Indoor Plants
Spring is a great time to give your indoor plants the refresh they need. Photo: Adobe Stock
Spring is the season of renewal, making it the perfect time to refresh your indoor plants. Whether you have greenery in an office, hotel, lobby, or home, giving your plants a little extra care this season will help them thrive. Here’s how to give your indoor plants a fresh start with a simple spring-cleaning routine.
1. Dust and Clean Leaves
Over time, dust can accumulate on plant leaves, blocking sunlight and reducing their ability to photosynthesize. Gently wipe leaves with a damp cloth or give them a quick spray down with water.… Read More
Overcome June Gloom: Refresh With Green
It’s that time again. The time when sunny San Diego braces for its annual retreat from the sun. When dark clouds bank the coastal landscape, tans fade, and moods go sour. It’s the time of the year when June Gloom has arrived.
While it might feel dreary outside, it’s the perfect time to bring bright vibes inside. Yes, we’re talking about plants and flowers (do we talk about anything else?). At Good Earth Plants, we specialize in “plantscaping”, offering a range of services that not only enrich lives, but also elevate your mood and improve your overall wellbeing.
The Power of Plants
Plants may as well be superheroes.… Read More
6 Ways to Revive a Dying Indoor Plant Before It’s Too Late
When it comes to home decor and trends, indoor plants are suddenly the belles of the ball.
We, needless to say (but we’ll say it anyway!) could not be happier about the massive uptick in #plantmoms and #plantdads, especially in our hometown of San Diego. For more than 40 years, it’s been our mission to encourage people to incorporate more nature (read: indoor plants) into the places they work, live, and play. Plants not only enhance indoor aesthetics, but also improve our mental health and offer therapeutic benefits.
Plants sometimes have similar symptoms for very different reasons. It just takes time to learn and identify what type of care your indoor plant may need.… Read More
Trending Tropical Plants and Biophilic Designs
Good Earth Plant Company has once again caught the spotlight, earning recognition in two influential articles that delve into trending tropical plants and how to incorporate biophilic design into your indoor spaces.
1. “Why Tropical Plants Are On the Rise” – Greenhouse Grower
In a recent feature by Greenhouse Grower, Good Earth Plant Company’s Operations Manager, Joe Benedetti, shares his insights into the surging popularity of house plants. The article explores the reasons behind the escalating demand for these lush and vibrant specimens, shedding light on the unique qualities that make tropical flora a favorite among plant enthusiasts and interior decorators alike.… Read More
Tips To Prep Your Plants For Winter Months
Even though we’re blessed to live and work in a temperate, plant-loving climate at Good Earth Plant Company, we still experience the change of seasons. Winter may be subtle, but it’s coming at us quickly. Meteorological winter starts December 1, and the winter equinox is less than three weeks away. Our daytime temperatures have dropped 20 degrees recently, and in some places, the nighttime lows are legitimately cold. At least they are to us!
Your container plants living outside feel it too. Many need protection from the coldest winter weather. Even in a Mediterranean-style climate, it can drop below freezing at night.… Read More
Good Earth Plant Company is Falling For Fall
I can feel it in the air, see it in the changing landscape. Fall is here.
The days grow shorter. The shadows grow longer. The sycamores are turning golden brown, the bird of paradise are full of flowers, the chaparral is dry and fully dormant, the sage extra pungent. Soon the cottonwoods in the San Diego River bed running through Mission Valley will be yellow, and the liquid ambers in your yard a deep red.
Want even more color? Drive up to Julian or further up into the eastern Sierra mountains around Bishop.
Fall is my favorite season. It doesn’t hurt that my birthday and Good Earth Plant Company’s anniversary both occur in the fall: October 25 and November 1.… Read More
Bringing Nature to The Brick Boutique Hotel in Oceanside
Plants + Creativity Make For Stunning Hospitality Biophilic Design
Oceanside, CA has evolved into a gorgeous destination for food, drinks and ocean views. Once known mostly for rowdy fun, with the addition of luxury boutique hotels and shopping, it’s stepping up its game.
Good Earth Plant Co. was thrilled for the opportunity to partner with creative architectural design firm GTC Creative on biophilic design for one of these gorgeous new Oceanside boutique hotels – The Brick Hotel, including the Q&A Oyster Bay and rooftop bar and lounge Coco Cabana. Hospitality design incorporating plants, or biophilic design, has been a growing trend for the last 5 years.… Read More
Return To Work Incentive Bringing Employees Back
Labor Day 2022 is now behind us, the unofficial end of summer. Back to school and back to work for many Americans. I’m back from a late summer trip to Minneapolis to meet with my workplace greenery colleagues of the Silverado Roundtable, and I snuck in a family visit in Denver. I’m glad to be back at Good Earth Plant Company with many exciting new projects ahead this fall.
Public service announcement: Need us to enrich people’ lives with plants at work or home? Contact us now!
But back to work means something different after the coronavirus pandemic. It doesn’t necessarily mean going back to the office environment.… Read More
Houseplants Show Off at San Diego Botanic Garden
The San Diego area is fortunate to have many public gardens to enjoy including the San Diego Botanic Garden (formerly the Quail Botanical Garden) in Encinitas. When I learned SDBG planned to stage its first-ever special showcase featuring houseplants called “World of Houseplants” I couldn’t wait to see it!
Life got in the way though, but I finally made it along with my mom, Sandy Fowler. The show is only open through Labor Day Monday. If you haven’t had the chance to see it, make time to go.
As we’ve written over the past few years, houseplants have exploded in popularity.… Read More
Fertilizer 101 For Indoor Plant Parents
Good Earth Plant Company loves sharing our best tips on indoor plant selection and care with our plant-loving friends. Our advice on growing orchids was one of our most popular blog posts this year.
The people have spoken. We’re all about giving the people what they want! The next step in developing your personal horticulture skills is learning how to feed and fertilize (the same thing) indoor plants.
Yes, plants get hungry and need food. But plants can’t speak up and whine or beg when they’re hungry – which is a good thing if you have a chowhound or kitty making noise to get their treats. … Read More