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Urban Jungle Journal

Posts tagged: plant advice

Plants That Will Thrive In Your Bathroom

Iā€™m Allie, and Iā€™ll be learning and sharing about a variety of plant care topics over the next few months on the Urban Jungle Journal. A little about me: Iā€™ve claimed Des Moines as home for over a decade. I love houseplants, dogs, books, dessert, coffee, and tea. Ā Iā€™m a...

Showing up with Plants

Hey it's Shylah, Art Terrarium Shopgirl, Art Curator, and now Plant Stylist! Plant Stylist is a title I made up to describe a role where I show up with plants for people, and put those plants in places. It involves creative solution finding, incorporating plants into environments, and transforming spaces!

Here's What I've Learned: Series Recap

If youā€™ve killed every green thing under your roof, you can try again and I promise, promise that you can succeed. If youā€™ve got an urban jungle already, you can keep leveling up.Ā No matter who you are or what you like, your home and your desk and your world can...

Did I Kill My Plants: Daily and Emergency Care

This week, weā€™re talking about being a plant killer. Yes, I said it. In spite of a rocky plant-care track record, I was pretty sure that ā€œThis time would be differentā€ and ā€œIā€™m much more aware of what Iā€™m doing.ā€ Luckily, I was able to connect with Shylah and ask...

Bringing Your Plants Home: Placement and Styling

Weā€™re back again, this time to talk about how to make your plants feel the most welcome when you bring them home. Weā€™ll talk about some basics for placement and care, as well as how to create a few vignettes that keep your plants happy and healthy, and your shelves...

Getting Started: Plant Selection & Potting

Today, weā€™reĀ talking about choosing the right plants for your space and lifestyle, and preparing to bring them home! If it were up to me, Iā€™d wrangle up armfuls of Insta-worthy fiddle leaf figs and create a mini-forest in my living room. Unfortunately, this usually ends with a drooping, dried-up husk...