service | Plant – Calgary, AB
If accessibility is where it’s at, Plant has it with its monthly subscription plant kit. Each month, they will deliver a kit packed out with designer goods, practical tools, and even pieces from local artists.
For example, unique ceramic vases, innovative watering cans, seed kits, and, weather permitting, Plant even strives to add fresh plant babies in each box. Imagine a whole plant-care kit delivered right to your doorstep. With every month offering something new, this subscription service will help you build your plant collection in no time.
Plant + Wine Night | West Coast Jungle – Vancouver, BC
Gardening can be daunting but West Coast Jungle is launching a great new option for both beginners and experienced gardeners. Their Plant+Wine Night is a cute terrarium building class with some great happy hour treats to take the pressure off.
They help with the whole process, supplying succulents, mosses, and more. With various kinds of terrarium glass options for whichever unique living space and a nice glass of rosé as the terrarium is being built, West Coast Jungle makes getting your hands dirty so fun. Vines and wines anybody?
Interior design & international ceramic artists | Dynasty Plant Shop – GTA, ON
Toronto-based plant store, Dynasty Plant shop, understands how to make green look good. Their unique focus on plants as part of interior design reintegrates plants and people back into one space. Each piece of pottery and each plant is hand-selected from both local and international artists by an in-house design team that has experience working in corporate spaces, film sets, and of course, Canadians’ very own homes.
Dynasty offers a wide variety of specifically exotic plants, plants that just aren’t seen in your average shop, while Dynasty Studios is the design element of the store – a team of architects, designers, and artists working to make any space incredible. Considering the lighting and aesthetics of every unique space, Dynasty Studios and the Dynasty team take green to the next level.
Green Accessories & Plant Cafes | Leaves House – Montreal, Quebec
Leaves House has a name that says it all. Leaves House’s vision is so expansive that they make greening your world not only just a practice but a lifestyle. With three brick-and-mortar stores in Quebec, you will find a plant café at each location serving vegan and plant-based drinks and snacks.
For Leaves House, green is not one corner of a house filled with plants, but every corner of life made of sustainable plant products inspired by conviviality and a fundamental respect for our habitat. With Leaves House, living 100% plant-based is no longer just a possibility but a practical reality.
Plant App & Plant Match technologies | Plantsome – BC, AB, SK, MB
Plantsome developed digital technologies to help people and plants thrive together. Their plant app has handy tools for both ios and android to help plant parents care for their plants better.
The app is full of helpful articles on lighting, watering, soil content, and even specific plant care tips. They even developed clever calendar reminders to help keep consistent plant care routines.
Plantsome’s website also has a built-in plant match system to help filter plant results based on your room, lighting, gardening level, and danger to pets and children. Plantsome ingeniously connects people to plants with the convenience of technology.
